UPS forcing drivers to work 70-hour weeks with mandatory overtime requirement during holidays

[cheryl]

UPS forcing drivers to work 70-hour weeks with mandatory overtime requirement during holidays - NY Daily News

This Christmas, UPS drivers are getting the gift of overtime — whether they want it or not.

United Parcel Service on Dec. 1 called for mandatory overtime for its drivers across the country — although not every shop has had to immediately implement the new hours.

Thanks to a projected 5% increase in package deliveries this month from the same time last year — a jump from 712 million to 750 million — UPS has mandated drivers put in 70 hours a week, instead of the usual 60.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

I just got an email from From David Abney @ 9:29pm. Shouldn't he still be out, bumping off boxes?

 

[Tired Driver]

All need to remember this come the time to vote on the new contract.

 

[Fire Ball]

I no longer give a , made all my deliveries and punched out at 5:45PM
If they start giving me more, I'll take an hour lunch and sheet the commercial stops as missed!

 

[BigBrown87]

Another reason to remember this come August when we all should vote there crappy contract NO. I’m getting ready to sit if I have to strike find is only 55 dollars a week. If you want something good your going to have to fight for it not sit and expect them to hand it over.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Another reason to remember this come August when we all should vote there crappy contract NO. I’m getting ready to sit if I have to strike find is only 55 dollars a week. If you want something good your going to have to fight for it not sit and expect them to hand it over.

The voting will start much earlier than August.

 

[Scottyhawk]

The center manager made 70 hours optional, not mandatory. Nobody took him up on it