InsideUPS
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The IBT has apparently made some type of single handed "Extra Contract Agreement" with UPS to allow a significant portion of UPS volume to be delivered by the USPS. (SurePost)
QUESTION: What have been the negative ramifications of allowing UPS to subcontract bargaining unit work to the USPS in the form of SurePost?
ANSWER: UPS is currently engaging in a nationwide plan of reducing full time driving positions with the help of SurePost. Our center for example has reduced the number of driving positions by almost 30% in the past several years. Retiring drivers are no longer being replaced. Routes are being expanded for the remaining drivers in a loop resulting in 10-12 hour days. SurePost has been expanding rapidly within our UPS center. Initially, only packages that were 10 lbs. and under (smalls) were designated for SurePost delivery. Currently, the size limit of SurePost appears to have expanded to much larger sizes and weights.
RAMIFICATIONS:
1) If the IBT does not re-negotiate their (our) position on subcontracting UPS final delivery work, many part-time employees will be delayed even longer from entering full-time UPS driving positions.
2) Current drivers will continue to work 10-12 hour days as their routes expand. Much of the "SurePost" work was the "icing" in a drivers day (raising stops per on road hour).
3) Supervisor Reductions - Less drivers means less need for driver supervisors. UPS has already replaced many "Real" supervisors with "Specialists" that are generally low paid and do not receive stock incentives.
4) Contract Negotiations - gone are the days of using a nationwide work stoppage (strike) to increase bargaining power. UPS easily has the technology and final means of delivering packages in the event of a strike.
CONCLUSION: I for one want UPS to be prosperous and successful. I feel however that our current CEO (Mr. Scott Davis) has strayed far from the core UPS principles set forth by James E. Casey back in 1907. 10 Million + dollar salaries and incentives do not sit well with many of Mr. Davis's employees....both hourly and management. Corporate greed at the top has led to a multitude of problems within many UPS centers across the country. Morale is at an all time low, frustration and anger is at an all time high..... and service is certainly not what it used to be.... Hopefully a new 2013 contract will include a change at the top for UPS also.. As for the IBT......Mr. Hall....don't subcontract our work to an entity that cannot make a profit and reflects poorly on UPS workers in the final delivery of customers packages....
QUESTION: What have been the negative ramifications of allowing UPS to subcontract bargaining unit work to the USPS in the form of SurePost?
ANSWER: UPS is currently engaging in a nationwide plan of reducing full time driving positions with the help of SurePost. Our center for example has reduced the number of driving positions by almost 30% in the past several years. Retiring drivers are no longer being replaced. Routes are being expanded for the remaining drivers in a loop resulting in 10-12 hour days. SurePost has been expanding rapidly within our UPS center. Initially, only packages that were 10 lbs. and under (smalls) were designated for SurePost delivery. Currently, the size limit of SurePost appears to have expanded to much larger sizes and weights.
RAMIFICATIONS:
1) If the IBT does not re-negotiate their (our) position on subcontracting UPS final delivery work, many part-time employees will be delayed even longer from entering full-time UPS driving positions.
2) Current drivers will continue to work 10-12 hour days as their routes expand. Much of the "SurePost" work was the "icing" in a drivers day (raising stops per on road hour).
3) Supervisor Reductions - Less drivers means less need for driver supervisors. UPS has already replaced many "Real" supervisors with "Specialists" that are generally low paid and do not receive stock incentives.
4) Contract Negotiations - gone are the days of using a nationwide work stoppage (strike) to increase bargaining power. UPS easily has the technology and final means of delivering packages in the event of a strike.
CONCLUSION: I for one want UPS to be prosperous and successful. I feel however that our current CEO (Mr. Scott Davis) has strayed far from the core UPS principles set forth by James E. Casey back in 1907. 10 Million + dollar salaries and incentives do not sit well with many of Mr. Davis's employees....both hourly and management. Corporate greed at the top has led to a multitude of problems within many UPS centers across the country. Morale is at an all time low, frustration and anger is at an all time high..... and service is certainly not what it used to be.... Hopefully a new 2013 contract will include a change at the top for UPS also.. As for the IBT......Mr. Hall....don't subcontract our work to an entity that cannot make a profit and reflects poorly on UPS workers in the final delivery of customers packages....