What UPS Doesn't Want You to Know 

7 years working for UPS, including management, and I would never recommend it to anyone. Once they became a publicly traded company the culture of leadership changed over night and the daily stock price became the only driver for decisions. They went from building long term relationships to exploitive BS.

Corporate greed is the new norm in the US and workers are suffering for it.

My son did the UPS part time gig for 7 years before going full-time. After 7 years of that he was laid off last year. He’s now managing shipping for a private company, ‘working from home, making less $ but so much happier!

I work at UPS as a part time preload since 2019 and yeah it does make u depressed, tired, angry, and muscley.

I worked third shift for two years, and it's something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I was full-time and making OK-ish money, too. Certainly enough to survive on, unlike the UPS part-timers. If they strike, I hope they win.

As an Amazon Driver I stand with y’all 100%. We’re really getting lowballed

Im a ups driver and have been with the company for 29yrs. I was part time for the first 5 years. I remember how brutal it was and how underpaid and under appreciated it was. I would work for 3am to around 8:30. By the time I got home showered and ate, it would be around 10. Slept until 1:30, picked my daughter up from school, dropped her off at my moms house, went to my 2nd job from 3pm until 11:30. Back home and in bed by 12:30am. (Slept in my work clothes to maximize sleep time) and back up at 2:30am to start the process all over again. I was grateful to finally get a full time job after those first 5 years, and progression was only 2 yrs back then. Only to work 50 to 60 hrs a week which did take a toll my on marriage. I am divorced and missed watching my kids grow up. I remember running my butt off all day, and skipping lunch just to make it to the last few innings of my daughters softball games. Which wasn’t always possible cuz you always ran the risk of having to go help someone if you got done at a decent time. All this just to say, we’ve made sacrifices throughout our whole career that no one sees and WE DESERVE A GREAT CONTRACT!!!

This video is 💯percent right on .. I was 14 years part -time and finally became a feeder driver and was told I wouldn't top out for another 4 years

I am a Teamster and UPS package handler. I've been with the company for almost 6 years. UPS doesn't want you to know that I make the same amount as a new hire due to their MRA abuse. We need significant catch-up raises for us part timers who have been left behind for far too long.

Spent 14 years there..and I've always said that UPS has successfully pulled the wool over the entire world's eyes, fooling the public into thinking that it's such a great company. Back in the '90's one of the arguments during contract time was that the starting wage hadn't increased in over 8 or 10 years. That fact did not register with the company. Combine that with they're legendary combative and aggressive management practices in such a strenuous work environment and you have a recipe for conflict. Drivers frequently suffer multiple surgeries from injuries sustained during their work, not to mention the plethora of cuts, sprains, strains etc. that happen on a daily basis. A living wage with which you can buy a house (or just rent an apartment)...all for just driving a truck or working in a warehouse.....don't believe it!

I have been at ups as a package handler for almost a year and 9 months now and it is time that we finally strike back. We are tired of being treated like shit and they expect us to roll over. Better pay, more full time jobs and better hours. Ups has made billions of dollars and we want our share. It is not fair for us especially since we are the ones doing all of the work.

I deliver for FedEx Ground and I stand by these guys. I hope they get what they should and maybe all the attention can shed light on what we go through. At FedEx Ground we don't get any benefits and not nearly as much pay as the Guys and ladies get at UPS or FedEx Express. It is intense labor especially in the heat and it takes a toll on your personal life. Get what y'all deserve!

All power to the Teamsters in this fight, my wife and I will be the first ones on the picket line with ya'll with home cooked meals.

I did about 3 months being a package handler back in 2018. The turnover was so high that I was one of the longest tenured when I quit at 3 months. We were so short staffed that I was loading 5 trucks by myself at one point. One morning they had a round of about 10 new people they were showing the ropes in preparation for the looming "peak" season I kept hearing from the veterans, and not a single one came back after the first day. There was one driver who bragged about how much money he made, but I always called BS because he would join us at 4am to load packages and then delivered until 7 or 8 at night. TBH I didn't hate it, it was a second job for me, but once I got fulltime at my primary job I handed in my notice immediately lol.

I am retired, but I wholeheartedly support All the UPS employees. Our country has gone down the tubes due to poor leadership in Washington. And this only adds fuel to the fire that has gone out of control. To much micromanagement from the government and company CEO's.

