525 Layoffs

[Coldworld]

Best contract ever

Settle down Hof.

 

[Coldworld]

Looks by next contract will probably have 100,000 less UPS employees....

Nope

 

[MyTripisCut]

I just got an email from the Local, and UPS informed them that beginning Jan. 15, they are upgrading our facility and as a result, they expect 525 jobs will be gone.
I think mine will be safe, but, morale going into peak is going to be an all time low.
Merry Christmas everyone!

Best contract ever

Horrible news

Looks by next contract will probably have 100,000 less UPS employees....

This is happening all over the country. We held the company under a knife and demanded raises based on Covid/Pandemic profits. Not a sustainable business model, this is UPS way of making sure they don’t drown and go under like so many freight companies or Sears, you name it. You have to adapt. Honestly I’d be more worried if I worked in a building that wasn’t getting a facelift, writing is on the wall IMO. Just wish they would start adding AC for the buildings to these renovations.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

This is happening all over the country. We held the company under a knife and demanded raises biased on Covid/Pandemic profits. Not a sustainable business model, this is UPS way of making sure they don’t drown and go under like so many freight companies or Sears, you name it. You have to adapt. Honestly I’d be more worried if I worked in a building that wasn’t getting a facelift, writing is on the wall IMO. Just wish they would start adding AC for the buildings to these renovations.

If the company is still worried about profits they wouldn't keep raising the dividends.
They should that money on automation.

 

[MyTripisCut]

It's a company was still worried about profits they wouldn't keep raising the dividends.
They should that money on automation.

 

[oldngray]

It's a company was still worried about profits they wouldn't keep raising the dividends.
They should that money on automation.

When the company went public the focus shifted to short term profits instead of the long term. Take the money and run.

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

All I see is a temporary partial closure for renovation.

These "525 employees" will likely have a right to follow their work.
Lower seniority employees at the remaining buildings that absorb the work will likely be in peril too by virtue of Article 38 and applicable supplemental language.

Just curious, should the Company be required to continue processing packages at an antiquated building, would that make it "The Best Contract Ever"???

The updates will most certainly include automation, likely making those 525 jobs something more around 200(?) jobs. Still a lot of people losing their jobs for good. Unfortunate, but what's the company to do?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

When the company went public the focus shifted to short term profits instead of the long term. Take the money and run.

The last couple years they ramped that up big time

They are paying about five and a half billion dollars a year in dividends.
Meanwhile Lee sold a couple billion dollars worth of bonds doing a high interest rate market to update all the facilities

 

[Wally]

I just got an email from the Local, and UPS informed them that beginning Jan. 15, they are upgrading our facility and as a result, they expect 525 jobs will be gone.
I think mine will be safe, but, morale going into peak is going to be an all time low.
Merry Christmas everyone!

Why are jobs going away? Volume down, automation, new larger hubs taking the work?

Unfortunately, work moves around sometimes. People think they have a right to a short commute.

 

[ManInBrown]

Isn’t LAWNJ almost completely closed right now for renovations? Can anyone confirm

 

[Bubblehead]

The updates will most certainly include automation, likely making those 525 jobs something more around 200(?) jobs. Still a lot of people losing their jobs for good. Unfortunate, but what's the company to do?

That will likely happen in the next change of ops.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Unfortunately, work moves around sometimes. People think they have a right to a short commute.

This is nothing new. More so in freight, than UPS. We've had that language for over 40 years.

At least with UPS, a change of operations doesn't involve your work being moved across the state.

You dovetail in at the new location. You make the same wages, benefits, pension, and work....

 

[SorryLazyPOS]

Time to pursue my life long dream of becoming a security guard.

 

[Thebrownblob]

This is nothing new. More so in freight, than UPS. We've had that language for over 40 years.

At least with UPS, a change of operations doesn't involve your work being moved across the state.

You dovetail in at the new location. You make the same wages, benefits, pension, and work....

I believe Commerce city and Aurora facilities are less than a half hour away. My guess is those people will be moving over to Aurora after the company and the local work out the details.

 

[Staydryitsraining]

Loosing 525. How many work there holy smokes

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I believe Commerce city and Aurora facilities are less than a half hour away. My guess is those people will be moving over to Aurora after the company and the local work out the details.

Thanks Dave

 

[Thebrownblob]

Thanks Dave

Sob

 

[Coldworld]

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Think we need @Future in here to break down what the hell @IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U is mumbling about.

 

[Coldworld]

Thanks Dave

Dave Tome???

 

[Coldworld]

Time to pursue my life long dream of becoming a security guard.

Mall cop or ups guard shack officer???