Is it cuz they’re cheaper?

Gee, maybe demanding six-figure salaries for UPS drivers wasn't the stroke of brilliance the union thought it was.

Counterpoint: this just means UPS will stop being an option for high-resale-value items (like Apple products).

The reason you pay people handling high-value goods well is to reduce the likelihood they run away with said goods. Otherwise you get things like this: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/16/apple-store-same-day-de...

unpaywalled: https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/why-ups-is-increasing...