Re:UPS Has 260,000 Union Workers and They've Just Authorized...
by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:29PM
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>The union also fights against CDL requirements for better/safer drivers and allows excessive overtime because it pays out so much.
Considering the work pattern of last mile delivery drivers compared to OTR truckers and how rarely both groups fall asleep at the wheel and crash into things this doesn't bother me in the slightest. Being subject to all the regulatory overhead that goes with a CDL would be bad for, the workers, the employers and anyone buying their services. It's not like UPS drivers are falling asleep at the wheel and running over little old ladies left and right. There's no negative externality that can be eliminated by regulating delivery drivers.
Re:UPS Has 260,000 Union Workers and They've Just Authorized...
by loeg on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @04:37PM
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They're driving a big honking vehicle. That usually requires a CDL. If the CDL requirement was dropped, pedestrian fatalities would rise. This is a surety.
Considering the work pattern of last mile delivery drivers compared to OTR truckers and how rarely both groups fall asleep at the wheel and crash into things this doesn't bother me in the slightest. Being subject to all the regulatory overhead that goes with a CDL would be bad for, the workers, the employers and anyone buying their services. It's not like UPS drivers are falling asleep at the wheel and running over little old ladies left and right. There's no negative externality that can be eliminated by regulating delivery drivers.