Im also a upser. was part time for 4 years been a driver for about 6. what they put us though during the pandemic was brutal with nothing to show for it other than physical and metal stress. Still even now 3 years later im still struggling with what happened. UPS has made record profits off our backs just so the CEO can make millions in bonus's.

They could hire half those part timers and turn em full time. Just want to keep the wages low.

I've managed a lot of UPS employees at their second jobs. Totally disrespectful they expect their employees to have to find another job that will work around a different company schedule. But even 8 years ago we dealt with it because they would show up whenever they got done. DOL should have done something about the part-time work a long time ago

Solidarity from the outside! ✊️ There are millions of us out here right behind you guys! Labor is making a comeback and it takes all of us. Stay strong. Union strong!

I have been with UPS for 25 years. It took me 8 years to get a full time job and 20 years to get a good job that I can be happy with. When I started at UPS, minimum wage was $5.50 and the starting wage at UPS was $8.50. It was a competitive wage, now that minimum wage in Oregon is $14.50 that's what the new employees make. I feel sorry for the new guys, they can not afford to live on their own.

I've been a part timer nearly two years now in the warehouse. The work is definitely tough on your body, it takes it's toll loading trailers understaffed almost constantly. UPS chronically understaffs so they can violate our contract and have supervisors do union work. They keep you tired and poor so you don't have energy or resources to stand up for yourself. And as soon as you get hurt once, you become a liability. You need strong motivation to hold down a job like this and teamsters move mountains EVERY day. Many of us are very proud of the work we do, and deserve more respect from the company. Brothers and Sisters, I can't wait to see us all benefit from whats coming down the pipe. We're almost there.

former UPS employee here. The opening sequence is so fucking ON POINT!!! NEVER get to be with your family, work you like a dog and hang a carrot in front of you to tease a promotion and give you a route...

I was a part time loader/ unloader/ sorter from 1986 -1989. one time I was watching a training film for drivers, where they counted the steps you take from the truck to the house you were delivering too. crazy stuff. they worked ungodly hours back then too.

Worked 1 year as a feeder driver . A classless and clueless company with AHOLES in mgmt

My GF works the Twilight shift at UPS, the same hours as the man in the video. This whole video is incredibly validating. The finacial concerns and workplace culture issues are very real and span the whole country. I remeber her telling me when their wage was reduced back to $16, i was livid for her. Standing strong with the Teamsters 💪

I worked for UPS during the pandemic, from 2021 to 2022 as a part-timer. When I started, our hourly wage was $14.50. Eventually, it was bumped up to $17.00, then $19.00, and finally $21.00 at peak season that winter. Without any warning, after that peak season, our wages went all the way back down to $15.00. A month later, our supervisors passed out paperwork that made us sign, acknowledging our wage decrease. A month. An entire month between when our wages were cut, and when we had to sign that we acknowledged that. It was absurd. Not to mention the short hours and massive volume, start times getting pushed back to insane degrees, and expected to move the same (or larger) amount of volume in much less time. I was a primary worker. It was frowned upon to turn off your belt to catch up with the absolutely absurd volume of packages. But if you didn't, packages would be sent to the wrong secondary locations. Overall, the entire experience was an exhausting, frustrating, and defeating mess that eventually began to take a toll on my mental health, so I had to quit. I hope this upcoming strike does good for the hundreds of thousands of workers still facing these issues.

I work in feeders in Michigan. I hope you and I get everything we deserve because we work damn hard for what we get now and we deserve better

This whole country needs to go on strike. One day would cost the executive class billions. We need to remind them who really does the work.

The 2018 contract was a slap in the face to part-timers

I used to sel on eBay…I shipped 90% of the items I sold via usps…they’re expensive as all hell and then they started smashing the ever living crap out of the packages to the point of costing me so much money in refunds from damaged items through delivery…it got to the point I didn’t want to ship anything through them…complaining about their pay etc…o sold a very large heavy package my last sale…price for usps was $75 to ship it…but I knew it wouldn’t make it in one price…so I checked ups and the price was $20 to ship …so I tried their shipping service…the item arrived in one piece! And 2 days early! All I gotta say…..all the employees with ups….u guys are amazing at ur jobs and as a reseller…I can’t thank u enough for doing ur jobs as well as u all do! Thank you! We appreciate all of u!

