Regional carriers that heavily rely on contract fleets or gig workers spend about $15 per hour, or less, on last-mile delivery drivers, experts say. Teamsters drivers cost about $65 per hour — total compensation when all healthcare and other benefits are included with the $49 hourly rate for senior drivers — compared to FedEx drivers who earn about $35 to $39 per hour on average. By late 2028, a union-free UPS delivering parcels with Roadie gig workers would be able to reduce its use of Parcel Select. Amazon, like FedEx, would lose outsourced drivers to a non-unionized UPS by late 2028, according to Jindel's scenario. RELATED STORIES:DHL outsources last-mile parcel delivery to US Postal Service for $10BUPS meets deadline for retrofitting delivery vans with air conditioningUPS to cap driver buyouts at 7,500 after Teamster pushbackCyberattack on Ceva Logistics warehouses in Europe impacts retailersThe post Analyst: UPS-Teamsters 2028 showdown will unleash parcel industry tsunami appeared first on FreightWaves.