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<blockquote data-quote="Method Mensch" data-source="post: 4887805" data-attributes="member: 71846">There are other factors to consider, not just wages.&nbsp; The PVDs do not have benefits.&nbsp; There&#039;s no health and welfare payments, no pension payments, and there are no work rules ( such as seniority).&nbsp; Also important is that since PVDs use their own vehicle,&nbsp; UPS does not tie money up in purchasing and maintaining the vehicle, like they do our package cars.&nbsp; They do not have to pay the mechanics and body shop guys who work for UPS.&nbsp; While less efficient than us drivers, the cost could be less.&nbsp; The most worrisome thing to me is that&nbsp; now that they&#039;ve used PVDs, they have a baseline to refer to regarding how much money they made or lost using PVDs.&nbsp; They are now armed with the information on how to run the business without us.&nbsp; Sure, if we strike, it&#039;ll hurt UPS, but chances are that throwing waves of PVDs at the volume and adjusting pay to what Amazon has, for example, they may well survive without us.&nbsp; We should not allow PVDs outside of peak, or it will eviscerate our jobs.&nbsp; This is a strike issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Method Mensch, post: 4887805, member: 71846"] There are other factors to consider, not just wages. The PVDs do not have benefits. There's no health and welfare payments, no pension payments, and there are no work rules ( such as seniority). Also important is that since PVDs use their own vehicle, UPS does not tie money up in purchasing and maintaining the vehicle, like they do our package cars. They do not have to pay the mechanics and body shop guys who work for UPS. While less efficient than us drivers, the cost could be less. The most worrisome thing to me is that now that they've used PVDs, they have a baseline to refer to regarding how much money they made or lost using PVDs. They are now armed with the information on how to run the business without us. Sure, if we strike, it'll hurt UPS, but chances are that throwing waves of PVDs at the volume and adjusting pay to what Amazon has, for example, they may well survive without us. We should not allow PVDs outside of peak, or it will eviscerate our jobs. This is a strike issue. [/QUOTE]

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