This Could Be The Biggest Strike In U.S. History
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- 340,000 UPS workers are gearing up for a massive, nationwide strike.
Working at UPS used to provide a comfortable, middle-class life. But the company has spent decades eroding pay and working conditions and even trying to gigify jobs. Now workers are fighting back.
If they don't get a fair contract deal by July 31, 2023, workers could go on strike. It would be the largest single-employer strike in U.S. history.
We worked with @upsurgepod host Teddy Ostrow to get the inside scoop from UPS workers about what they're fighting for .
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I am with the UPS workers. Corporate greed is way out of control, I think the whole country needs to strike.
And nearly had a debt default. That would have been a mess and hurt everyone.
Thankyou for your support..
I'm a factory worker. They spend around $400k on product, $120k on maintenance and $60k on labor a week and make $1m a day. Tell me that math works out.
I can only imagine how it works for you guys too. The entire country needs to strike soon for sure
I don’t know why the rich continues to get tax breaks, anyone giving the rich tax breaks and looking over the working class should be voted out quickly.
I was working as a driver during the last strike and will support the drivers any time. UPS management is the worst!
As a former Amazon delivery driver, I stand with the UPS workers. You deserve all that you're asking for.
ups worker here. Thanks! We are just like people at all the other delivery services. Workers are in this together. Hope the other companies, Amazon etc, go union as well!
@@julianbrelsford all the props to you guys! As someone who was a former warehouse manager/software developer at Amazon it pisses me off when any internal employees aren't treated fair.
Amazon's delivery drivers aren't even considered amazon employees which is another piss off, but you guys are employees directly with UPS, this should not be happening
Do you realize a Amazon driver only make around 22 an hour and ups makes 36 rn so relax
hey so do you! You did at Amazon, and do now where ever you are!
Eh did I say something wrong not sure what’s the issue here 🤷🏽♂️
As a school bus driver who recently bargained (and won) a union contract with the corporate company, I am now proudly a Teamster and 100% back my sisters and brothers at UPS. STAND STRONG.
So in other words you are a communist shill. Don't delude yourself about what the union is. The union is an obstacle for motivated workers to negotiate their worth. With a union, much like min wage. Its just welfare with extra steps. And it keeps the workers poor.
I hope you're evil. And not stupid. An evil person sleeps well at night knowing their crimes hurt others.
Thank you brother !
15 years of being a full time driver leaving Ups was the best thing I ever did. I lost so much time with my kids. I got a mental health back . I got a lot of dirty secrets on management. To be honest I’m the guy from Austin that exposed our our hub for having employees with COVID still working.I did post it on fb and got fired for it. Thanks to the teamsters I got my job but had to delete everything off fb. The list goes on
Honesty always prevails.
Same man thank god I don't work in that hell hole any more cuss thats wat it's called a hell hole
@Derick you're a real man. Thanks for sharing
I worked while having Covid. Stayed home a day or two and went back. Why? Cause I’m not 65 and the guys I work directly with arent over 60 so Covid meant very little. Feel good? Just go to work. Common sense matters
@@SuperDeathunder Truthfully I've had worse colds, covid was gone in like 3 days. I was at home with the sniffles playing video games for two weeks for no reason.
I stand with UPS workers.
F-ck the workers and all their piss poor choices in life. Anyone who holds the economy hostage for money is a scumbag.
Union strong! United we stand.
@@donovanlamb1 Commie
@@Reiman33 Tell Amazon you want to ship FedEx or DHL next time, see what happens.
Thank you
15 years ago, people in my area would forego college and just work for UPS because of how much they paid. The King of queens TV show wasn't TV fantasy. You could buy a house with the wages. Now, it's not a decision between UPS and college - it's a choice between UPS and McDonalds.
Better off working for Wal-mart. They pay better than either UPS or McDonalds at least in my area.
That is so sad. Similarv to the coal mines here in Kentucky.
Wow I remember a lot of guys from my first year of college dropping out when UPS came to campus to recruit .... you're right, things were different then
Shareholders and the CEO sure got their piece of the pie. Strike and bring the company to its knees. UPS has no leverage.
Working at UPS "MIGHT" give you a good wage. But it comes at a cost. Your knees, back, and shoulders will deteriorate. And only after you experience a herniated disc..and the company's ways of making sure they aren't held responsible..Will you know ur in trouble. Plus.. you won't be able to see ur kids grow up. High divorce rate as well.
Have fun. :(
I am a ups driver, I am blessed the Lord has provided this job for me. Thank you all for understanding and supporting us. UPS Oklahoma
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, God Blessed the Teamsters, Amen
As a current UPS worker, on thanksgiving I was making time and a half on my minimum wage ($23.25 for 2.5 hours) while a driver was making $112 an hour for an 8 hour shift and getting overtime. Please support your local UPS
what driver
Shit. I wanna be a driver then. Sounds like good pay
@@guillermocas2877 its probably not 8 hours more like 13 cause you have to complete all your stops, you will also be harrassed the whole time to go faster, theyll give you a terrible route you have to stick to even if it isnt practicle, extreme heat/cold depending on location and season with no ac and heat if youre lucky. Not only that to become a driver you have to climb seniority at one of the warehouses most of the time and that comes with a whole slew of abuse and pain of its own. But if the money is worth it to you than go for it but time, ware and tear are real and you should think about your future health over short term monetary gain that could be got anywhere else either way.
@@UberchargedNavi sounds like another shitty wearhouse job but this has much better pay.
So I looked into this sometime ago before I got into investigations. From what you said, you're likely seasonal or a new hire. You said time and a half is $23 at your minimum wage job which means like likely live on the west coast (Cali?) Around $15 min wage (much less elsewhere). Also drivers that have been with the company for years get automatic pay raises because they have a union if I remember correctly. After about 4-5 years with UPS it's going to be hard to leave because you're getting paid about 25-40% more than the US median income, before overtime. But I could imagine companies now just firing folks in cutbacks before hitting those numbers. So here's what I suggest get the heck out of the state. Seriously. ASAP. How you afford inflated housing on that is beyond me. There are many states with housing that would cost half your current monthly income from UPS and also pay you more. Order pickers are making $18-19 at a lot of places and the post office is around the same but with better benefits. Plus in the govt as long as you have comparable time in grade at UPS like a year or more experience you can do that same thing for the post office at a higher grade if it's available which means more $$$
As a former UPS worker, I have incredible respect for these folks. My job was to pack boxes into 3-4 trucks between the hours of 2am and 8am and it was both stressful and incredibly intense. The job on the packing line was crazy, but what really amazed me were the drivers. Those folks showed up at 6am to help prep their truck and learn the manifest and then would work until the late evening. How they deliver to 150+ stops every single day and is beyond me.
