Thomas Black, Columnist

FedEx and UPS Don’t Need to Join the Gig Economy

November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC

Thomas Black is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the industrial and transportation sectors. He was previously a Bloomberg News reporter covering logistics, manufacturing and private aviation.

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