North Texas UPS driver crashes after passing out from heat, union says
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- A North Texas UPS driver was sent to the hospital after allegedly passing out while behind the wheel and crashing. Video shows the truck careening off the road in Anna and crashing into trees nearby. The local Teamsters union says the driver passed out due to the heat.
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The people sitting in air conditioned offices are the ones encouraging workers, to keep on going in this heat!
You're not lying 🤥
actually the On Road Supervisors are out there delivering too.
The people who sit in air conditioned offices are those that went to school, learned marketable skills, and had the ability to plan ahead in life.
@@pearlsswinenot everyone has an opportunity to go to school
@@pearlsswine It's comedic that you think that everyone has had the same opportunities to be raised in stable homes to be able to go to school and gain skills. SO MANY people grew up in the foster care system, become homeless, and have to FIGHT to live. Expand your mind and maybe you'd have more compassion for people. This person was suffering and the that you could input into the world was this degenerate comment? Do better.
So rather than have some packages delayed, the made the driver keep working. Now they have to repair the truck and the driver is hospitalized. Good work, UPS.
And the packages were still delayed.
Poor management
Trucks with no ac
Is ups in still in the 1940s
This is a public safety issue
Poor people , I did not have a working air conditioning in my work truck For the last couple years,
@@byronumphress3805 that’s simply your choice
This is so urgent they air-conditioning in the work trucks. This is a life threatening situation.
@@angelac1009 learn how to hydrate !!
@genemaverick5705 ur must be stupid. Hydrate or not. If those trucks have no ac. He's gunna dehydrate quickly.
@@genemaverick5705 sometimes hydrating is not enough!
UPS needs to be sue again for breaking their promise of providing ACs for all drivers.
Crazy how these "upper people" are acting so new to humans getting heat exhaustion. Like yes, these are real humans with families making your business run.
Those UPS drivers have daily 12 hour days in this crazy heat with NO AC
UPS need to step UP
If they don't like it, they can quit and get a job somewhere that suits their skills and intelligence, like McDonald's.
The moment the driver surpasses 8 hours, he/she goes into overtime pay..........I drove as close to 60 hours/week as possible. $$$
What is their union doing for them? Just taking "dues."
@@grondhero Teamsters actually do voice things on behalf of the drivers however the union still understands that it is a "work" situation. I quit the Teamsters (not easy to get out) but everything they did affected me (since I became a dirty scab).
@@pearlsswinewell what about someone passed out still in motion . He could have hit another car with a family. That's extremely dangerous. So just go out of business if u don't wanna step up
BOTTOM LINE THEY ALL NEED CLIMATE CONTROLLED VEHICLES...USPS FED EX ETC...
Sue UPS no Air Conditioning in Texas is BS. I'm a Texan
Absolutely! How can they do that! Cooling gear and fans??? Psh
UPS driver passed out at someone's front door last year. UPS said they aren't responsible
Because they're literally not. Maybe Americans should learn to drink water.
The heat in Texas is excruciating. No one should be working under those conditions.
Even with water and electrolytes.
While waiting for A/C units being installed at least provide ice chests with ice and water in each truck allowing hydrating options on board the truck.
I drove a United Parcel Service (UPS) package car for six years. I knew to hydrate while driving and stay out of the back of the vehicle where things were way hotter. UPS is not a job for everyone and FedEx ground/Amazon drivers would have a hard time keeping up (or passing the background check). I feel for that driver because the idea is to deliver all the packages in your vehicle, in any weather, as efficiently as possible.
@@1995texasaggiesometimes hydrating is not enough especially when you reach triple digits , 100 +z. The vehicle temperature can rise way above 100.
@@LisaBurwinkel I can testify the area behind the bulk head door is way over 100. Two open doors and vent flaps on the side of the truck near your feet is the air flow in those vehicles. Hydrating isn't enough as I have built fence in the Texas sun without air conditioning as well. I'm not disagreeing with you.
@@1995texasaggieMy son has driven short haul and long haul for years . My son has said short haul is a b-tch due to lack of A/C. He would leave in the morning with multiple gallon jugs of water everyday when he did short haul deliveries. He can recall twice pulling over and exiting his truck for at least 10 minutes when it was well over 100 degrees. Yeah he got reprimanded. Freaking sad packages are more important than a persons life.
@@LisaBurwinkel Your son has some human interest stories.......tales from the road are crazy. Cheers Lisa!
Amazon trucks have AC. Ups cheap asff
I can't believe people actually put their lives in danger for these companies. You gotta be a fool to risk your life for these companies.
