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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 731839" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>You are correct that by accepting my job I have made a choice to assume a certain level of risk in exchange for a wage.</p><p> </p><p>I can accept the fact that UPS does not have any concern for the health or safety of its employees. UPS is in business to make a profit, and it is cheaper and more profitable to delete safety features on the equipment than it is to spend money to add them. It is cheaper and more profitable to replace a dead or injured driver with a lower-wage new hire than it would be to spend any unneccesary money on safety upgrades that might prevent the death orinjury in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>What I <em>cannot</em> accept...is when the same company that decided that the life of the driver wasnt worth a $50 seat belt upgrade then turns around and makes a big dog-and-pony show out of its so-called "safety committees" and bombards us on a daily basis with empty rhetoric, commentaries, word games, and other verbal drivel in order to create a phony "culture of safety".</p><p> </p><p>You cant have it both ways. Actions speak louder than words. Its OK with me that UPS doesnt give a damn about our safety...just quit trying to pretend otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 731839, member: 14668"] You are correct that by accepting my job I have made a choice to assume a certain level of risk in exchange for a wage. I can accept the fact that UPS does not have any concern for the health or safety of its employees. UPS is in business to make a profit, and it is cheaper and more profitable to delete safety features on the equipment than it is to spend money to add them. It is cheaper and more profitable to replace a dead or injured driver with a lower-wage new hire than it would be to spend any unneccesary money on safety upgrades that might prevent the death orinjury in the first place. What I [I]cannot[/I] accept...is when the same company that decided that the life of the driver wasnt worth a $50 seat belt upgrade then turns around and makes a big dog-and-pony show out of its so-called "safety committees" and bombards us on a daily basis with empty rhetoric, commentaries, word games, and other verbal drivel in order to create a phony "culture of safety". You cant have it both ways. Actions speak louder than words. Its OK with me that UPS doesnt give a damn about our safety...just quit trying to pretend otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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