By Lisa Baertlein

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -United Parcel Service will retrofit 5,000 of its boxy, brown trucks with air conditioning in delivery areas with the hottest weather, according to the company and the Teamsters Union that represents the delivery firm’s drivers.

UPS committed to add 28,000 air-conditioned delivery trucks in its current national contract. The 5,000 retrofits will help expedite that and offer drivers some relief from scorching summer heat, the Teamsters said late on Monday.

The first 2,000 vehicles readied under the agreement will be retrofitted by June 1, 2026. Air conditioning will be added to all 5,000 delivery trucks by June 1, 2027, and dispatched to the Teamsters’ hottest delivery areas in mostly Southern and Southwest states, the union said.

The agreement al

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