114° Friday, how hot was your delivery area?

[East coast navy]

Working in the heat is inhumane? Haha. UPS drivers aren't the only profession that works outside. Are you saying that all construction workers are treated inhumanely? Or firefighters? You should go travel to some other countries and have a look at what real inhumane conditions are. Inhumane in my mind also indicates an inability to leave the job, which we can do whenever we choose to.

Tell the construction worker to sort the truck for 20 to 30 mins when it hits 140 degrees.

Fedex drivers have Ac... Why do People always settle for less! I just don’t under stand.

I guess you have Stockholm syndrome... You will believe what ever the hostage takers (UPS) will say!

 

[Benben]

Working in the heat is inhumane? Haha. UPS drivers aren't the only profession that works outside. Are you saying that all construction workers are treated inhumanely? Or firefighters? You should go travel to some other countries and have a look at what real inhumane conditions are. Inhumane in my mind also indicates an inability to leave the job, which we can do whenever we choose to.

The difference DUMBO is we have to die in the back of a 120* truck looking for that 1 last package of 5 that was jammed into a bricked out truck because DPS doesn't give a about anything other than Stops Per Car and now Pieces Per Car! 0 consideration for the working conditions of their employees for the past 4 years is about to bite the company n the ARSE!

 

[Dumbo]

Tell the construction worker to sort the truck for 20 to 30 mins when it hits 140 degrees.

Fedex drivers have Ac... Why do People always settle for less! I just don’t under stand.

I guess you have Stockholm syndrome... You will believe what ever the hostage takers (UPS) will say!

I agree that they should put some sort of cooling system in the back, however, I can't take people like you seriously when you use terms like "hostage takers". You must call anybody who doesn't agree with your political beliefs "Nazis" also. Your job is voluntary. I just can't stand people who theatrically compare their situation to something they have no idea about and would piss their little panties if they actually saw what inhumane is, or slavery is. Classic first world privilege. Try to get everything for free, never suffer any inconveniences or discomfort, and blame some higher power for hostage taking whenever you don't get what you want.

 

[1989]

The difference DUMBO is we have to die in the back of a 120* truck looking for that 1 last package of 5 that was jammed into a bricked out truck because DPS doesn't give a about anything other than Stops Per Car and now Pieces Per Car! 0 consideration for the working conditions of their employees for the past 4 years is about to bite the company n the ARSE!

only 4 years?

 

[Dumbo]

The difference DUMBO is we have to die in the back of a 120* truck looking for that 1 last package of 5 that was jammed into a bricked out truck because DPS doesn't give a about anything other than Stops Per Car and now Pieces Per Car! 0 consideration for the working conditions of their employees for the past 4 years is about to bite the company n the ARSE!

Again, theatrical by saying we have to "die". You have a higher chance being struck by lightening then dying in the back of a package car. Seriously, how many times has it happened? Not saying it can't happen or wont but it's a little ridiculous saying we have to "die". A construction worker has a higher chance of being hit by a car , but do they say they have to die to to their job? Theres inherent job risk with any outdoor profession.

Maybe we should stage a "die in"?

 

[Benben]

only 4 years?

Trying not to be overly theatrical by limiting it to 4 years . It has gotten a lot worse the last few years, Stops per car came out after this current contract was adopted if I remember correctly.

Again, theatrical by saying we have to "die".

yeah, but we are in the last inning before the vote to replace a 5 year contract that ends in 23 days! The time for being mellow has long since passed!

 

[Indecisi0n]

Driver here passed out and was written up for not being prepared for work.

 

[1989]

Driver here passed out and was written up for not being prepared for work.

A simple dr note can’t eradicate that.

 

[Indecisi0n]

A simple dr note can’t eradicate that.

Was told if he was following the methods and properly hydrating then it would have never happened. They wanted to get him for stealing time since he was being paid while he was laying on the ground for 10 minutes until he woke up.

 

[MAKAVELI]

You guys might want to check your states labor laws. California provides employees with cool down rest periods.
Heat Illness Prevention - Title 8 Section 3395

 

[1989]

Was told if he was following the methods and properly hydrating then it would have never happened. They wanted to get him for stealing time since he was being paid while he was laying on the ground for 10 minutes until he woke up.

They are not doctors, they don’t know that.

 

[Benben]

Was told if he was following the methods and properly hydrating then it would have never happened. They wanted to get him for stealing time since he was being paid while he was laying on the ground for 10 minutes until he woke up.

In the Contract it states very clearly the company can not discipline using technology for "personal time." Defend on that and slap a harassment grievance on top!

 

[Indecisi0n]

In the Contract it states very clearly the company can not discipline using technology for "personal time." Defend on that and slap a harassment grievance on top!

They didn't use technology. There was a witness having coffee at an outside table that came forward.

 

[1989]

In the Contract it states very clearly the company can not discipline using technology for "personal time." Defend on that and slap a harassment grievance on top!

On the job injury. Start a comp claim. Get a wellness check. Get a note from a dr saying “there is no conclusive evidence that this happened from not being prepared for the job.” Case closed, but not only that, it is documented with the state.

 

[Benben]

They wanted to get him for stealing time since he was being paid while he was laying on the ground for 10 minutes until he woke up.

The driver got lucky! Once you stop sweating your body has no way to coll off. At that point you are basically baking your brain if you do not get into a cooler enviroment.

There was a witness having coffee at an outside table that came forward.

Also says, "management has to personal observe." At some point someone is going to have to force them (Managers) to take a step back and act, or appear to act, like a human! Saying, "not prepared to work was a contributing factor" is one thing. Accusing the theft of time is a whole different ballgame.

 

[1989]

Not moving for 10 minutes is one of my breaks.

 

[Benben]

Not moving for 10 minutes is one of my breaks.

Inside the walk in cooler of the local store!

 

[old levi's]

Inside the walk in cooler of the local store!

lol I have logged some time in the beer cave at the truck stop.
It will cool you right to the core.

 

[old levi's]

Our summer is from May to late October.

 

[East coast navy]

I agree that they should put some sort of cooling system in the back, however, I can't take people like you seriously when you use terms like "hostage takers". You must call anybody who doesn't agree with your political beliefs "Nazis" also. Your job is voluntary. I just can't stand people who theatrically compare their situation to something they have no idea about and would piss their little panties if they actually saw what inhumane is, or slavery is. Classic first world privilege. Try to get everything for free, never suffer any inconveniences or discomfort, and blame some higher power for hostage taking whenever you don't get what you want.

You bring up slavery like there weren’t people that would be saying the same thing that you are saying... Do you think there was little Resistant to the freeing the slaves?

We work harder then laborer out there in the business. Hands down! On top of it we deal with the most stressful company to work for in the world! Anything worse would be slavery... Both are still wrong and two wrongs don’t make a right!