And never cared about the packages. Yeah great people.
We do the same thing at Amazon but for even less money as drivers. It is brutal work. At least with the UPS, you have Union protections. Amazon throws us away when they're done with us.
it's hard to believe because they did not do that
Y'all have no idea! Most people can't do that kind of job. You'd quit before lunch on your 1st day.
@@Jeffthedude15 Spent 44yrs with co, 26 of those were delivering pkg's out of the brown trucks you were loading!!!
I am a former employee of UPS, so I absolutely stand in solidarity with the workers.
Thank you. So was I.
I stand with them.
Workers need to be careful not to destroy UPS as they are competing with the nonunionized Amazon.
Oh yes, im a former employee too. Totally behind the teamsters.
I work for FedEx Ground and I’m 100% with them - I wish our company could unionize and push demands like that.
Why? You don’t work there anymore.
Unions do work. Don’t you guys dare give up. We need more examples of union workers who make a difference.
Been through 2 strikes at UPS in my 40 yr career with them. No worries. Teamsters will never give up. We help raise the working conditions and standards for all workers as other unions do as a result of our organizing and willingness to strike when necessary. We are here for the good fight :) Thanks for your support!!!
Thank you
You're Beautiful
Employee ran Unions, only.
@Michael Morgan how does that help here?
I worked for UPS back in the 90's, started off as working as a reloader and then finally as a full time driver. Even back then, I thought it was bad that they never raised the starting wage of the part-time employee even though the min wage was increasing. When I left the company, the starting wage was about the same as the min wage. I never regretted quitting and finding a new career path.
Just to let you know that I was working there parttime when the strike happened in 1997. I was a Teamster and walked the picket line. One of the few parttime employees that did that. So I stand with the workers.
I’m a UPS worker. Thank u for standing with us we appreciate it.
Always!! Y’all always work so hard to make sure we’re good out here! We got y’all! 🫶🏾
shit is slave work i worked there for 8 long months
Will stand firmly with you as long as it takes.
What are you hearing? Do you think there's a legitimate chance of striking? We stand with you!
@@vincenthamilton09 I have been hearing for months now that all vacation time was cancelled. ???
As a former FedEx Wearhouse worker I stand with these workers!
your all replaceable and have 0 leverage
@@Boe-Jiden2024Jeff Bezos, is that you?
@@gregs7519 😏
@@Boe-Jiden2024 Which is why I replaced FedEx with a better job. Higher pay too
@@drewbaldwin7630 u showed them bud 👍🏻🤣❌
As a current UPS worker, pleaseeee support your local UPS store, they work us like dogs
I stand with the UPS workers and the Teamsters. Stand strong Brothers and Sisters!
I still say that we need a nation wide blue flu ( blue collar walkout) I stand in solidarity with the UPS workers.
it will cost YOU more
@@shaystern2453 what if profit wasn't the motive
@@shaystern2453 No, it won't. Prices are going up anyway to support executive compensation packages and billions of dollars of stock buybacks.
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@@shaystern2453 That's a sacrifice I'm willing to take
I joined the Teamsters in 1966, then went to IBEW in 1972 until retiring in 2014. Collective bargaining is necessary to have a healthy American middle class. Keep fighting, brothers and sisters!
SEAN O'BRIEN IS FAKE! IF THE TEAMSTERS ACCEPT A CONTRACT WITHOUT STRIKING THEN THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE BEST CONTACT POSSIBLE!
He said "if there's a strike it's UPSs fault for not accepting the offer." No! Sean O'Brien should be planning to lead the most effective strike no matter what happens because that's the ONLY WAY to win the best contract possible. Sean O'Brien is already undermining the workers!!! 👿👿👿
You're exactly right! Reagan fucked the unions and started this vast wealth disparity we see now.
Unions benefit everyone whether you're in a union or not.
@@KingOfShenanigan nah, “give us what we want or it’s your fault when we strike” is pretty negotiating IMO
@@randibgood , how did President Reagan “fuck the Unions”? He was endorsed by the IBT. 🤣🤣🤣
I worked for Lockheed for 3 years and hated every second of it. Not a single quarter went by that they didn’t post record profits. Meanwhile our starting hourly pay was the same as at the Walmart up the road. They were forced to give us a pay raise a year into me being there to be “competitive”… with Publix. We were literally assembling explosives and being paid the same as people stocking shelves. We didn’t even have hazards pay.
Also terrible benefits. I remember my eye doctor wincing when he found out I was with Lockheed because of how awful the insurance is. He knew from other patients he had in the area how bad it was but it was always a shock to new doctors who didn’t know how pathetic the insurance was to realize how poor Lockheed’s health plans were because “it’s Lockheed Martin, they have a ton of money and should have great insurance.” Lmao
I am a Teamster and a current 40 year employee of UPS. This is a very accurate account of the current situation. Thank you for getting the word out 👍👍 Our contract us up on 7/31/23.
My husband drove for UPS for 31 years starting in the late 60’s, rain, sleet, snow, ice, 90 degree temps. No A.C., uncomfortable seats. There were seven drivers who started out in our rural area and the lead driver was also manager until a few years later, a full time manager came in. The team quickly grew. We were all like a family, got together for parties, picnics, etc. It was one of the best jobs around.
It's probably the reason why all the seats are specified in the contract now
Jim Casey,a fair days pay for a fair days work…
I have friends who worked for UPS in the 80's. The could afford nice cars , nice homes. So sorry to hear how bad it has gotten.
Me too 1979 in NorCal
The obscene level of corporate greed is astounding. These execs are making MILLIONS per year and yet they begrudge the workers a living wage, a fair cut of the pie. Damn.
Full rate drivers were getting over $40 per hour years before lockdown mandates. Teamsters have to wait for the next contract to modify the wage schedule. It's that or strike to demand expedited negotiations. That's just how contracts work.