I have been with UPS for 23 years this coming August, and I worked in the Preload for 5 years and a Package Car Driver for 18 years. I worked two jobs when I was a part-time worker, but only one being in the Package Division. Without UPS, I would not have any better pension and benefits from other employers outside of UPS.

And people these days wonder why so many young people refuse to go back to work( after the pandemic) !

I've been working for Amazon for 6 days now, and I can't believe that some of these people who have been working for a couple of years dealt with this BS in the delivery industry every day with low pay!

Worked for Purolator in the early 2000s to help get through school. Had a split shift. M-F, 1200-0300 and 1600-2000. This was thanks to the Teamsters union. Don’t kid yourself, union jobs suck too.

The part time workforce is the exact reason UPS is so successful. They held their starting wage at $8 dollars an hour for decades. While they where bringing in billions

Keep fighting the good fight , never settle for anything less. Please support our union brothers and sisters.Solidarity forever!!!

As a "Purchasing and Procurement Manager" at my current job, I am absolutely *dreading* this inevitable UPS strike... But on the other hand: As a hardcore lefty and believer in workers' rights, I *can't wait* for this inevitable UPS strike. I don't mind being miserable in my shitty job for a little while as long as it means that other people are truly getting the compensation that they deserve.

I worked there for 12 years all together (I left once then came back) and I couldn't take it anymore and left. I couldn't make much money and my brother and I worked super hard and were constantly harassed by my full time supervisors. We had some of the best pph and if we dropped even a little because of exhaustion or whatever they would come in a berate us for it. So this video is full of so much truth. I stand with all of the employees.

23 years working part-time and I am so ready for the fight...

It's truly sad, I feel for the part timers. My friend was a full time driver for decades.(now retired). The work was hard, he said he was always a slave. In "the day" it was worthwhile as far as pay and benefits. but that was decades ago. Only greed and manipulation now. So sorry.

I used to be an UPS employee, the tough environment was sometimes painful to get through. I left UPS because it was just too stressful & that's how the higher ups want it, they have run with a policy of "hire & fire" as rapidly as possible so that people don't get the benefits full timers may get. That was about 20 years ago & sadly it seems very little has changed.

Part time is not a bad gig. The raises are guaranteed, we get free, amazing, health insurance, and there are tons of opportunities for extra $ (grievance checks and extra shifts). It's a great part time job. I'm making more part time at UPS than I was at my previous full time job.

Cali is expensive as is but can’t expect to survive off one part time job. I wish them luck. We definitely deserve more

I worked for UPS, on the Twilight shift, for 6 years. It got me through school. I worked there starting around 2002, and my wages were less than my dad, who worked there in the 1970s. I made $8.50, my dad made double that. Not inflation adjusted. 20 years later, I have arthritis as a 40 year old. The job just destroyed the bodies of people who worked there. I loaded trailers all night, and in my case it was boxes and boxes of hymnals. Please do whatever it takes to fix this. I’ve no concerns for the financial interests of a company that treats humans this way.

I did a little holiday work for UPS. It was horrible. Not enough people, loading multiple trucks, struggling to keep up with the belt, my back was killing me and the pay was $1 above the pay for working at fast food places. They also weren't supposed to have packages over a specific weight for a single person and I had multiples that were 80, 90, and 100lbs and everyone was so slammed that I had to load them myself. Posted "UPS annual gross profit for 2022 was $74.152B" They have more than enough to pay real wages and stop screwing over their workers.

This whole video is completely accurate 👌 I'm a 22.4 and really looking forward to being coverted to full time driver. Even tho I know I'll be doing the same BS graveyard shift work, not getting enough hours, and only being on a route on Saturdays. I'm still salty that none of us got Hazard Pay during covid while most Americans were sitting home making double their usual pay a week on unemployment 😤

been working for UPS 15 years preloading in Florida and it's HORRIBLE! warehouses are so hot and dont care about our safety and struggling to even get 3 1/2 hours everyday

I’m not a UPS driver but 100% behind them. Because if they get higher pay, other jobs like it will pay more one way or another

I worked seasonally around 2018, and knew many, many people that were in some way stuck and trapped in their position. I'd even say most. One person I knew had been a package handler like me for 10 years. Let me tell you, that is not a great life.

