Just for clarification for anyone that don't know, ups corporate use "layed off" not in the sense of firing people permanently but as a "There's not enough work for the current number of people today, so employees at whatever level of seniority chosen to the bottom of the seniority list are to not come to work today."

Ups fired a bunch of management and contractors but can not fire union employees without cause, leading to the management tactic of 'lay offs'. A short-sighted tactic that they make leaving them constantly one step behind the changing levels of workflow where they cut too hard during low periods then struggle to replenish during the inevitable high periods.