While also saying no one wants to work but they're going to replace humans with AI anyway, and that they've decided a recession is coming so we're all going to be homeless and out of work soon anyway. Brain rot, all of it.
Ok. Make the CEO forfeit her salary. Wow! You get 35$ per employee pre tax. 😂
Millions of cheap future UPS workers crossing Bidens non border. UPS knows this they just need a amnesty bill and you Union dudes will be left with pocket change.
The fair cut of the pie, is what you agreed to work for, when you first accepted the job. If you didn't like the terms, you shouldn't have accepted the job offer.
Corporate greed is out of control on all fronts. They are squeezing us and seeing how far they can go
Unions are the corporations. Don't you see?
Thanks tomcovid and the government saying whomcan be open or not we see where the money goes to like Blackrock and vanguard who donate to the world economic forum they left us out of the dust.
@@jp3711nc1 Your AR-15 is like a magic wand. They don't want magic wands for some reason. Let's put 3 and 7 together and figure it out!
I adore our UPS guy at my job, he works damn hard! I hope he and his fellow workers get what they’re due!
I'm not a union employee but I stand with these employees and teamsters across the country! It's time to stand up and make a difference!
Don't let them kid you; the Teamsters Union is run by criminals and grifters who are looking out for themselves.
Spoken like the ignorant, or the union buster.
Thankyou for your support..
lol your all replaceable
Why take pride in being in a union? All the unions I know of have been fighting for lower pay for workers and it’s been hard to watch as my friends and family are begging to get out.
I work indirectly to UPS (UPS Store), and let me tell you, these drivers are getting hammered. We keep extra bottled water on hand and sugary treats for our drivers because they are worn, dehydrated and low sugar in this Florida sun. No AC, seriously long hours, and yes, they are treated by corporate like slaves. Lately we have seen an uptick in supervisors accompanying drivers not because of over-watch because a driver did something wrong (accident, failure to clear a store, during a 'skim', training, etc.), no; they are there as 'observers' of drivers who have made complaints to Corporate. These supervisors stand around like angry TSA agents looking for the smallest error a driver does so to mark them up. I pray that the drivers strike and it hurts them (corporate) and more so, the stock holders. Have you ever noticed when a company goes Public, their only interests are the shareholders and their own pockets, but quality of service is impacted to a horrible low? Look at every single publicly traded company in the last 30 years and tell me differently. One cannot. Hurt UPS and the shareholders the best way possible by reminding them that People make them the monies they have, and those same people can take it all away. It's been coming for some time.
Don't forget customers lose out too when prices are ridiculous. UPS Store I completely avoid now. Many will move over to USPS and FedEx. The Union leaders and Corporate Exec. always get their money.
The drivers get treated better than the laborers. Having OT stolen, seniority ignored, Verbally attacked. Our union Rep down here in Casa Grande, AZ is legit sexist, racist, and has actively cause more people than i can count to leave the job, good workers too. The company needs an overhaul. like FFS they just spent half a billion dollars on RFID tags in the PAL labels, when if integrated into the actual shipping label would solve so many issues that these RFID tags and printers are constantly fucking up
Ups prices have nearly doubled at my company when our contract experience we cut our ups by 70 percent. Ups does need more drivers to relieve exhaustion the drivers have 100 plus stops a day maybe they need a maximum number of stop 80 stops a day max in the contract for example. I don’t think pay is the problem as they do make good money most drivers love the overtime
Companies need to go public to raise capital for expansion and expenses. In return they have to pay a dividend to shareholders that’s how capitalism works I don’t think you want to live in a socialist country. You’ll make more per hr maybe but you’ll pay the government more in taxes and get nothing in return
boohooo
I work for UPS but under management so we don’t even qualify for the union. I agree with what a lot of these guys are saying. Treating people like disposable widgets and only caring about a number. it’s gotten ridiculous. some Hubs have even shut down sorts causing an influx in volume for us without increased compensation, especially part time management whose being paid nearly the same amount as an hourly employee.
Thanks to all the folks who have come to this video with your incredible voices of support. I am deeply encouraged by all of you. It means the world to us Teamsters and other union members everywhere. 👋
None of them are REALLY supproting anything, I bet they STILL order on line knowing it will be UPS and STILL has the audacity to have it shipped.
@Nighthawk_Predator
💜Thank You for the Message👍✌️
I do not ship anything nor order for delivery... I pickup through the store only DIRECT Company Trucks...
But... Any suggestions on what I can begin to tell people on your behalf?
What else can I (we) do for you? What do you need from me? Where can I assist?
I AM EAST COAST MAJOR CITY....
Never ordered from Amazon.i always go to stores in person.
I setup a package to be delivered to myself for the next week. I support none of this. You freaks want change. Strike until they pay your tripple.
@@Dennis-kn2cf Yeah and the WEF is trying to remove your ability to go to a store and choose your products. They want you in a pod, owning nothing, eating the bugs, and you will be happy.
29 years with UPS now, 20 as a driver, and they’ve been taking more and more away from us every year. Enough is enough. This used to be a company that respected its workforce. Now they only care about the profits and how fast you can move.
@@B70707 Look you goofy potato, it’s the company not the Union that’s f’ing people over. You sound bitter asf. Sorry I make great money and have great benefits? Feel better now? 😂
@@B70707 a Union my great uncle helped create the union in the 50s with hoffa sr.
@@B70707 without the union they would have fallen even further and so would FedEx. We gave all our manufacturing jobs away now they don't want to pay the people who move the packages.
So be honest. What is your hourly pay, if it's so bad??
They were always like this from day one. Its just that the pay was enough to live a quality middle class life 20 years ago so we sucked it up. Now 20 years later my back, neck and feet are trashed and that pay barely pays the rent and puts food on the table. The good thing is you dont have ANY time or ENERGY to spend on luxury. You basically survive a day on the route and you go to sleep exhausted with pain and try to recover for the next morning to do it over again.
I've ruined my back for the rest of my life working part time in a UPS warehouse for $10/hr, ending wage when i left was $11.50 in 2016. 2 slipped disks for barely enough to eat and pay for gas, only now do i realize how permanent the damage is and wish I realized at the time. warehouse part timers ABSOLUTELY deserve higher pay to put their bodies on the line like this. I'm rooting for all of them!
