UPS union jobs/hours cut during 2008-2009 recession?

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Folks that worked through the last recession, did UPS cut union jobs or significantly cut hours around 2009? Hiring freeze?

I found some articles that the cut admin/office positions during that time, but didn't see any info on union positions.

I know we're crazy busy now as delivery is the only option for many businesses, but am wondering about 2-6 months down the road.

Thanks.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

There was a hiring freeze at that time but that was primarily for hourlies trying to go in to management.

 

[Johney]

There was a hiring freeze at that time but that was primarily for hourlies trying to go in to management.

Something tells me they are regretting that now.

 

[542thruNthru]

Folks that worked through the last recession, did UPS cut union jobs or significantly cut hours around 2009? Hiring freeze?

I found some articles that the cut admin/office positions during that time, but didn't see any info on union positions.

I know we're crazy busy now as delivery is the only option for many businesses, but am wondering about 2-6 months down the road.

Thanks.

Depended on the area. Lots of layoffs in some areas and hiring freezes. There was a thread about it a while back.
Life at Brown during the 08 market crash

So areas didn't see much change and some saw a lot.

 

[robot]

I was a full time feeder driver at the time. The bottom 10% of us were given the choice of going back to package car as swing drivers because we lost our package car seniority. Or go work 8 hours hub. This lasted about a year or so

 

[burrheadd]

There was a hiring freeze at that time but that was primarily for hourlies trying to go in to management.

Post of the day

 

[Brownslave688]

Folks that worked through the last recession, did UPS cut union jobs or significantly cut hours around 2009? Hiring freeze?

I found some articles that the cut admin/office positions during that time, but didn't see any info on union positions.

I know we're crazy busy now as delivery is the only option for many businesses, but am wondering about 2-6 months down the road.

Thanks.

At one point we lost 14 or 15 drivers and hadn’t replaced a single one out of about 70.

 

[Brownslave688]

Easiest peak season I have ever been a part of.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Folks that worked through the last recession, did UPS cut union jobs or significantly cut hours around 2009? Hiring freeze?

I found some articles that the cut admin/office positions during that time, but didn't see any info on union positions.

I know we're crazy busy now as delivery is the only option for many businesses, but am wondering about 2-6 months down the road.

Thanks.

We didn't put on anybody full time here for almost 5 years after that

 

[542thruNthru]

At one point we lost 14 or 15 drivers and hadn’t replaced a single one out of about 70.

That's like 2/3 of your podunk center!!! I call BS.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

That's like 2/3 of your podunk center!!! I call BS.

He is still only work part time after that...

 

[542thruNthru]

We didn't put on anybody full time here for almost 5 years after that

We had many grievances filed but the company took their sweet time and to be honest my local was partly to blame.

 

[542thruNthru]

He is still only work part time after that...

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

We had many grievances filed but the company took their sweet time and to be honest my local was partly to blame.

It wasn't until 2013 they we had a guaranteed number of full-time jobs in our contract
I honestly don't remember if it was written in our supplement or if it was an MOU

 

[Maplewood]

It was more like they laid way too many drivers off and the rest of us worked 12 hours days. It sucked.

 

[BSWALKS]

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[542thruNthru]

We had a ton of accidents because the old timers were so used to their "area" that when it expanded they were not as knowledgeable and hit a ton of things.

 

[Brownslave688]

That's like 2/3 of your podunk center!!! I call BS.

I said out of about 70. Different center dip

 

[Brownslave688]

We had a ton of accidents because the old timers were so used to their "area" that when it expanded they were not as knowledgeable and hit a ton of things.

This was when everything changed. We used to go out with 58-60 routes every single day. Rural routes went out with the exact same area every single day. Monday’s and Friday light wednesday heavy.

 

[Boywondr]

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