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But his co-workers at a UPS facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, found out. And last week, they decided to make things right.
They asked Lewis to come to a brief union meeting.
When he showed up, his stoic face gave way to disbelief and then a grateful smile as his coworkers handed him keys to a new car.
“I was emotionally moved. My heart just fell,” the young worker recalled.
Amazon’s ambition has been in plain sight for years. The company has built its own network of merchandise warehouses and package sorting centers. It enlisted its own airplanes and truck trailers to transport cargo. It registered to move freight across oceans, and in dozens of cities it tapped couriers to deliver packages directly to shoppers’ doors.
Brick by brick, Amazon has been building itself into a package delivery company to satisfy not only the voracious demands of Amazon shoppers but also anyone else who wanted to move merchandise from one place to another.
None of this has been a secret. Even a hush-hush company like Amazon.com Inc. can’t keep jet planes under wraps. But Amazon and its delivery partners such as FedEx have had plausible deniability about what’s been happening. When Amazon executives are asked whether they’re trying to become another FedEx or UPS, they say those Amazon trucks, warehouses, airplanes and delivery drivers are intended to supplement existing shipping providers when needed and improve service for Amazon shoppers.
This explanation wasn’t entirely believable, of course, and Amazon can no longer deny it. Amazon is coming for you, FedEx and UPS. Maybe not today or tomorrow. But soon.
A woman was caught on video following a United Parcel Service (UPS) truck Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to steal a package minutes after it was delivered, the intended recipient said.
Minh Nim expected to see a package on his doorstep Saturday upon returning home from work, but he was surprised to find that it was nowhere in sight. Nim said he lost $100 worth of merchandise due to porch pirating, which is when a person steals a package from the intended recipient’s doorstep or porch.
Security cameras outside of Nim’s home, which he’s resided at for nine years, managed to catch the unidentified woman in the act. The footage shows a white, blonde woman smoking a cigarette as she casually approaches Nim’s home to take his package nearly three minutes after the delivery was made. She’s then seen walking away with the homeowner’s package.
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. plans to invest $41 million to expand its facility at El Paso International Airport.
On Tuesday, City Council is scheduled to vote on whether to offer UPS a package of tax incentives.
The company’s investment would add another 42,000-square-feet to its facilities at 28 Leigh Fisher. UPS would also commit to retaining 234 full-time jobs and create 10 new jobs, according to a city presentation.
The husband of a 65-year-old woman killed in a crash west of Cheyenne last year is suing the United Parcel Service and the driver of the truck that killed her.
In a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court, attorneys for James Berrigan argue that the wrongful death of his wife, JoelAnne Berrigan, caused irreparable harm to him and several family members.
The complaint argues that the negligence of the UPS semitrailer combination driver Michael Shedd caused the 65-year-old’s death and asks for “damages far (exceeding) $75,000.”