David Abney’s Post

Unfortunately, the world lost a great UPSER Tuesday Night when long time District Manager Ken Nester passed away. Ken was a great leader and a mentor to many, including me. More importantly, he was an incredible person and a devout Christian who had a positive influence on so many lives!

Congratulations Kevin! Ursula’s prediction came through. Well deserved.

Congratulations to the entire team for making this happen! This is a top notch operation and has been for as long as I can remember.

Congratulations to Walt! I look forward to hearing your commencement address.

Comme le montre cette première page du journal français Le Parisien, UPS est considérée comme une entreprise d'infrastructure critique - et nos employés comme des travailleurs essentiels - dans le monde entier. Sur nos 495 000 employés, plus de 80 000 de nos UPSers dédiés servent les clients et les communautés en dehors des États-Unis. Le Parisien titre "Si nous redémarrons, c'est grâce à eux". Je n’aurais pas pu mieux dire et je tiens à remercier tous les UPSers pour leurs efforts incroyables. Avec les nombreux autres professionnels mis en évidence sur cette couverture, nos employés jouent un rôle clé dans la livraison des biens vitaux et des biens essentiels dont les entreprises, les gouvernements et les particuliers ont besoin. À l'armée d'UPSers du monde entier, continuez votre excellent travail. Vous nous rendez fiers chaque jour.

As this front page of the French newspaper Le Parisien shows, UPS is seen as a critical infrastructure business — and our people as essential workers — around the world. Of our 495,000 employees, more than 80,000 of our dedicated UPSers deliver for customers and communities outside the U.S. Le Parisien’s headline translates to “If we restart, it’s thanks to them.” I couldn’t have said it any better, and I want to thank all UPSers for their incredible efforts. Along with the many other professionals highlighted on this cover, our people are playing a key role in delivering the life-saving goods and essential goods that businesses, governments and people need. To the army of UPSers around the world, keep up the great work. You make us proud every day.

Today I had the pleasure of joining Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network to talk about how we’ve adapted our network during the coronavirus crisis — and the future of the logistics industry, post-pandemic. As I told Maria, I’m proud of the role that UPS has played in helping governments, businesses and people navigate through the crisis at hand. We’ve worked with healthcare companies and governments around the world to deliver medical treatments and devices, testing kits and personal protective equipment to hospitals, clinics, doctors and other front-line responders. We’ve also helped FEMA by delivering more than 3 million pounds of critical medical gear to U.S. hospitals and other coronavirus hotspots. We’re actively talking to our customers about their needs today — and for whatever the “new normal” is down the road. The agility of our network and our people means that we can flex to whatever the future holds. You can see my full conversation with Maria at the link below.

UPS Freight driver Charlton Paul Jr. typically drives each day from Newburgh, NY to Brookville, PA and back. This week, Charlton’s route took him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — where he was part of a White House ceremony honoring America’s truckers for keeping our country and economy moving during the pandemic. Charlton is a 25-year UPSer and one of our 413,000 U.S. employees who collectively deliver 6% of America’s GDP every day. That includes the masks, gloves and other supplies we’re delivering to healthcare workers — and the 180 gallons of hand sanitizer that Charlton helped transport from the Prohibition Distillery in New York this week. I thank Charlton for his dedication during these trying times, and for representing UPS so well at The White House. I also thank President Trump and Transportation Secretary Chao for recognizing our efforts to keep America moving forward, safely and reliably. #thanksfordelivering #UPSersAreThere

“United as one; making a difference,” is a longstanding UPS principle — and it’s the spirit needed now to guide our recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. On behalf of UPS, I’m honored to join some of the nation’s leading executives, economists, scholars, and industry leaders in one of the newly created Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups. United, we will help chart the path forward to allow for American businesses, big and small, to reopen safely — sharing our methods and processes that have kept our people safely delivering throughout this pandemic for that purpose. #UPSersAreThere