Probably through another zero on the end of that if we walk this time.
2 Zero's
1. United Parcel Service is a publicly traded company
You got a point there with the Healthcare sector. If that wasn't Carol pride and joy then I think it would be a different story. This will definitely come down to the wire unfortunately.
They have a boatload of money invested and that including giant freezers to store the medicine
Yah. Working with UPS, Healthcare companies don't want to think about a strike everytime there's a contract year.
Those critical care packages are worth big money
There might be a few spots here and there where the effects wouldn't be felt immediately but they are few and far between. I read a quote in a story today from some guy who works for Shipmetrix stating that FedEx could somehow "easily absorb 4 million more parcels a day" in August and literally laughed out loud. Their ground unit in my area is despised by the customers due to inadequate staffing resulting in continually bad service across the board. If FedEx employees experienced a drop on morale during the strike of '97, it's a near guarantee they'd be far worse off this time around if it comes to a strike.
They just don’t have the capacity or manpower. Really it might be just as bad for FedEx or worse because it might swamp them completely. And cripple them.
Thanks Carol
I just got done talking to my mailman
After being coerced and intimidated into spending boatloads of money they didn't have on capacity for COVID and the following peak season only to discover that it wasn't needed Ground contractors won't make that same mistake twice.
Indeed. If their most recent cheap hires already have any misgivings about the job, then being overwhelmed with a wave of volume in the midst of a heat wave might just cause many of them to quit in the middle of the week if they see no immediate end in sight. I could see it unfolding just the way you describe.
To FedEx credit they have said they will severely limit volume probably to save their company from sure disaster.
DOT relaxed HOS rules under covid and under hurricanes and other natural disasters. Doesn’t make a difference. When FedEx is working 70 hours a week instead of 60 delivering our extra volume in the summer heat watch how quickly they lose workers.
That's just one of the reasons that this supposed sector expert from Shipmetrix shouldn't be trusted in any way by the public at large and I hope SOB reminds them of that. Amazon, Fed Ex, and the post office aren't going to rescue anybody needing something heavier than 50lbs and beyond the size of a lawn mower box to sustain their business.
They ordered the railway workers to accept the new labor deal just a few months ago.
This is a common misconception. Those workers fell under the Railway Labor Act and are subject to the whims of Congress. We do not fall under that act.