I sprained my lower lombar in 2018 started in 2015 and got fired in 2020 because of my back! I can barely walk a mile and I'm done! I feel your pain
I worked the hub for years from load to unload Erig driver and high value. it kept you in shape but we were never overworked to the point of injury. Also we were paid more than what your claiming and I did this work in 1992- 1995. starting pay $9.50, in 2 years I was making 14.50 This job isn’t a career it’s a beginning job. If you work the hub your whole life that’s on you for not advancing yourself to a career.
Did you wear a back belt?
I've been held up at a armed robbery, hit by a guy running a red, bit by dogs, you name it. i also lost my house cause payroll couldn't be bothered to do their job.
@@juliemunoz2762 pay was $10 at swan Island 2015
How is it 2023 and the UPS trucks still have no A/C?! This is wild and unacceptable.
26 years at UPS and I thank all of you in the comments for your support!
Greedy corporations have slowly been killing this Country. We're at a breaking point and if you don't see or understand that, you don't understand how most of the country lives.
Under capitalism profits will always come before people.
What makes our outlook so bleak is partly that most of our elected officials in Congress don’t represent us. They represent the corporations who are making our lives next to impossible. They have no idea, or don’t remember, what it’s like to hold on, while getting starvation wages for their hard work. They don’t have to worry about utilities being cut off, eviction, knowing that’s one illness or accident can ruin their credit and leave them in the street.
They make up stories about us, and patronize us, and use our media to tell us what to think.
When they make economic policy to our disadvantage, they’ll tell us there will be a little pain from their decisions, and advise us to make do with less. They need our labor for their profits, but don’t want to pay us for it. We must tell them what they’ve told us for decades, when they want to shred our social safety net.
There’s no free lunch, they tell us, as we pay for every bite they put in their greedy maws.
1/2 the country sees corporations with rose tinted glasses. Nothing wil change and they refuse to do anything that might limit their earnings and their own portfolios.
I stand with UPS workers & Teamsters equal pay for equal work !
All people who do not believe in unions,read the book by Upton Sinclair,The Jungle!It details working in the Chicago Stockyards,at the turn of the 20 th century!It is true,gritty, and sacrilegious!Thomas A.Filipiak Union Steward,40 years,Chicago Midway Airport1970 thru 2016!
I’m a feeder driver at UPS. Thanks for the support.
F UPS and any company that doesn’t invest into their employees!
Former UPS worker. Standing with the workers.
I would like to thank the UPS union on behalf of all American workers for having the courage to follow through on this important work.
Thank you
your all replaceable and have 0 leverage
@@Boe-Jiden2024 even the founder of their own company is replaceable, doesn’t mean workers have to accept long hours, practically no breaks, low pay, and no ac in their trucks…..
@@poorlittlebiker6476 buy a fan
@@Boe-Jiden2024 damn boot must taste great, if we have no leverage then we will burn down the factory's like in the old days till you corporate goons learn to listen again.
Former Upser here. Was in the local 767. Left 3 years ago after 7 years of being a broke part time shifter which they said was unskilled work. With FedEx now best decision I made. I support my Teamster brothers and Sisters hope you get all you demand from the Company.
You jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.😂
@@kellyandrews8161 lol
As a blue collar man I stand with UPS workers. They deserve to thrive economically and financially.
As a retired teamster truck driver, i will stand with them, i will walk the picket line, i will donate to them while they are on strike and most important i will not order ANYTHING from anyone who ships ups till they get what they are asking! UNION SOLIDARITY!! its the only way to curb corporate greed
Wait until democrats get congress back and amnesty bill rammed through. You all are toast.
But FedX does worse, hiring ground package workers thru contractors with nothing close to what the cheapest paying UPS worker gets. So yes, send all your packages thru FedX who doesn’t even give them a voice, just a uniform.
@@Once_in_a_Lifetimeguess they should unionize
I think it's better that everyone starts ordering as many ups packages as we can when the strike starts, so that the UPS facilities get backlogged, customers will get pissed, and UPS would have to cave in to the workers demands faster.
@@Once_in_a_Lifetime absolutely! I won't order anything if it's shipped fed ex ! They were actually started in early 70s by ups to try and bust the union!!
No company can survive without support of the citizen's in any country.
@@JulianKazmier-vo3fn who is going to do the automation?
How about no country can survive without support of the citizen’s. You want power? Citizen’s united as a whole; that’s power. Don’t forget, the police and army come from the citizen’s. They are their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Yes...they can? That's the whole point of why unions have been struggling the last two decades; it's not that people don't want unions, it's that companies can just ignore them entirely. Remember, these big name companies get government subsidies from the US government. Enough to cover cost 1.5x, meaning they could literally have no customers and still turn a profit.
It's where actors pretend to show
Support for companies that can attract attention of those who don't know any better, or decide to oppose something in what they think they decided is important.... This video will not make headway. It'll fizzle out unfortunately. Even if Google does promote it, people don't care enough until they stop getting what they ordered or see grocery stores unshelved
That's kind of true. . but the rich have been settings up systems against the will of the common people since forever. That's what people in other countries don't see when they talk stuff about americans. Most people don't want this stuff. Our government messes their countries over but they also mess us over and it's obvious to us that it's because corporations have their arms up our politicians back sides. 😒
As a retired driver, I have seen everything the video portrayed. My friends who work for UPS say if you come to work looking to be hassled and scrutinized you will never be disappointed. A supervisor would accompany home delivery drivers and critique them by saying “I counted 14 steps to the porch. Next time do it in 13. Such nit picking. Moral is in the toilet.
amazon does that too. one of the richest men in the world...PURE GREED and a little sadist!!
I worked with UPS temporarily for a few weeks. Driver told me they would buy truck's that had AC in them, but the company would pay to remove it!! And thia is in FLORIDA. Thankfully I did my time in winter.
The workers deserve higher wages.
I see the strike taking place. Corporate greed is extremely inflexible.
Strikes against the economy and public good are wrong. The teamster bus driver strike is hurting low income sandiegans big time. Teamsters get no sympathy fom us.
@NotLeoDiCapriowhat's a fence jumper 🤣.
@Hillary still not President unfortunately you may be right. UPS turn up is ridiculous. You see new workers every week. People don't stay for long obviously cuz of pay and intense work but the job is getting done because new people come in every week to get the job of the day done. They made big money out of 22.4...they aren't getting rid of it.