UPS Employee of 15+ yrs. They treat us hub employees like shit. We are worked to the bone and the pay is horrible. While the company bought back over 8 billion in stocks this past year and the new ceo makes 30 million a year w a 10 million sign on bonus. UPS stop being so cheap. We will strike!!!! WE ARE TIRED. WE ARE UNDERPAID. WE ARE SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE SHIT! UNION STRONG! READY TO STRIKE!

Taking a chit job because you need health insurance. Yay America!

America is broken

I unloaded trucks for a few months around 2004. I quickly moved on to a full time job after I quickly got automotive certification. Sounds like nothing has changed. Thank God I didn't get sucked in.

They caught me as well. I applied for the Driver Helper which was originally $21 an hour here in New York. But all of a sudden, I check back and the pay is now $16.20

Definitely push back. I have been chewed up by jobs very similar to this and was always depressed by how all of my coworkers seemed to accept the status quo at their own expense because of the very effective war against organized labor. So many of us are out here rooting for you 🤝

My take: I worked p/t for UPS during college; nights M-F, 5-9'ish, 1978-82. Thereafter I worked all the Xmas slams, etc. in the Browns. It was a GRIND then! The package rates/expectations were insane. And now....nothing has changed! In the summers it was so hot on the various sort lines in the warehouse that on the breaks we would run thru the truck wash stations to cool off. Just get SOAKED. And now UPS is whining about actual air-conditioning in the trucks? INSANITY. I think management needs to take a few days in the field, making deliveries- to REMEMBER the grind that drivers, sorters, ALL package handlers go thru. And EXPERIENCE every day. I'm with the employees.....they've EARNED it.

As a former part time loader and package drlivery driver for eleven years from 1988 to 1999 I experienced the 1997 strike. I will refrain from making negative comments about my previous employer. I did not have a good experience and I would not recommend that ANYONE work there!

My dad is a ups semi driver, my boyfriend is a ups delivery driver, and my boyfriend and I’s roommate is a part time ups warehouse worker. I support them and hope they get what they’re hoping for from this strike!! Seeing my boyfriend come home everyday and the toll this job takes on him and not getting the pay he deserves sucks!

I worked part time doing graves at UPS. The major reason part time employees aren't being taken care of is because they don't participate in the union as much as the drivers.

I was a Teamster driving a cement mixer, and it was the same story with the company management. They always want you on the bubble, so they can fire you. That is the playbook for companies that have to deal with a union. It's a game, and they are great at it!!

I was a driver for 4 years. It was pure hell. 8:45am leaving the hub, not returning till 7pm-9pm. My route was constantly over loaded, and I always got late starts because of management. Monday-Friday, almost hitting 65 hours every week. I looked like a skeleton, the more I crushed the route, the more work they gave me. I was always asked to help take stops off of other drivers. Company made 72 billion dollars the year I worked.

Worked for UPS quite a bit. Was a temp twice and part time worker once. Got lied to consistently.

As a USPS employee I think many of us wish we had a union like UPS. At least they have balls to say "no deal". Postal unions can't say no and they can't strike... What good is a union at that point?

There’s also something weird going on with UPS where they will mark something delivered that has never gone out on the truck. The only reason I know this is my regular, UPS driver and I researched the package. Basically they’re trying to make it look like drivers are stealing and they’re not. Also, this cannot be flipped a reason to say that they are stealing because these things have little to no value for anyone, but the rare people who choose to buy them

I worked at UPS in college 27 years ago. As a part-time truck loader. The benefits were great. they were through the Teamsters union. It was a really strict place to work. 10 minute breaks on a four hour shift. But it really taught me a lot about working hard and help me excel in my current position. I’ve been with the same company for 27 years since I’ve left ups. It’s a great steppingstone. And should be used as such. Use it to get to the next level.

When I was younger, I was working a job that didn't give me what I thought I was worth . I found one that was . They are out there .

Everyone’s got answers and advice until they’re in that position themselves. I’ve been in situations like this. It sucks. You feel hopeless and worthless and trapped. The problems here are fundamental. Work load is higher, yet pay is lower and there’s less hours. Clearly there’s a need for this industry. Where is all this money going?

Good luck people! Those of us businesses who depend on you are also cheering for you. Get what you deserve!!

