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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 ...

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 c...

Exclusively package handlers and sorters. without these folks you're not going to get the package delivered to your front door. their starting salary $16.20, on average they make $20. they say they can't live off of that money, especially in places like california and new york. the average u.p.s. full-time worker makes $95,000 a year but they're all unified in this, and getting ready to strike if it comes to that. listen to what one of these part-time workers had to say. she has three boys and says she can barely pay her bills. >> the packages don't move unless we move them. the stuff doesn't ...

>> jim, the union, the teamsters insist that they are ready to go on strike if it comes to that, if a deal can't be reached. for two weeks now they have been practicing across the nation with practice pickets with rallies like ones that we saw right here in atlanta. hundreds of people filling this hall, holding up signs like this, time to pay up. just practicing for a just contract. now, according to the anderson economic group, that's a research firm, a strike would be costly to the united states and ten-day u.p.s. strike they estimate would cost the economy $7 billion, making it the costlies...

If it comes to a strike, that would be incredibly costly to the economy. anderson economic group, a research firm estimates that a ten-day ups strike would cost the economy over $7 billion, making it the costliest work stoppage ever in u.s. history. one of the biggest sticking points to this negotiation are part-time workers. on average, full-time ups workers make 95,000 a year, but part-time workers make on average $20 an hour with the starting pay at $16.20. the union says that has to change. it needs to be a more livable wage. here's what else the general president had to say about negotiat...