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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 643117" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>UPS will do what ever is the cheapest to get them through peak. That simple. It is interesting that there are other times as well that the company can use "driver helpers", not just the month between thanksgiving and Christmas.</p><p> </p><p>But the point I am trying to make is this.</p><p> </p><p>Today, they are trying out bikes. Yes, this will be a failure, but it makes the green tree huggers at UPS feel great that they tried, and they can brag to their green buddies that UPS is leading the way.</p><p> </p><p>But look further down the road, if the driver helper is no longer actually helping a driver. Already it is being used at malls, where the driver never sets foot into the mall during the season, only helpers.</p><p> </p><p>So take large sections of home deliveries. They drop off a TP60, and the "helper" drives up in a mule or golf cart and makes deliveries in that manner. Is that helper actually a helper, or would he fall under a driver job. What is the legal dividing line between a helper, and a temp driver? The vehicle?</p><p> </p><p>BTW, golf carts are already being used by helpers in some areas. So whats the next step?</p><p> </p><p>Now, all this being said, it really does not matter to me one way or another. Just realize that when on a slippery slope, its hard to stop the downward progress. And I see the disappearance of the driver helper language as that first slippery step down that slope.</p><p> </p><p>Time will tell.</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 643117, member: 484"] UPS will do what ever is the cheapest to get them through peak. That simple. It is interesting that there are other times as well that the company can use "driver helpers", not just the month between thanksgiving and Christmas. But the point I am trying to make is this. Today, they are trying out bikes. Yes, this will be a failure, but it makes the green tree huggers at UPS feel great that they tried, and they can brag to their green buddies that UPS is leading the way. But look further down the road, if the driver helper is no longer actually helping a driver. Already it is being used at malls, where the driver never sets foot into the mall during the season, only helpers. So take large sections of home deliveries. They drop off a TP60, and the "helper" drives up in a mule or golf cart and makes deliveries in that manner. Is that helper actually a helper, or would he fall under a driver job. What is the legal dividing line between a helper, and a temp driver? The vehicle? BTW, golf carts are already being used by helpers in some areas. So whats the next step? Now, all this being said, it really does not matter to me one way or another. Just realize that when on a slippery slope, its hard to stop the downward progress. And I see the disappearance of the driver helper language as that first slippery step down that slope. Time will tell. d [/QUOTE]
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