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<blockquote data-quote="local804" data-source="post: 364616" data-attributes="member: 1123"><p>Now is that 9 million dollars just from the UPS teamster locals?</p><p>na</p><p></p><p>Undermining Worker Safety</p><p></p><p>Experts credit UPS and its PAC money with killing the most important new worker safety regulations in decades.</p><p></p><p>UPS led the charge against an initiative by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that would have required companies to reduce back, shoulder and knee injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders.</p><p></p><p>OSHA’s ergonomics standard would have required companies like UPS to reduce hazards that cause injuries.</p><p></p><p>UPS complained that reducing injuries would be too costly. In a filing with the SEC, UPS admitted that, “Our competitor would have incurred proportionately comparable costs.” But the company opposed the rule anyway, saying that to reduce injuries UPS would have to “hire additional full-time and part-time employees.”</p><p></p><p>President Bush subsequently repealed the ergonomics standard. </p><p></p><p>Buying the Right to Not Pay Teamsters</p><p></p><p>In the summer of 2006, UPS tried to change California wage and hour laws to avoid a lawsuit over the company’s practice of forcing employees to work off the clock. </p><p></p><p>The company successfully got the legislature to pass a bill—specifically designed for UPS— that gave unionized transportation companies an exemption from the state’s pro-worker laws governing breaks. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, UPS’s bill was vetoed by the Governor. California drivers subsequently won an $87 million wage and hour settlement against UPS for violations committed under the law the company was trying to gut.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>THANK GOD UPS STILL MAKES MONEY!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="local804, post: 364616, member: 1123"] Now is that 9 million dollars just from the UPS teamster locals? na Undermining Worker Safety Experts credit UPS and its PAC money with killing the most important new worker safety regulations in decades. UPS led the charge against an initiative by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that would have required companies to reduce back, shoulder and knee injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. OSHA’s ergonomics standard would have required companies like UPS to reduce hazards that cause injuries. UPS complained that reducing injuries would be too costly. In a filing with the SEC, UPS admitted that, “Our competitor would have incurred proportionately comparable costs.” But the company opposed the rule anyway, saying that to reduce injuries UPS would have to “hire additional full-time and part-time employees.” President Bush subsequently repealed the ergonomics standard. Buying the Right to Not Pay Teamsters In the summer of 2006, UPS tried to change California wage and hour laws to avoid a lawsuit over the company’s practice of forcing employees to work off the clock. The company successfully got the legislature to pass a bill—specifically designed for UPS— that gave unionized transportation companies an exemption from the state’s pro-worker laws governing breaks. Fortunately, UPS’s bill was vetoed by the Governor. California drivers subsequently won an $87 million wage and hour settlement against UPS for violations committed under the law the company was trying to gut. THANK GOD UPS STILL MAKES MONEY!!! [/QUOTE]
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