that is a form of protest. ralph nader says there should be a "none of the above" on the ballot. i agree.
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that is a form of protest. ralph nader says there should be a "none of the above" on the ballot. i agree.
1989
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Automation is another factor... Ups production is through the roof compared to 1975 standards. Without automation, ups would probably have 50% -100% more employees...ups now has subsidiaries.
Ups store, Ups capital, Ups airline, Ups freight, etc...
Should ups funnel capital from one subsidiary to another to pay higher wages? Maybe ups should have to hire a couple flight every flight?
FYI...a ups drivers wage is up about 1000% since 1975.
yes wages have stagnated because of immigration, automation, women entering the workforce, and globalization.
i very much doubt wages for UPS drivers have risen 1000% adjusted for inflation, especially when the rest of the population has fallen.
if ups had a social conscience, then it would lobby for regulations for higher wages or even better worker control. if it just rose wages, and its competitiion did not, then ups would be undercut.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
UPS's wages are way ahead of the competition but undercutting is yet to be an issue.
FT rate was around $7.31 in '75. 1000% increase would be $73.10.
1989
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Good point... A driver told me he was making $3.67 when he started in 1976. At $7.31 it would be about 470%
oldngray
nowhere special
I think top rate was about $14 per hour in 1977. I started on preload at $5.96 then and had the same top rate as drivers which was $14.21 I think back then.
1989
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According to inthegame drivers wages increased 470% since 1975. Ups does lobby about unfair competition.
1989
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You guys are killing me here. Lol...
oldngray
nowhere special
Progression was 1 year but I was up to top rate in about 9 months I think because I started on preload at 25 cents an hour more.
moreluck
golden ticket member
And you voted in the American elections when ???????????
Operational needs
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bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Waaah....anyone else you'd like to blame for your unemployment status? I'm still waiting with baited breath about when "complaining about your paycheck" became a cardinal sin at UPS?
upsbeernut
Sometimes i feel like a nut sometimes i dont
In Denmark, only 20% of the population works 40 hours a week. 50% of the women that have babies go back to work. Its a safe place to live cause they leave their doors open, kids unattented, very family oriented. Ricky i found your next home. Bye.
http://www.cepr.net/documents/no-vacation-update-2014-04.pdf
The United States is the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation. European countries establish legal rights to at least 20 days of paid vacation per year, with legal requirements of 25 and even 30 or more days in some countries.
Australia and New Zealand both require employers to grant at least 20 vacation days per year; Canada and Japanmandate at least 10 paid days off. The gap between paid time off in the United States and the rest of the world is even larger if we include legally mandated paid holidays, where the United States offers none, but most of the rest of the world's rich countries offer
at least six paid holidays per year.
In the absence of government standards, almost one in four Americans has no paid vacation
(23 percent ) and no paid holidays (23 percent) . According to government survey data, the average worker in the private sector in the United States receives only about ten days of paid vacation and about six paid holidays per year:
less than the minimum legal standard set in the rest of world's rich economies excluding Japan (which guarantees only 10 paid vacation days and requires no paid holidays).
The United States is the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation. European countries establish legal rights to at least 20 days of paid vacation per year, with legal requirements of 25 and even 30 or more days in some countries.
Australia and New Zealand both require employers to grant at least 20 vacation days per year; Canada and Japanmandate at least 10 paid days off. The gap between paid time off in the United States and the rest of the world is even larger if we include legally mandated paid holidays, where the United States offers none, but most of the rest of the world's rich countries offer
at least six paid holidays per year.
In the absence of government standards, almost one in four Americans has no paid vacation
(23 percent ) and no paid holidays (23 percent) . According to government survey data, the average worker in the private sector in the United States receives only about ten days of paid vacation and about six paid holidays per year:
less than the minimum legal standard set in the rest of world's rich economies excluding Japan (which guarantees only 10 paid vacation days and requires no paid holidays).
