UPS and Coming Strike

[ericheartsu]

that's so wild. I wonder if the government will step in to make sure it doesn't happen.

[rusty]

If the government steps in like they did with the railroad strike thats BS. Whats the point of capitalism if people can’t stand up for themselves and deserve better pay and/or treatment.

[Homer]

No matter what happens, the only thing you can guarantee is prices will be going up...again...

[ebscreen]

If the government steps in like they did with the railroad strike thats BS. Whats the point of capitalism if people can’t stand up for themselves and deserve better pay and/or treatment.

We quickly convert to socialist mores when large sums are to be lost. Temporarily embarrassed millionaires and all...

As is typical in these situations management will likely roll up their sleeves and start driving routes. It won't cover 5% of the workload
but it's always seemed a bit of a parable to me that they are physically reminded of the job being done.

As a data point our long-term driver started a conveniently timed seven week vacation (high seniority that one) and his replacement hopes
to not strike as he just came back form a three month furlough.

[GraphicDisorder]

I would assume that Fed Ex wont be able to cover the slack as well, as much as they want to pretend they can.  So the gov stepping in might be a good idea, this could have a significant effect on the economy if some large % of packages stop or are delayed weeks/months?

[TCT]

Our new location is a block from the hub here in Minneapolis. Same street. Neighborhood is a total zoo with cars parking everywhere and 2 busses parked out back of UPS. Our driver said once the drivers left on their routes today they brought all these people in to start training so they could try to limp along...

[T Shirt1]

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[ebscreen]

We're lucky to have several regional shipping companies out west, Sanmar etc already offer the option.
Sincerely doubt them being able to handle the volume though, their claim to fame is beating UPS by a day
for shipments from southern California to up here. They succeed ~%50 of the time.

Local stuff can go courier which we're doing more and more of anyways, it's frequently less expensive than
UPS for large local shipments, which might lend credence to UPS managements position.

[mk162]

We're lucky to have several regional shipping companies out west, Sanmar etc already offer the option.
Sincerely doubt them being able to handle the volume though, their claim to fame is beating UPS by a day
for shipments from southern California to up here. They succeed ~%50 of the time.

Local stuff can go courier which we're doing more and more of anyways, it's frequently less expensive than
UPS for large local shipments, which might lend credence to UPS managements position.

Our local couriers here went to sh!t.  It was same day, sometimes half the price of UPS.  Now I'm lucky if they pick it up within 6 hours.

We'll see how this plays out.  UPS has been almost unusable the last few months anyway.

[ericheartsu]

We're lucky to have several regional shipping companies out west, Sanmar etc already offer the option.
Sincerely doubt them being able to handle the volume though, their claim to fame is beating UPS by a day
for shipments from southern California to up here. They succeed ~%50 of the time.

Local stuff can go courier which we're doing more and more of anyways, it's frequently less expensive than
UPS for large local shipments, which might lend credence to UPS managements position.

Our local couriers here went to sh!t.  It was same day, sometimes half the price of UPS.  Now I'm lucky if they pick it up within 6 hours.

We'll see how this plays out.  UPS has been almost unusable the last few months anyway.

We had a last mile service that we were using for a couple of years before covid. I'd place an order at 4pm, and the order would arrive by 8am the next day. It was AWESOME. then during the pandemic, they just got extremely overwhelmed. Shipments that were single day ship via UPS or fedex became upwards of 7 business days with the last mile service. We had to switch off of them.

[GraphicDisorder]

My UPS driver who's been a friend for years just told me his internal Management said that if there is not a deal by Monday, they will stop picking up by Wednesday. FedEx Driver also told my UPS driver that internally they are going to handle their regular customers first and the rest of us as they can. Which I guess is logical.

Expect a mess.

[ebscreen]

Anybody know what the demands are or what the sticking point is?

Obviously their workload quintupled during the pandy, it's definitely gone down
some since but I think a lot of the volume stayed.

[GraphicDisorder]

Anybody know what the demands are or what the sticking point is?

Obviously their workload quintupled during the pandy, it's definitely gone down
some since but I think a lot of the volume stayed.

UPS driver told me the contracts are 95% done/agreed and most of the hang up was part timer pay and some other details.

[Doug S]

Anybody know what the demands are or what the sticking point is?

Obviously their workload quintupled during the pandy, it's definitely gone down
some since but I think a lot of the volume stayed.

I've heard from a driver that one of the demands are that if they stay 35 yrs. they are trying to get them to pay double the retirement.  I imagine that is one that is hard for them to swallow.

[ebscreen]

Just noticed McMaster used FedEx for us, a first.

The end is nigh.