@NotLeoDiCaprio OH, should of said the cock roaches are escaping through the cracks again 🤣
I was a teamster working for ups from 2006 to 2009 or so. Back then, I was an article 23 part time. I was quite quick to learn about the difference between the full time and part time. Hearing stories of not becoming full time for upwards of 12 years, not to mention the unsafe conditions faced on the preload, the crucifying harassment by management on and off the road, and the hipproacy of unreasonable expectations vs safety, I left. I hope the employees get what they deserve, what they need, and it sets an example for what the rest of us need to survive!
SEAN O'BRIEN IS FAKE! IF THE TEAMSTERS ACCEPT A CONTRACT WITHOUT STRIKING THEN THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE BEST CONTACT POSSIBLE!
He said "if there's a strike it's UPSs fault for not accepting the offer." No! Sean O'Brien should be planning to lead the most effective strike no matter what happens because that's the ONLY WAY to win the best contract possible. Sean O'Brien is already undermining the workers!!! 👿👿👿
@@KingOfShenanigan I'm not surprised to hear that, that's why I didn't stick around. But it's across the board, all the inflation, cost of living, you name it, it isn't easy for us as workers. I'm proud to be an American, but it's coming with a cost that's very difficult to cope with. This country needs to fix something, and fix it fast!
@@Brian-cr6rb this country needs a proletarian revolution.
I tried it. It in las vegas. It was brutal. I quit and landed a job with a local government agency in the maintenance department. That was almost 30 years ago and I'm about to retire. I wish it was with ups but they were working us like slaves.
Teamsters is corrupt and power hungry. They are exploiting the workers availability bias (I.e usps increases cost of delivery but doesn’t increase wages), and purposely ignores the fact that the costs had to rise because global shipping costs have went up thanks to things like gas prices going up. I’m not blaming the workers because availability bias is natural and I may fall victim of it too. I blame the union for exploiting this. They are going to make the situation worse then blame USPS and they will gain even more support.
It’s so crazy that workers are just asking to be respected and damn near every company is just like “nah” 🤦🏻♂️
Carol Tome has been the worst thing to ever happen to UPS workers.
First CEO not from the ranks.
“Why is UPS making billions on profit?” Because no company as big as UPS care about their workers. The employees are doing absolutely nothing wrong here. May the strike be glorious
SEAN O'BRIEN IS FAKE! IF THE TEAMSTERS ACCEPT A CONTRACT WITHOUT STRIKING THEN THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE BEST CONTACT POSSIBLE!
He said "if there's a strike it's UPSs fault for not accepting the offer." No! Sean O'Brien should be planning to lead the most effective strike no matter what happens because that's the ONLY WAY to win the best contract possible. Sean O'Brien is already undermining the workers!!! 👿👿👿
@@KingOfShenanigan I don't trust anyone who wear business suits. Simple rule to identify someone's character immediately.
I drove for FedEx for 6 months. That's all I could put in before it sank in that I was making less than fast food employees and didn't get any benefits... if there's one company that needs a union it's that one, but they subcontract all of their driver positions for exactly that reason. Any talk of unionizing is met with threats of being fired.
@@JB-mh5xy It wasn't a negative comparison. It's just a fact to show how bad the situation is. If you make less than a fast food employee and get no benefits, that means you need to get more from corporations.
Damn I believed fedex was one of the ‘better’ ones.
He’s talking about fedex ground not express. For the time being express still offers benefits and a pay scale of 17 to 32.36 an hour in VA. But it’s going downhill like the rest.
Did you work for Fedex directly or through a contractor. I can assure you drivers are paid well.
If any boss of yours threatens to fire you over unionisation, just pull up The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, and threaten to call the National Labor Relations Board, and look up the local NLRB phone number, that will get them to either not fire you or get the feds involved.
This not only makes good business sense but employee moral sense as well. They make contributions to the windfalls, treat them with more respect.
as an ex ups part timer I am with the workers here, in my years there I saw my area(boxlines, for the people in the know) have less and less workers staffed and the workload get higher and in the end before I left I was doing the work of 2 or 3 people and still expected to have all that work done in 4 hours, it was brutal, all to make our area look good in the eyes of people who only look at numbers
As a former Shop Steward of AFL-CIO Local 132 for more than 20 years, I stand with you my brothers and sisters. Stay strong and united.
I'm in IUOE Local 132 since 2018. I was in IAM for a few years before that..
I used to work for UPS as an operations supervisor. I left the company a few years ago now, but I stand with the workers.
As do most of our Part and full time sups, and our managers.
@@1582881 ya its the upper echelon that has to go
How is that pension of yours?
@@RonkeStation I only worked for UPS for 4 years so...dont have one.
your all replaceable and have 0 leverage
Dumb that we 22.4 drivers starting pay is 20.50 when RPCD who been there years make 40 bucks an hour doing the same job as 22.4 cover drivers. I feel like I'm being ripped off.
They don't even let them have AC in their trucks because it saves money
Solidarity with these brave workers, as a fellow delivery associate from an Amazon DSP
As a consumer, I stand in solidarity with these workers. As a worker in retail, I stand in solidarity with these workers. As a human being, I say, no more acceptance of the absurd and cruel economics of capitalism, where a few people use the lives of many fellow humans, to gather for themselves the resources of our shared planet. If a business cannot operate with fairness and in the service of a good life for all, then it shouldn’t exist.
Well said! "a few people use the lives of many fellow humans, to gather for themselves the resources of our shared planet".
This is the reason that the Bilderberg and WEF meetings happen. In broad daylight yet behind closed doors. A few gather for themselves indeed. I can only imagine how altruistic these discussions really are. Yet my own politicians refuse to speak out about what goes on in these meetings. Because it's "Secret."
Also any politician assisting with giving the rich tax breaks ignoring the working class should be voted out immediately because they are apart of the problem as well.
LOL I was with you up until the capitalism part. Greed and crony capitalism is not capitalism. It's like saying gmo veggies are the same as organic veggies.
