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<blockquote data-quote="Blackstream" data-source="post: 3617800" data-attributes="member: 49052"><p>Considering we're on the cusp of major hub overhauls everywhere, with automation and big brother package scanners everywhere tracking everything, this could be a real problem. It reads like a clarification since that section is related to drivers, but I'm sure it still protected everyone.</p><p></p><p>One thing I've really learned in the short time I've been here (8 years), UPS loves to have their cake and eat it too. They pretend like they care about safety and egress and talk about how you need to take care of yourself... and then they do <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> like put in belts that you sort to at your head level and then give you long trailers that literally only have boxes that go to that belt and put two unloaders in there unloading at max speed, then get upset if the belt turns off at all.</p><p></p><p>It's really weird how many sorters I've talked to have shoulder/back problems. One of their depth of knowledge questions these days is 'What's the most severe injury on this sort?' The answer is lifting and lowering for sorters. Hmm... there might be a correlation there.</p><p></p><p>Anyways the point is, I'm 100% certain that UPS if given the opportunity will ride their employees to get that production out, and as soon as they have a problem with an employee they'll be more than willing to use technology 'problems' with their <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ty faulty technology to try and get people fired.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: One thing I will say with that language, it specifically refers to technology that tracks or surveils a driver's movements, so for an employee not a driver to get caught by this clause, they would have to be caught by tech that also tracks/surveys driver movements, right? I'm sure UPS could find a way to make that work, but I'm assuming that unloaders won't get warning letters for having low EDS scores for example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackstream, post: 3617800, member: 49052"] Considering we're on the cusp of major hub overhauls everywhere, with automation and big brother package scanners everywhere tracking everything, this could be a real problem. It reads like a clarification since that section is related to drivers, but I'm sure it still protected everyone. One thing I've really learned in the short time I've been here (8 years), UPS loves to have their cake and eat it too. They pretend like they care about safety and egress and talk about how you need to take care of yourself... and then they do :censored: like put in belts that you sort to at your head level and then give you long trailers that literally only have boxes that go to that belt and put two unloaders in there unloading at max speed, then get upset if the belt turns off at all. It's really weird how many sorters I've talked to have shoulder/back problems. One of their depth of knowledge questions these days is 'What's the most severe injury on this sort?' The answer is lifting and lowering for sorters. Hmm... there might be a correlation there. Anyways the point is, I'm 100% certain that UPS if given the opportunity will ride their employees to get that production out, and as soon as they have a problem with an employee they'll be more than willing to use technology 'problems' with their :censored:ty faulty technology to try and get people fired. EDIT: One thing I will say with that language, it specifically refers to technology that tracks or surveils a driver's movements, so for an employee not a driver to get caught by this clause, they would have to be caught by tech that also tracks/surveys driver movements, right? I'm sure UPS could find a way to make that work, but I'm assuming that unloaders won't get warning letters for having low EDS scores for example. [/QUOTE]
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