I got hurt at UPS, my boss told me I was fine. It’s been a year and I still can’t walk

My husband is a package car driver. He was PT for the first 5 years, but he became FT. It’s the price he knew and paid. You don’t like it? Quit! Like people don’t have choices. PT employees enjoy a superior healthcare package that’s fully paid for by UPS.

hope this strike doesn't get busted like the rail strike 😡

Solidarity

We have wonderful UPS delivery people ! Never ever saw one that wasn't pleasant . They rush, rush, rush , summer heat, snow storms, and just the best ! Always feel for them and try to run out with a drink or treat. Half the time I don't move fast enough to catch them ! They deserve anything they get ! Long overdue ! A THOUSAND CHEERS TO THE BEST MEN AND WOMEN EVER !! GOD BLESS THEM !

This is so true. Been working for UPS for decades. What the company doesn’t show is upper management is so disconnected from the people on the front lines producing the work that produces the revenue. We are all numbers to them. It’s soul crushing. Why do I work there?? Because the pay and benefits are great. The customers are even better. Wonderful people!!! Our customers!!!😀😀😀I love them. But upper management had told their souls to the corporate devil to get their piece of the pie. They know it’s wrong, they know it, but in my 45; years there, I’ve yet to see a UPS manager go to bat for us. Really!!! Why should they??? We are union, so there’s no mercy. Upper management has convinced them to see us less than human . I absolutely believe that. Why else world they violate the contract on a regular basis?? They can read. Upper Management has convinced them, that workers are dishonest, lazy, untrustworthy. So treat them accordingly!! But this is common knowledge. So sad!!!!😥😥😥😥😥

My dream was to become a UPS driver But just going thru all this BS I just went on a different direction where I'm still working at a Union shop and making a good living .

I used to work at UPS and I can say what these guys are saying is true.

As a Purple semi-truck driver, I really hope the workers of UPS get what they deserve and don't have to go on strike. I wish the current company I work for would provide benefits but that will never happen as it's a company of third-party contractors all trying to fill their retirement accounts.

Dont worry ups will throw us a pizza party.

I only work in a UPS Store- which is a franchise. But i will say that the volume increase has been staggering. The amount of work i do now vs. when i started 7 years ago is at least double after the pandemic and peoples addictions to e commerce. Some days it just makes you want to cry. Pay these men and women commensurate with the value theyve provided to the company.

I had worked part-time at UPS third-shift for 8 years until summer of 2015. Thankfully, I was only there for college -- I know, it took me far longer than it should have -- and I hated every bit of it. Even after I received my degree, I tried to change positions at UPS where I could put it to use, because they did have great benefits with its health insurance and pension, but they expected me to quit AND THEN APPLY for the position -- with absolutely no guarantee if I'd get the position of not. Not only was that ridiculous for the more obvious reasons, but it would've meant I'd lose my 8-year seniority, which is a thing that's incredibly important to UPS workers.

I worked part time there from 1995 to 2001, went from loader to sorter, went from $8 an hour to $14.25 when i left. For me it was a great way to make money while getting my college education! It was tough, very labor intensive! I could not imagine doing this for a living!

My father worked for American Standard for 30 years in conditions that killed most people from cancer no air in the factory and made toilets he lived till 79 with a pension. He raised 2 kids and a mother that mostly was at home. He never complained and just went to work because he had no skills but HAD to raise a family. The union kept pushing for more and more and they finally closed shop and went to Puerto Rico like many of old American companies ,and many car companies. My father took me to work one day and said look around you better stay in school and make the right decisions. I always remember that day and 50 years later that advice allowed me to make sure i never end up in that situation. When you blame other people for your mistakes you will never succeed.

9 years working for ups, first job I had and I got it while in high school. So glad I left. I can now afford the hearing aides I need from working there, and I’m only 33.

As a college professor/teacher/instructor in California I feel this. 17 years, part time, and there is no "advancement path" for teachers the only way they can get to a full time position is if the administration gives the department permission to do so, then it's a fight against every other person who wishes to apply for it as it has to be a public search, and as a part time worker for the school the only advantage you get is a "tie breaker" but considering all those decisions are made behind closed doors there practically is no advantage, the last position I applied for (one of 3 that opened up in the last 17 years I've been there) it was told to me by the department chair that they made the decision that there were too many men in the department so wanted to pick a woman... oh if I only had a recorder on at the time maybe I could have used that to my advantage. As a part timer we're paid less of a wage than full time on an class for class basis even though we are required to go to department meetings and the like, our benefits are less, retirement security is non-existent, and to make things work, we often have to teach in multiple counties because there's a limit on how much we can teach in any one county so "they don't abuse part timers" ... yeah that's working out great. Often part time instructors teach more classes than full time in multiple districts and still don't make the same as a full time instructor.