@@Originalman144 lol we don’t just have capitalism either. This country has a massive base in socialism as well mostly for the corporations of course. And that’s fine to say it’s crony capitalism but that’s still the reality of the situation. People are greedy so the whole deregulation “trickle down” mindset is absurd. When you deregulate you allow corporations to screw whoever they need to screw to make more money. That’s the reality. The top 1% has gotten away with screwing the rest of us hard for too long. Something needs to change.
@@Originalman144 Corn is genetically modified and you can definitely buy organic corn. Great point
UPS doesn't need to cut worker pay and treat them like shit in order to increase profits.
My UPS driver is Louis and he works his ass off delivering. He drives an un-airconditioned truck which is always filthy dirty and due to his load, never knows when he will get home. I would bet that the CEO of UPS has a comfortable office but Louie does not! I certainly appreciate UPS but if it means a rate increase, OK by me. If a company wants good employees then pay for them. Also, fire the CEO!! Nobody is worth what she gets paid.
Aye UPS fam, USPS mail carrier here. It looks like we are in a similar fight and I'm sure most of us at USPS are happy to stand with you. The work we do and what we endure should matter more than anything else because it is US who keep these massive operations moving. If there is no US there is no UPS or USPS. I wish the best for you all. Keep up the good fight.
Thank you fam, appreciate your words. It's time for a change! 🙌🏽
@@ThatOneGirlDrummer yes it is, NRLCA member and rural letter carrier here, we all need to fight the good fight
I stand with my union brothers and sisters.
it is wrong how UPS is treating its workers
i just watched a ex steward put a new super in his place.... never felt so gratifying.
Take Notice ALL CEO's!!! All Americans are becoming fed up with your ridiculous pay (average 300X what workers make)!!!
My husband is a retired Union paper worker...we are Union Loyal. WE STAND WITH ALL U.P.S. WORKERS !! WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO DRIVE, & DELIVER FOR U.P.S.....THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE, & HARD WORKING...THEY EARN THEIR PAY, & BENEFITS...I DOUBT MANAGEMENT HAS A CLUE !! CORPORATE GREED IS EVIL !!
I’m a union firefighter and I stand with UPS workers.
Thank you!
UPS drivers here in Canada, complain about the lack of hrs. Most don't do weekends unless they are picking up extra hrs and make pretty good money. Corporations in the US are far too aggressive with forcing things upon workers and hellbent on keeping wages stagnant. I'm shocked at how bad it is and touch wood, a tentative agreement is reached without disruption. Support your drivers and package handlers, they work crazy hard, it's no joke. Excellent reporting and please, keep the info coming.
Full time route for UPS Canada is a dream job for a lot of folks. We had a driver that UPS on weekdays and DJs on the weekend for fun. I don't know how he has all the energy. Great guy, hard worker, deserves all the success in his life.
the fact that USPS workers are considering a strike because they believe that USPS increased costs of delivery but did not increase wages is an example of availability bias. In this case, the workers may be relying too heavily on the information that is most easily available to them (i.e. their own experience of not receiving a wage increase), rather than taking into account all relevant information (e.g. USPS's financial situation, the cost of living, etc.). This bias can lead the workers to make decisions that may not be in their best interest, such as going on strike, which could have negative consequences for both the workers and USPS as a whole.
It is possible that the unions could be exploiting the workers' availability bias for their own gain. Unions are organizations that represent workers and negotiate with management on their behalf. While unions can be an important way for workers to advocate for their rights and interests, they can also sometimes act in their own self-interest, even if it is not in the best interest of the workers they represent. In this case, the unions may be using the workers' availability bias to generate support for a strike, which could help the union gain more power or achieve other goals that may not necessarily be aligned with the best interests of the workers.
Im a part timer at ups and honestly its brutal working for them, we don't get break and the packages never stop comming 😢
do for part time for fedex freight, way better
I am glad to see people in The US standing in Solidarity. Power to The People, the people who cause this country to function and if you abuse us we can stop it from functioning.
The UN says they want 600 million people poured into the US by 2030 try and fight it Biden has already said you better have s16s and nuclear missiles to go against the government you will do nothing because you can do nothing
I support UPS workers and equal pay for equal work.
Everytime I hear the word equal i cringe because its a liberal fantasy
My problem with UPS is that they are an aggressive Equal Opportunity Employer, meaning that White Males don't have a chance with them as employees.
@@DokesConspiracyNetworkSo what is the conservative fantasy?
@@nitromartini1422Yet they do.
@@DokesConspiracyNetwork not equal from the ceo to ground worker, they mean to get rid of the two their system in ups. Didnt watch the video?
*I AGREE 💯with the UPS Workers!*
*UPS workers are USED, ABUSED and DENIED* stand with them now.....
They are STRONGER with Our Support!
I am making changes tomorrow regarding my business with UPS!
UPS postal boxes cost almost
3tms that of others!
This makes me sad .... In college in the 90s, all college students wanted the PT/union job at UPS because of the benefits and pay there back then compared to the other jobs available for college kids; perfect for us kids trying to pay/borrow our way thru college ... AND, I thought I was one of the lucky ones "to be chosen" when they hired me back then. And many stayed on Full Time thereafter for the same reasons .... .... Go Teamsters, Go! Make UPS Great for Their Employees Again ; )
My son worked for UPS. The oddest hours ever........
He doesn't like to drive so I used to drive him back & forth. But he wasn't allowed to work more than 4-5 hours..
Part time, low wage is a big way for them to take advantage of the workers.
YUP, thats why they want their workers young, part time, and naive to suck up as much of their youth as possible before the young man knows better and to their dread, he negotiates better.
Well they only need them to load/unload trucks & sort boxes. And those few hours he got he also got really great full time insurance benefits. Best in the country. So it’s not all bad. Take the benefits away and he would have made more per hour,but no insurance.
Every worker in the us need to strike on these corporations
Yeah, let's make sure our economy crashes. Biden isn't doing enough to finish us off.
SEAN O'BRIEN IS FAKE! IF THE TEAMSTERS ACCEPT A CONTRACT WITHOUT STRIKING THEN THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE BEST CONTACT POSSIBLE!
