Looming UPS Strike Spurs Some Companies to Rethink Supply Chains
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Kathryn Keeler and her husband, Stuart de Haaff, own an olive oil company in the hills of central California. The couple spend their days harvesting olives, bottling the oil, labeling the glass bottles and shipping them out, relying primarily on UPS to get their product to kitchens throughout the United States. They are far from alone. UPS handles about one-fourth of packages shipped each day in the United States, according to the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, many of them for small busine

I read this article, and the focus is on how horrible this strike would be for businesses. I didn’t see any concern for the workers and the slave-like (not to compare to chattle slavery) working conditions. I can tell you that newbies working for YouPeeS (not sure if I can write the company) would be shocked to see water bottles with a yellowish substance in them…yeah, better not touch those. These are what some truck drivers have had to use for fear of taking a restroom break due to unrealistics demands set by corporate. I can also tell you that you would be shocked to hesr someone from HR tell you not to be surprised that you may not get a lunch break du4ing 4th quarter and that this is federally legal. My concern/support is for the workers all the way.