UPS Canada still doesn’t pay us a living wage. At least we have benefits. We have a union.

I worked for UPS for 10 years. 2 years part time loading trucks, then part time driver at night, then eventually full time driver. You have no life at this place. Thank God I messed up my back here and they bought me out. I'd probably still be there because when your in it, the money and benefits make it hard to leave. But you have no life and your married to the corporation. I watched the teamsters union decline over the years, giving into the corporation demands as little by little was taken away. I still see guys from the hub I worked in, and they tell me how lucky I am that I got out when I did. I make less money now and my benefits suck, but I'm so much happier I have my life back. I get it people are here and they have to do what they have to do to survive. But once you leave you never look back and become so thankful.

Worked as a fleet foreman for 19 yrs at a major bread company, Oroweat, then as a fleet technician for 10 at UPS, it was by far the worst place I've ever worked, they dont care about their employees one bit, I never recommended working at UPS to anyone, never!

I hope all you UPS WORKERS get your raises and benefits. I firmly believe you all deserve it as I’m one that does considerable E Commerce purchasing and see plenty of those brown UPS trucks in my area and neighborhood. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST

Only there for a year and a half. But besides the benefits, there's no reason to work there. If you can find a different job that offers similar benefits, take that. Its rough on the body, especially during summer, unloading trailers while its 104f.

I started at UPS in March of 2000 on the ramp in Louisville on a belly crew loading packages into the bellies of airplanes. 4 mos later promoted to part time supervisor a year later right after 9/11 promoted to a full time non union position as a flight crew scheduler. At first everything was cool. Got treated well, made lots of friends and I looked forward to going to work. When I got around those airplanes I knew I’d be there till I die that’s how much I loved it. We were a family atmosphere (at least my little corner of it was) and we were always playing jokes on each other and made the best of it. Once I got into flight crew scheduling at first it was much of the same atmosphere. The going public was still in its infancy and the suck hasn’t really had time to manifest itself yet. Slowly but surely they started eliminating all of the things that made the job elite and special. But I loved it still nonetheless. I was one of the best schedulers the department ever had. I put the company’s needs ahead of my family’s on multiple occasions. Always available for overtime there was nothing I wouldn’t have done for them. 15 years later of unwavering loyalty making $32.35 an hour I got called into the office over a few clerical decisions I made that for some reason after 15 years of not minding how we got the job done now all the sudden this stuff was an issue. After a humiliating hour in the office being belittled by these idiot managers that couldn’t schedule their way to the shitter on a bet they sent me home. Next day I was terminated. This was in 2014. This is how they do their good employees that share certain values and beliefs that differ from the UPS management narrative. Meanwhile dirtbags that do the bare bones minimum come to work looking like they got shot with a double barrel wrinkle gun call sick on weekends when we are minimum staffed get to retire. I pray those responsible for terminating me and everyone they love burn in hell for all eternity.

I used to work part-time for UPS at the SMART center in Atlanta. I was paid $17.50 for three to five hours a night. UPS purposefully cuts part-timers hours short, and uses this as an excuse to avoid giving them lunch breaks. Both the part-time and full-time supervisors pressure you to unload trucks, both short and long, in under an hour, and when the automated conveyor belts are offline, they pressure you to haul irregular packages all the way up the irreg belt. Fifteen breaks are the rule, but going shifts without breaks is the norm. More than once I was moved to another area to help another crew because they were behind, and was threatened with being fired when I initially refused. I have little hope UPS will negotiate with us any further, and so I’m glad this strike will come to pass, and I encourage all workers( looking at you railroads) to join us on the picket line and stand up for American labor.

Also keeping you as a parttime driver (aka. cover driver ) for 2-4 years. So UPS don't have to pay into Fulltime pension

This is so awesome! My son worked for UPS for about a year. They always had 0 injuries on the injuries thing! It turned out they just never report the injuries. My son was injuried when o box too nig for the conveyer belt came down. He worked for them back in 2017. It's the same facility though that a young man died at in Kansas City Mo in 2020. I hope that these works are able to unionize and getting what they deserve!!!!