Isn’t it obvious? Look at the price of everything man. He probably has a wife and kids hungry at home. You would be shocked what people are willing to do to provide.
Its 2024 and you dont have all your trucks with a/c? All the trucks still have A track players in them too? I mean damn my guy has to pass out almost die and your solution is to give him traning on how to stay hydrated. What five classes on how to drink water properly? Ups is a joke.
these corporations have no problem working people to death. like the lady who died of a food allergy reaction at Disney and they wanted to waive her claim because of terms of service in a one month trial of disney tv she had signed up for. these people are sick. this country is sick.
So there were 2 separate Texas ups drivers who passed out on their shift. One of them died. UPS should be defunded and shut down immediately
Defunded? I'm hoping that was sarcasm.
UPS should be shut down because one of their drivers thought keeping hydrated meant chugging Mountain Dew and Red Bulls?
Shut down UPS and you won't get your cosmetics and other devices without you asking your partner to subsidize.
I hope he met with his Union Steward before UPS got to him. They are notorious for trying to manipulate things like this. They come and cover up the logos on the trucks whenever there is an accident because they are so afraid of liability. They will try to gas light this guy into saying it was his fault for not sleeping enough and had nothing to do with UPS.
LOL at covering up the logo on a vehicle that is iconic. Nice try Alice.
If the union cared about the people, they would have already required this.
@@grondhero the union streward is driving the same trucks you dont think he wants AC?
@@Nemo71340 So the unions haven't bargained for that? I guess all those dues are going to fill pockets instead.
@@grondhero yes they have lol. But you’re not understanding the union stewards are also UPS employees. It’s literally in all the new contracts that they are supposed to have AC in the trucks by next year, the union negotiated that contract for them.
UPS don’t care
250 fans???😅😅😅😅😅Don't they have hundreds of thousands of trucks??? What is 250 fans going to do??? Clowns
The last Union strike AC was part of the settlement for drivers.. but as always when you have friends in DC who are corrupt settlements are easily voided.
The problem is, the new contract states that ac has to be in any trucks purchased after 1/1/24. Carol Tome forsaw that and purchased a large number of trucks before the contract was ratified, so it will be a while before ac has to be installed.
This could have turned out so much worse. On coming traffic collision, or roll over, etc. All things considered, this driver is fortunate to be alive and that nobody else was injured.
No AC,? Now lets SEE what BROWN gonna do for HIM, probably NOTHING , i just hope they don't try and FIRE him.
Union or not, this plus many other reasons are why I literally walked out on these guys. I was happier at FedEx even though it was less money.
Battling the heat has a package delivery driver is a yearly ordeal. Those companies just want numbers, not "complainers". You point out anything that's wrong, and they'll shun you.
Didn't Texas government take away mandates that allow workers to have breaks during a heat wave last year?
No..try again
Yes and they did it to show everyone how pro life they are.
That was a stupid Greg Casar-like BS lure for crybabies...........the government shouldn't be a nanny telling you what you can and cannot do or it will.
This is the other side of union contracts. You have to WORK. Threaten strikes, complain, get all the raises and benefits you want. A company expects your labor in return. These guys are working 12 hour days now, especially since ups has been laying off workers nationwide. This guy will be fired for breach of contract.
This is the fault of his supervisor
I have a hhr 2009, Ac doesn’t work so I usually roll the windows down for a breeze n thats it. Sometimes my car can reach over 120 degrees just inside my car. THIS HEAT AINT NO JOKE
Shame on ups! You guys can’t play dumb in 106 degree heat!
The solution is simple, don’t add more stops it’s so easy, UPS came with a new software by AI instead of human dispatch the last week was terrible drivers with more than 240 stops in this heat, of course this type of things are gonna happen heat strokes and traffic accidents are gonna increase and the cooling gear is a piece of cloth that drivers need to put on their neck in order to cool down. The answer is simple don’t add more stops.
Those stocks are down and the only thing those motherfuckers hold dear is the shareholders and their bonuses.
Ups driver and the union should sue for life endangerment conditions and lack of air conditioning in the vehicle 😮
I have called them oops for a long time.
AC should be required in states like Texas, Arizona or Nevada where temperatures get 100+
Thanks for the story. Great reporting 👏🏼
This is the time the union needs to step up and get some changes. They need to do more to protect the health and safety of their drivers.
UNACCEPTABLE!!! This could've been much worse. You have to know your OWN personal limits because heat illness is real and can be life threatening. If you know you're feeling bad you don't need ANY company's permission to take care of yourself.
I’m out here right now driving for ups they always push us pass our limits
UPS will say keep driving 😢
And likely write him up for having a heat related injury, and charge him with the accident.
