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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 1080042" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p>Combining all 3 would cost package jobs, no 2 ways about it.</p><p></p><p>Feeder jobs would move to Freight or Cartage, feeders would bump back into package and so on. My guess is that since Cartage has the lowest wages, they would get the most work.</p><p></p><p>Looking around a bit, it looks like the better LTL places pay mid $20/hr, most are $17-20/hour. The worst are in the $14/hour range for loading and $.37/mile on the road. In other words, quite a bit less than what we make. The lowest paid places also have horrible turnover and much higher accident rates, therefore higher insurance costs.</p><p></p><p>It used to be that UPS wages put pressure on competitors to raise their wages. FEE used to make very close to us, now they are a third less, they are not losing drivers do to lack of pay. </p><p></p><p>I am thinking that in the court of public opinion, we (small package drivers and feeders) would lose if UPS made that proposal public and said that they could not afford to pay truck drivers $33/hour. UPS can cry all day about labor costs and there are very few people that would say they are wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 1080042, member: 13921"] Combining all 3 would cost package jobs, no 2 ways about it. Feeder jobs would move to Freight or Cartage, feeders would bump back into package and so on. My guess is that since Cartage has the lowest wages, they would get the most work. Looking around a bit, it looks like the better LTL places pay mid $20/hr, most are $17-20/hour. The worst are in the $14/hour range for loading and $.37/mile on the road. In other words, quite a bit less than what we make. The lowest paid places also have horrible turnover and much higher accident rates, therefore higher insurance costs. It used to be that UPS wages put pressure on competitors to raise their wages. FEE used to make very close to us, now they are a third less, they are not losing drivers do to lack of pay. I am thinking that in the court of public opinion, we (small package drivers and feeders) would lose if UPS made that proposal public and said that they could not afford to pay truck drivers $33/hour. UPS can cry all day about labor costs and there are very few people that would say they are wrong. [/QUOTE]
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