UPS to install air conditioning in all vehicles as strike threat looms

Shipping giant UPS has reached a deal with the Teamsters union to install air conditioning in its entire fleet of delivery vehicles.

This comes as union members are conducting a nationwide strike authorization vote.

The results will be announced on Friday.

A strike could be devastating for both the company and the overall economy.

Air conditioning in trucks was a major issue in the discussions. Union members say temperatures can exceed 120 degrees in the cargo areas of those trucks.

Last year, a 24-year-old UPS driver from Downey died on a hot summer day while delivering packages in Pasadena.

UPS driver, 24, collapses and dies while delivering packages in SoCal heat

A Southern California family is mourning their son, a UPS driver, who died just a day after his 24th birthday possibly due to heat stroke.