He said "if there's a strike it's UPSs fault for not accepting the offer." No! Sean O'Brien should be planning to lead the most effective strike no matter what happens because that's the ONLY WAY to win the best contract possible. Sean O'Brien is already undermining the workers!!! 👿👿👿
I work in a union shop in Michigan as an engineer and I can tell you its strange that the shop mechanics and inspectors make more than me even though I’m the one with the degree! After pondering whether or not its fair, I’ve come to this conclusion: It is fair and it needs to be done everywhere. The people here are happier and making a real living wage. Starting around $25/hr and making upwards of $45/hr, the workers here sometimes make more than their manager! The fact that I make less than them is a testament to the truth that I’m also underpaid. Companies will do anything they can to keep profits.
Unions are the only way. Stay strong UPS.
solidarity friend, we all deserve a comfortable wage that you can raise a family on. If we give companies an inch they will take a mile and make us slaves, never again should we let them have that power no mater what the boot licker's say.
As a UPS worker for more than 20 years, I can tell you if the company agrees to any of these demands, they'll just FUCK over in other ways, like Sick Time, RTOs, raise the price for items in the vending machines, etc.
Laying off half the employees like last time?
The driver-facing cameras and no A/C in the truck are sadistic. The camera thing is especially demoralizing, as it’s just a constant reminder A) we don’t trust you, and B) if you get in an accident, best believe we will be looking for the fastest way to terminate you and make the other motorist sue you personally.
It's a requirement from the insurance companies. I had to put them in my company trucks. Trust me I have better things to do than watch my workers drive.
Yep. They've started doing the same with Semi truck drivers too, That's why I quit driving.
People need stop being over sensitive whiners. If you don’t like where you work, find another job. Tons of jobs out there. Just go get one and stop being a crybaby.
Honestly I'm stunned that UPS is not facing class action. The way they treat their workers is worse than how guards treat their prisoners.
@@GeorgeSkinner-eq1jdOK bootlicker.
I'm tired of seeing these CEOs get record payouts. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING while things are so extremely lopsided between CEOs and employees.
I for one cant wait for AI to take jobs, so it can replace CEO's. I cant think of a position better suited for AI.
Why ? Companies are led by ceo, these people make the hard decisions and there is only so many qualified for the job ..supply and demand says they are more valuable and retaining them means paying them more or offering windfalls when profits are up.
Simple enough to understand yet most can’t.
@@supersize75k5 you can't tell me their job is worth getting paid 400% more than an average worker. If the company is that profitable then people should be getting a living wage. No one says the CEO shouldn't get paid more anyone can understand that just not an unbelievable amount more while the workers barely afford to eat. That's just common sense. It's unjust.
@@klubstompers AI is not replacing CEOs it's replacing the more repetitive mundane highly logical jobs. If it requires divergent thinking and intuition that job can only be done by a human. This isn't the Marvel universe. Technology has lots of limits.
@@Ouranos369 the market, not you or my feelings put the value on the price for attracting and bring a ceo. Look at how many CEO’s there are, then look at how many employees these companies have. UPS alone is 360,000. 19 million is a drop in the bucket, it doesn’t pay for just one of their planes. What value would you put on one plane ? Well the market says it’s worth 100 million..so guess what they pay ? Don’t take a part time or gig job if you don’t like the pay, pretty simple .
The 22.4 classification is a real problem. All full time jobs are guaranteed at least 8 hours a day; for RPCDs (Regular Package Car Driver) that is 8 hours of driving, but for 22.4s if there is no driving work available, or management just says there isn't, they are forced to work two part time shifts to get there hours. In my and many other buildings, there are only two shifts available: early morning 3am to around 8-830 and evening 6pm-9-930ish. If you want 8 hours you have to do both, meaning you can't get a proper night sleep.
Anytime the company thinks it can make them a buck, they send most or all of the 22.4s to the warehouse to work those spit shifts, leaving the rest of us to handle all the delivery volume. The 22.4s struggle to put food on the table and the rest of us are buried under mountains of packages.
22.4 have fewer union protections as well. I am on the 9.5 list, which means that if the company keeps me out late too often I can file a grievance and get paid a penalty, which encourages management to give me more reasonable hours. Sometimes they just pay the penalty and keep me out late, but at least I get something. 22.4s do not have that right, meaning the company can work them right up to the legal maximums if they want.
So the 22.4s either work not enough hours or far too many, and for significantly less pay. It's a terrible system and it needs to end.
I remember that 1997 strike. I was working at a company that had a contract with UPS for mailings and the company died.
I hope this can ripple across the country for other sections of the workforce. It's understandable when we're in a recession, but large companies are anything but hurting, yet our wages are stagnant.
You knew that UPS started in Seattle back in the 1920's I believe?? So there's lots of slave driving, corporate criminals still working in Seattle to this very day. It must be the water...
Your always in a recession Mad. So you will work for nothing. Soon you will be organized in to work camps with slogans like work is joy and you will own nothing and be happy.
SEAN O'BRIEN IS FAKE! IF THE TEAMSTERS ACCEPT A CONTRACT WITHOUT STRIKING THEN THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THE BEST CONTACT POSSIBLE!
He said "if there's a strike it's UPSs fault for not accepting the offer." No! Sean O'Brien should be planning to lead the most effective strike no matter what happens because that's the ONLY WAY to win the best contract possible. Sean O'Brien is already undermining the workers!!! 👿👿👿
ups is the only courier whose workers didnt screw me over with deliveries. You guys deserve better.
They don’t talk about how 22.4s will take 12 hours to do a regular 8 hour route. Yes 22.4s deserve better pay and treatment, but they don’t have the experience and effectiveness of RPCDs.
If they’re fighting to remove 22.4s and having more full time RPCDs, I hope this will allow frontline management to better train, assess, and discipline RPCDs and new drivers. Otherwise, we’ll just be getting drivers on a higher payroll with substandard performance.
There are a TON of 22.4s currently that deserve excellent treatment and pay, and I hope they get that soon. But there are also 22.4s that work poorly regardless of the amount of training they get, yet they’ll become RPCDs ahead of others because of seniority and there is little to NOTHING management can do about it because of the union.
As a full time package car driver I thank you for standing with us
Solidarity to UPS workers in the US and here in Canada!
Are the Canadian ones striking too?
@@JohnDiceAcademy No, but it's a similar situation otherwise. I know this, as somebody who has family friends who are part of UPS. By the way, UPS workers here are unionised too, but even non-unionised ones are being paid poorly from what I'm seeing, even though an averted strike resulted in a deal in 2020.
Will the US strike have any effect up here?
