“UPS Teamsters are fighting for a future in which all workers share in the profits they create, with dignified working conditions in stable, middle-class jobs that support their families. No more gigs, no more fighting for crumbs.”
review of data from OSHA has revealed many disturbing incidents at UPS, making clear that workers are carrying out dangerous jobs.looked at 219 cases in the United States, open or closed, with violations, in the past five years. At least 24 of these incidents were related to working in the heat. In at least six of these cases, the worker was taken to the hospital.
Viviana Gonzalez, a driver and shop steward for Teamsters Local 396 in Palmdale, California, works in the desert and said she does not have any heat relief. She said some of her coworkers have kidney problems, which she attributes to dehydration from working in the desert. Air-conditioning, Gonzalez told, is “a big win.
UPS apparently has no plans to put air-conditioning in warehouses, though. These warehouses only have air-conditioning in management offices, Teamsters Local 623’s Hooker said. “Air-conditioning is a good step in the right direction, but we also have to make sure that our warehouse workers also have some type of relief from the heat,” he said., according to OSHA, a worker in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was delivering packages in the heat and began experiencing cramps.
OSHA data also reveal several incidents of amputations of fingers and toes resulting from working at UPS. In , an employee’s toe was surgically amputated after the seal on the bottom of a box gave w and a heavy item fell on the employee’s foot. UPS was given an $18,646 penalty.identified six incidents where a worker has died in the past five years. In 2018, an employee in Kentucky died when he was sucked into a conveyor system,Hooker said there was a case where a worker, Cynfiah Burnell, fell from a ladder and broke her wrist.
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