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Seems like a big sticking point is pay for the part time workers at UPS facilities that load the trucks.
That and air conditioning
Wild that AC can't be guaranteed. I get that it's a finicky part of a car, but it should be solvable
I believe that issue is solved in the current tentative agreement. Or rather, all new UPS vehicles from now on will have AC, but current vehicles won't.
That really only works if workers that need them get new trucks, some of them have literally died.
It's not perfect, but that's unfortunately how union contracts tend to go. They don't get a $5 raise right away but its a couple dollars every year over 5 years. They don't upgrade the entire fleet instantly, but all new vehicles will have lifesaving cooling.
It's actually a bit more favorable than I originally thought, though. Within 30 days of the contract being signed, all cars will have a cabin fan and heat shields.
Wow that means it's actually worse than I thought, how could they not have had fans??
It is good though that they're going to prioritize sending the new vehicles to hotter areas. I don't like the "When possible" bit, they should really just all go to those areas. I don't even see a financial reason not to, so it seems to me like it will be used for discrimination against poorer areas. Could be wrong, but that's usually how it goes with language like that
Honestly that's great they are fighting for part timers.