@@dimensionhopper I'm not 100% sure, although I do know that in the past with non-strike related stoppages, there have been delays. Because a lot of Canadians' packages originate from south of the border, I would think that there would be considerable delays but then again, that is just my assumption; moreover, I stand in solidarity with all UPS / Teamster workers!
UPS is evil. Until they put AC in the damn trucks, nobody will change my mind.
I guess they are copying the Post Office even though they don't have the financial problem excuse.
Try fans to blow into trailers in direct sunlight while loading them on summer evenings. I never experienced that job but they've cooked people that way for decades.
Not evil, just your everyday run of the mill corporation whose only consideration is profit.
Air Conditioners don't exactly work very well in a vehicle that is making frequent stops and which is typically driven with the door open. There have also been studies done that show that constantly entering and exiting an air-conditioned space can actually be more exhausting for the worker because they're constantly adjusting the to the temperature.
That said, UPS definitely needs to do something about the heat in trucks. If air conditioning isn't an option, find something else that works.
AC is a luxury. I don’t think that’s what makes a company evil. Ever been to Europe?
I worked at UPS as a driver for a few months and it was absolutely the worst job I’ve ever had. I never got to see my family or relax. It was just infinite stress and exhaustion. I hope this works out for the workers, they need change!
Maybe that explains why UPS is the only company that consistently shits up my shipments.
$13 billion is enough to add $38,000 to the yearly pay of all 340,000 workers in the union. That all of it goes instead to shareholders is absolutely disgusting.
Don't forget CEOs
Yep, that's why we need socialism. I suppose I'll educate the people who don't know what that really is, it's simple, it's workers owning the means of production, that's it. No corporate boards, no shareholders, but the workers getting their fair share of the earnings they put in as productivity. Marx's socialism really had very little to do with, or say, about the state.
No it isn't. With tax, it'll be around half that. Your argument is insincere.
@Mitchell Roberts Are you implying that the employees would be unhappy with a $19K raise?
@@mitchellroberts7954 Its insincere because.... its not on the side of the tax calculations that you decided is correct? Huh??
The Amazonification of the industry has been horrible. As a former FedEx Express courier it’s what drove me towards other employment after a decade with the company
I work at amazon and I confirm. Unless you are a manager, you do not matter and can be replaced within a day. And even amazon managers are disposable and have bunch of lower tier workers who are fighting hard to cover that manager's position with no pay raise. At amazon a lot of Tier 1 workers volunteer to do Tier 3 (supervisor) and Tier 4 (manager) work with no pay increase. They would be in that position for years saving amazon huge budgets from spending it on new leaders.
@@xFlared Your feet nailed to the floor? FIND ANOTHER JOB.
@@xFlared I'm surprised you're able to be this honest, I've heard that bad things happen to Amazon employees who say anything negative about working there.
@@shootshellz easier said then done
@@peggedyourdad9560 Well since they have policies that they will cut loose the bottom 10% no matter what or for many other factors, they don't have to scroll social media to meet their churn targets. They have open policies where they believe that most people aren't going to try to improve after two years so they might as well get rid of you anyways for someone fresh, eager & cheaper.
WGA writers stand in solidarity with UPS workers.
Former UPS employee I stand with you brothers and sisters ❤️
If the union calls for a strike they should pay every employee their full weekly/monthly salary. They can afford it.
Reminds me of when I was a mailman. 14-16 hours of walking a day and 2 days off a month. They said it would be 50-60 hours a week..... LOL
100% with the workers.
Eff the execs who do nothing and get all the pay.
im pretty sure they do more than toss boxes on a truck or drive around town
@@SgtJoeSmith Youre right, the execs drive to their meeting once a month (how disastrous), give themselves pay raises (includes writing stuff, insane work) and sitting at home all day thinking about how theyre gonna afford that brand new Porsche (mentally demanding)
UPS Workers just get to put boxes down and drive all day. How lazy. They dont deserve AC in 108 degree weather! They need to work 10 hours a day. Because theyre all lazy. - Executives Probably
@@kali7148 I mowed lawns for 30 years. The lawnmowers don't have ac
@kali7148 they stop and open doors too much. The ac wouldn't have time to cool the truck. Plus going back and forth from ac to heat all day makes you sick. Are you that stupid?
I support these workers and the union.
One person got nineteen million dollars in one year alone. How many packages did it take to pay one person? How many employees could have gotten raises with some of that money?
Just imagine if all us workers said F it and stopped working across the country.
I’m a UPS stock holder and I stand by the workers. They are the front line which keeps our packages safe and on time.
i can't believe they voted against EV's
@@TheInsaneupsdriver - Speaking as a former financial rep.... The vast majority of a large corporation's stock is held by three types of entities: other corporations, mutual funds, and actuarial funds (which fund periodic payments for things like retirement accounts, health and life insurance payouts, etc.) Their exclusive focus is to make money and they will ALWAYS vote their stock holdings in whatever direction will maximize the value of their holdings; with actuarial funds, this is actually mandated by US federal regulations as "fiduciary obligations." Personal shareholders like @twyscape represent a vanishingly small percentage of stock owners, so no matter how supportive they are of fair business practices, their voices are drowned out by corporate interests.
@@TechBearSeattle , and I’m pretty sure the gov’mint gets big kickbacks from the big corporations!!?
@@gillisBR549 - Quite the opposite: corporations typically pay far less in federal taxes than do individuals and households. Some of the biggest corporations actually get MORE from federal and state governments than they pay, in the form of write-offs and "incentives" that do little more than pad the bonus checks of the corporate board.
@@TechBearSeattle , I’ve heard that, but wasn’t sure, appreciate your thoughts and information.
My son worked at UPS and quit, when his hours kept getting cut. He went from working 6 days a week during the Christmas rush to 1 day a week.
He decided to increase his college class load.
I asked if he had talked to the shop steward about his hours being cut.
He asked what was a shop steward.
After I explained, he said he had no clue who his shop steward was.
I was surprised that the shop steward never introduced himself on my son's first day.
Your son is correct. You are fantasizing.😊
NO WAY!!!! You go for it UPS! I'm a customer and I stand with you !!! UNION forever!!!!
I stand with UPS workers ✊🏿
Thank you
@Shaun K cry about it buddy. Go do some in person shopping for once