United Parcel Service Inc. plans to offer voluntary buyouts to union-represented delivery drivers for the first time in the company’s history as part of an effort to boost profit by slimming down its operations.

United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) will reportedly offer its union drivers a severance offer as part of the company’s “network reconfiguration." The package offered through its “Driver Voluntary Severance Plan” is in addition to any retirement benefits,

Parcel giant UPS said on Thursday it will offer voluntary buyouts to its full-time U.S. drivers as part of the largest network reconfiguration in its history — a sweeping overhaul that includes cutting 20,