make up the majority of u.p.s. employees who exclusively handle and load packages. part-time pay starts at $16.20 but after 30 days the average wage rises to $20. u.p.s. says they get the same benefits as full-time workers, but the latter make $42 an hour on average. so we ve got to drive up the starting rate for part-timers but we also have to keep the long-time who have been there. reporter: a ten-day u.p.s. strike could cost the u.s. economy more than $7 billion with 4 billion directly impacting consumers and small businesses. there will be shipping delays more than likely we re going to see higher volumes or higher costs with other shippers that are picking up some of the slack. reporter: u.p.s. said their offer was historic.
well, what do you say? this person told us this. pete: i think that is where it is headed. ainsley: your packages might not get delivered if you are using ups employees might be striking if they don t get what they want with pay. steve: here is the thing, it could be first strike in 50 years for ups. since the pandemic, america is reliant on having stuff sent to our houses. pete: somebody has to deliver it. steve: if you are making $18 and you have to lug a 70 pound package up pete hegseth steps, you want more money. average part-time person who keep in mind, ups, 60% of the work force is part time. part time starts $16.20, after
it would be the costliest work stoppage ever in u.s. history according to the anderson economic group, a research firm who estimates that a 10 day u.p.s. strike would cost the u.s. economy over $7 billion. one of the biggest sticking points in this contract negotiations, which by the way both sides have agreed to about 95% of the contract, one of the biggest sticking points is part-time workers. they make $16.20 starting waning. and wage. and the leadership says that that number goes to above $20 to start. average part-timer making 20 bucks. mean while full-time making roughly $95,000 a year. here is what else. the general president of the union had to say about negotiations. we did not get a deal. u.p.s. has chose to strike themselves.
no agreement is reached. isabel isabel rosales has more. reporter: they say they are ready to go on sfriek if it comes to that. the leverage point is 340,000, the number of people that work the u.p.s. they insist they are ready to get this started day one if u.p.s. cannot concede to their terms. and if it does come to a strike, it would be the costliest work stoppage ever in u.s. history according to the anderson economic group, that s a research firm who estimates that a ten-day u.p.s. strike would cost the u.s. economy over $7 billion. one of the biggest sticking points in these this contract negotiations, which, by the way, both sides have agreed to about 95% of the contract, one of the biggest sticking points is part-time workers. they make $16.20. the starting language. and we heard from leadership
that they have that work at u.p.s. they insist they are ready to get it started day one if u.p.s. could not concede to their terms. and it is a strike, it is the costliest work stoppage ever in work history, that is according to the anderson economic group, a research firm that estimated a 10-day u.s. strike would cost the economy over $7 billion. one of the biggest sticking points in that contract negotiation, which both sides have agreed to about 95% of the contract, one of the biggest sticking points is part-time workers. they make $16.20 as a starting wage and that is not a liveable wang. that into he hads to go above $20 to start. the average part-timer making $20. meanwhile, full time workers making $95,000 a year.