I’ve been @ UPS 21 years this August. STILL not full time! Back in 2005, when I had been there just 3 years, I had a workman’s comp injury, had to have back surgery, and had to take UPS to court to prove it happened there. I won, got a $5,000 settlement, with a lifetime guarantee that UPS would pay any medical bills regarding my back issues. I worked in the wing for 12 more years after that, then my back gave out, and I couldn’t unload or pull cans anymore, so they sent me to small sort. Been in small sort for 6 years now. Two years ago I was in a car crash that has changed my life. I’ve had two major back operations and haven’t been to work since the night of the crash. I’ve had to fill out an accommodation with the ADA, the union refuses to help me get a desk/office job, because now I have rods in my back holding me up, and I can’t stand for very long now. My management team doesn’t want anything to do with me because I can’t come to work and do the job anymore. The company is probably just going to wait until my ADA accommodation runs out then they’re probably going to shove me out the door with my pension and that be that, and all those 21 years I have worked for the company are probably just going to go down the drain. Im having to move back home with my parents for the first time in 15+ Years. It’s a mess. If they were to find me something I would want at least 6 hours a night or more! Im tired of only getting barely 3 hours a night and living in terrible neighborhoods, and tiny ass apartments I can barely afford. I will be 40 this year, with absolutely nothing to show for it. I should have my own house by now, but because of UPS and their greediness, I have nothing. Im so tired of being tired, poor, hungry, not being able to pay the bills, and yes it’s hard to find another part time job or let alone get up and go to classes/school when you work all damn night! Especially in the summertime! It will drain you like no other! Im hoping that the company will do what’s necessary to take care of us PT and FT employees! Damn right we deserve better!!!!! Word going around at my location here in Louisville, Kentucky though is the employees don’t stand a chance and the company is just going to give us “the bird”.??? Idk, im glad im out with no pay and don’t have to fight this fight, even though it’s hard for me because I’m not making any income. It’s just hard! It’s been hard all the 21 years I’ve worked there and what I’ve had to go through with the company. Im praying we get what we deserve! The inflation is making things worse to! Rent is going up everywhere! You can’t hardly rent an apartment here in Louisville anymore without rent being $1,000 a month, plus the price of gas and groceries, it’s almost IMPOSSIBLE to survive on your own here!!! Im hoping God hears our prayers and our Shouts and screams and makes things better for ALL of us!!!!!!! Standing strong with the teamsters!!!!

As a former UPS employee in 95 and I was in the strike and 97 I hope y'all break they ass 🙏🏾👍🏾🤌

Currently suing UPS and the Union. It’s been 3 and a half years and my trial is set for late December. The union and management worked together to fire me, when I ruptured my patella tendon in my knee. The corruption in this company is honestly astonishing. They know they’re wrong, but will not admit it until they’re caught red handed. So we wait till trial, unfortunately. Anybody that feels they are getting mistreated. Don’t be afraid to stand up to the company and the union.

I was a UPSer from 2001 until 2007. I stand with UPS Teamsters.

20 years with this despicable company and yes I have tons of horror stories!

I have been driving for a year and worked as preload for a year. It is very hard work but it is rewarding. The insurance (covers your whole family for free) is amazing. I’m at 24/hr and makin better money then I ever have. 3 more years and I’ll be at almost 50 an hour. Can’t wait. I’ll be going and picking out a new truck lol.

I use to work at UPS during the later half of the pandemic. I lasted about 5 months, before that I worked for both UPS and then Fed Ex when I was in college decades ago. Big changes within the company it was never ideal but when I was in school it seemed tolerable in going back the first thing I noticed was the bad attitudes and anger just like the first young man said. It felt like a prison. I also notices the depression and emptiness. I worked the same 2 am to 8 am shift. If 100 folks came in only 10 where working, the warehouse lived on a handful of young dudes who treated the job like a workout, hoodie up headphones on. The job also had a few women on the job that I absolutely avoided as they did less work than the lazy and manipulated the supervisor to get them or others to do their trucks. I am not trying to be overtly religious but I will never forget everytime i would walk into that warehouse it was like walking through a fog of a deep spirit. Like something just hung over the building that caused so much negativity. Like a huddling of the working poor caused demons to hang around and feed off their despair.