Shippers bailing yet?

[PiedmontSteward]

Is Amazon that big that it can influence labor negotiations between the largest labor union and package delivery company?

More than 30,000 pieces of our daily 170,000+ volume is Amazon now at my hub. A good share of it is SurePost, but it still puts work in the hub.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

My question was more rhetorical in nature but it points toward just how powerful e-commerce has become and how those involved must change the way that they do business, hence the need for language on our extended Peak season.

 

[thedownhillEXPRESS]

Is Amazon that big that it can influence labor negotiations between the largest labor union and package delivery company?

Didn't you just say yesterday your route is one third amazon?
And you have to ask that question ?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Didn't you just say yesterday your route is one third amazon?
And you have to ask that question ?

My question was more rhetorical in nature but it points toward just how powerful e-commerce has become and how those involved must change the way that they do business, hence the need for language on our extended Peak season.

 

[thedownhillEXPRESS]

I know I know ...
Couldn't figure out how to delete a post from a mobile ...

 

[iruhnman630]

Our center lost a big one this week to Fed Ex's 'sign up now or you're out of luck when UPS strikes' campaign.