*Union after the accident:* Shame on them. We don't want this to happen again. We need their money.
*Unions before the accident:* We've got your money. You don't _need_ AC. Just leave your doors open.
they’ve actually been pushing AC in the trucks for quite some time.
They’re clearly not staying hydrated.
its a good thing this story got more national coverage.
UPS and FedEx are the same. They don’t give a damn if you pass out or have heat stroke during the job. They can replace you, like THAT. Why should THEY care!? I should know I worked for FedEx and had heat exhaustion on my shift and they sent me home and ended up cutting my hours the following week. I quit there and I moved on to another line of work. Never again.
Honestly air conditioners don’t really do much either. I mean going from a really cold cab to a hot outdoors. Just makes you get sick.
If heat was the issue, then every UPS driver in Texas would have passed out at the wheel that day. People eat junk, drink junk and veg in front of their computer. When something happens to them, they blame someone else.
All new trucks will have a/c. So after that deal was reached they purchased a bunch of trucks(before deal kicked off) and will repair old ones to keep them on the road. They don't want anymore high maintenance costs.
Teamsters... Being used and abused for damn near 300 years
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There should be strict rules for this company for their fuel cost. They give trouble to employees. Their should be A/C compulsory
UPS drives their drivers literally into the ground and doesn't care about their health, only the bottom line.
So did he take the jab ?
Ups is doing everything possible to blame this on the driver, believe me. If they can't blame him the supervisor is meat!
They need to have eight T-shirts white not wear jackets at work. That is just ridiculous.
Yea it's true they told him keep working that's every city every state every ups
Go on strike, go on strike, go on strike, go on strike!
This is an out door job , next month it will be too cold , if you can’t handle it quit .
He is really lucky that could have been way worse than that
What is Local Union officials?
Why can’t they get ac in those trucks?
Whats interesting about this type of illness the driver suffered from, Biden wanted to create guidelines to help prevent heat related incidents, but Abbot immediately fired back. Abbot can be a chill guy, but just like every other politician in this country, sometimes they need to accept a good idea regardless if the idea came from the opposition. That is why things keep happening in this country. On the other hand, I thought the union won 2 years ago where the vehicles will be equipped with AC units. You know, back in the 90s, we thought 95 degrees was hot. Now 95 degrees is cool. We just peaked 106 today in Dallas. Arizona peaked 115 one day not too long ago. It is beginning to be too dangerous to be out side during the day now. Perhaps there should be some kind of guide lines to protect workers who have to work outside in the day time.
I work at Adams Mobile Air, and we can put air-conditioning on these trucks!
“What is specialized cooling gear”?
*you work in a union so you get treated like a union. what i learned from working in a union throughout my life is that you have no rights. The union work for the company. it's all about the money.*
We have great pay, benefits, and a pension because the union. Heat exhaustion is an issue, but as a whole the union is great.
Fedex Ground is the same thing but worst, they don’t care about you they just want you to deliver all the packages, extreme heat driving all day with heavy boxes, barely have time for a break and working more than 8 hours in old trucks falling apart and you have no benefits at all, no Union, nothing.
Law suit
Please sue these mfs
They installed fans? They need AC. Greedy big corporations don't care about average workers.
Automated trucks are coming.
Thats some amazon driver stuff
The way they cover their butts is by making managers and people up in the offices in air-conditioning urge the drivers to go on as long as they can those drivers are workaholics who often times will just keep on trucking because they were told to and die doing it
shout out henrywiththehellcat
Been with UPS for 30 years, driving package car for 17, I have a cooler on my truck and several businesses on my route that have ice machines, drink plenty of water and gatorade, eat a lite meal for lunch, and if for 1 minute I thought I was going to have heat related problems I will go sit in air conditioning or under a shade tree and take water from my cooler and douse it over my head and body, works for me.
He should been drinking lots of water , especially the day before , he knew it would be hot !!
UPS should not have told him to keep driving. That driver who was supposed to take his pkgs should have come to him. They knew he was ill.
@@jcvtr again he should know to stay hydrated , and if he was sick , he shouldn’t have gone to work !
I've almost died from heat stroke twice. I always stay hydrated but that only goes so far. Sometimes its just too damn hot. UPS trucks dont have AC and they are ovens in this extreme heat. Dispatch screwed up telling him to continue. This will cost UPS big.
what a ridiculous comment .. surely , you've never lived in the south ..
Please stop commenting Satan
Because the union won't admit it was the drug use
I swear this new generation is so soft! This so called generation Z can't go a single 8 hour shift in the heat? I worked 5 extra unpaid hours at the ball crushing factory and never complained!