What about UPS Cartage? - Page 2 - Brown Cafe

wizard · 04-01-2007, 02:44 AM

I started this thread and i am really glad to see it is taking off. Things are real bad for us here we have lost sooo much business since ups took us over. I have no idea what we are called cartage? supply chain heck our supervisor dont even know. Hey how bout the moderators here make a section for us so we can at least have a name somewhere please??

Steven · 04-02-2007, 05:33 PM

As far as my leaders guess, we are still UPS Cartage, a division of Ups Supply Chain Solutions. The word out is that Ups still doesnt even know what they are going to finally call us.AS far as we all guessed in the begining we thought we were going to be called Ups Heavy Weight.That way people would still be covered for our ground ,air and ocean ships.But that made to much sense!Now we just want to get on with our lives under a finish name!So we can start getting some adv,going.

Steven · 04-03-2007, 07:37 PM

I have said all along that the only reason the UPs wanted us was to get into more countries! Since we were Emery and we had the rights to get into more countries than anyone..Also what better way to get rid of the competition for what little of the small boxes we did handle than to buy them out?

Salesguy · 04-06-2007, 08:19 AM

Menlo....never heard of it.
Think we call that thing UPS now.
So welcome to the club my friend and see

the future.

upsdawg · 04-06-2007, 03:34 PM

So Menlo folks----what would have happened if UPS did not aquire Menlo/Emery?? I know it was in the rumor stages for a long time before anything happened---probably because UPS was not sure as to what to do with everyone---how do you mesh a non- union company with a union one----or visa versa??

Anyway---it will all smooth out soon---I hope. I think that UPS is still trying to figure what to purchase next-------and do it before DHL or FedEx does--a lot of what UPS is doing is like playing Chess-----buy a company so our competiton can't------can you say "CheckMate"!!!

upsdawg · 04-06-2007, 03:38 PM

Hate to compare--but some of the comments sound like the MBE Owners after UPS purchased MBE and changed the name to UPS Stores.There are still a lot of old locations that are not happy because of the purchase by UPS.They can't charge the high "Handling" charges that they used to and it is all UPS fault-------even though US Paper Products (they use to own MBE) was getting ready to file Chap 11 and all of the MBE locations would have been in an interesting situation---maybe even out of business???

Steven · 04-07-2007, 05:47 PM

Well if Ups didnt buy us we would still be getting bonuses, we would be making more money even at 50 cents a year thats more than what we have gotten out of them now! I went from paying from 20 dollars a week to 60 with ups.Plus my deductable went sky high to.As far as how did the non union members work out, we have been screwed over by so many different policy changes that happen all the time that we have voted for all of central united states asfar as I am aware fo to go union now!WE have been trying to get a contract for over a year nowbut they both seem to blame each other!

Steven · 04-07-2007, 05:50 PM

20 dollars to 60 dollars a week was suppose to be mentioned for what I pay in benefits!

Dixie Doll · 04-12-2007, 12:01 PM

So, is anyone familiar with the smaller 6 or so airline hubs that were Menlo's, before UPS took them over, and what their status is??

nosupport4u · 12-08-2008, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven

As far as my leaders guess, we are still UPS Cartage, a division of Ups Supply Chain Solutions. The word out is that Ups still doesnt even know what they are going to finally call us.AS far as we all guessed in the begining we thought we were going to be called Ups Heavy Weight.That way people would still be covered for our ground ,air and ocean ships.But that made to much sense!Now we just want to get on with our lives under a finish name!So we can start getting some adv,going.

This is just me speculating, but I've kind of had the impression that UPS would eventually combine Cartage, Air and Ocean freight together with UPS Freight (ground freight). Maybe not as a singular operation, but probably as its own division.

tiegirl · 12-08-2008, 08:54 PM

I have wondered every time I saw a UPS Cartage what division I was looking at. Apparently no one where I work knew. Thanks for the posts. Sure hope everything works well for y'all. Would hate to hear that people with UPS lose their jobs. I see and read about companies closing and I thought UPS was work steady. DHL will stop all pick up and deliveries as of Jan 30, 2009. I was hoping this would be a big boom for UPS and everyone that workss for UPS. So hold on guys, I do not think anybody is going anywhere until after DHL is gone and the dust settles and we see what the market is doing at that time. But I have to think there are millions of packages just waiting for the Brown truck, officially, as of Febuary, 2009.

Dixie Doll · 12-15-2008, 10:39 PM

UPS is closing the Menlo operations at the Tucson airport in February. No more UPS flights coming in or going out of Tucson International to move the Menlo freight from Tucson to Phoenix, where it gets combined with the Phoenix freight before the flight terminates in Rockford, Il. Not sure of the exact people affected but I know that a couple of aircraft mechanics are being laid off. On the ground side, I assume the approximate 5 to 10 people will be relocated to the other Tucson facilities. I think there is a sort closing in Columbia, North Carolina. I can't remember the other locations specified.