Does anyone have experience working in an automated building?

[Coldworld]

We have been an automated building for over four years now. This plan has been in motion for over a decade.

If they are automatic why do they always have now hiring banners outside the perimeter fence and up on the buildings??? Thought this "automation" was supposed to wipe out the union ranks?

 

[Coldworld]

Well you know they're going to cut every job they can

And even if we got busier we don't have enough people or package cars to accommodate more work.

We are going to get busier...the volume is down, they will have to hire eventually...maybe at a rate higher than what they got in this contract...to get people in the door. Better not tell @Wally this!

 

[Red Devil]

If they are automatic why do they always have now hiring banners outside the perimeter fence and up on the buildings??? Thought this "automation" was supposed to wipe out the union ranks?

Still need quite a few actual employees to run it. In theory they process more volume for the amount of workers

 

[Coldworld]

Still need quite a few actual employees to run it. In theory they process more volume for the amount of workers

They are competing against Walmart, target, Amazon, fedex, etc. for employees...I don't see that changing anything soon.

 

[P£INinY0uR***UnionGuy8564]

Will the new contract accelerate this labor saving movement?

This is inevitable

 

[Over70irregs]

A few weeks ago we had the local super aggressively pushing D.R.I.V.E donations in parking lot. They brought out their huge BBQ/smoker(for just hot dogs) and all kinds of teamster gear to give anyone signing up. Their main focus was pushing for legislation guaranteeing all jobs automated would be protected with some sort of retraining. I don't know how achievable that is though.

They are hedging. They know…

 

[Over70irregs]

Well you know they're going to cut every job they can

And even if we got busier we don't have enough people or package cars to accommodate more work.

They want call ups like Amazon.

 

[RTS313]

I admit my hub is probably a more isolated example. We have the airport volume/rail yard volume and tons of commercial warehouses coming in 24hrs a day.

Alaska air gateway is always busy

 

[Thebrownblob]

If they are automatic why do they always have now hiring banners outside the perimeter fence and up on the buildings??? Thought this "automation" was supposed to wipe out the union ranks?

We went we lost no jobs to automation here. This simply changed what they do. Lots of standing around.

 

[Wally]

A few weeks ago we had the local super aggressively pushing D.R.I.V.E donations in parking lot. They brought out their huge BBQ/smoker(for just hot dogs) and all kinds of teamster gear to give anyone signing up. Their main focus was pushing for legislation guaranteeing all jobs automated would be protected with some sort of retraining. I don't know how achievable that is though.

Lol, D.R.I.V.E. The real "main focus" was separating you from your money.

Retraining? How do you protect non-existent jobs with legislative? Ask any package car driver laid off for months after Xmas. All you can do is wait for an opening or seek another job.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Lol, D.R.I.V.E. The real "main focus" was separating you from your money.

Retraining? How do you protect non-existent jobs with legislative? Ask any package car driver laid off for months after Xmas. All you can do is wait for an opening or seek another job.

Separated me from your money? Most people give a dollar a week.. I don’t think they’re going to miss that.

There’s lots of legislation that has been pushed back against for example, self driving trucks. Recently. if you don’t think it’s important to push against that kind of legislation then don’t give a dollar I guess if it’s going to put you in the poorhouse.

A large portion of that money goes to your local union and you have direct input on who they give it to.

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

Will the new contract accelerate this labor saving movement?

This was the plan 5 years ago, covid actually put most of these plans on hold and saved some hobs for a few years, but this is all 2021 plans happening now.

 

[Thebrownblob]

This was the plan 5 years ago, covid actually put most of these plans on hold and saved some hobs for a few years, but this is all 2021 plans happening now.

Yep, and I believe Carol’s better not bigger is a part of that plan. She’s doing a great job about it so far.

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

Yep, and I believe Carol’s better not bigger is a part of that plan. She’s doing a great job about it so far.

Carol.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Carol.

@Jkloc420 ?

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

@Jkloc420 ?

That's @NAHimGOOD's girl.

 

[Thebrownblob]

That's @NAHimGOOD's girl.

I think she has him in her basement!!!

 

[Jkloc420]

@Jkloc420 ?

No

 

[Over70irregs]

We had guys show up In morning on layoff that would wait and cover call ins regardless of tech.

 

[nWo]

Automation can make our jobs easier too.