July 25, 2023: This story has been updated. Please see: Teamsters/UPS Reach Tentative Agreement.

Please be advised of the potential for disruptions to UPS parcels in the coming weeks. UPS employees and management are currently negotiating a new contract. Their employees, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, have voted to strike, effective August 1, 2023, if an agreement is not reached before the current contract expires on July 31.

If the strike occurs, it will affect all service lines of UPS, including package delivery of inbound orders and pick-ups of outbound shipments. Until the issue is resolved, we suggest encouraging your suppliers to use alternative shipping services when ordering critical supplies – especially for those orders that you expect to be delivered in early August. If the strike does occur, we will also update AggieShip to remove UPS as an available option for our outbound shipments.

We will keep you updated as new information becomes available.