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Aren't they Teamsters?
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he will get chewed a little and he will have many many safety rides and then he is back to business as usual. if he has another in 3 years then he may loose his job
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Yep teamsters...
My guess is he could argue hey I bin doin this for x number of years without mishap and the laws of probability caught up with me...
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UPS truck drivers aren't supposed to make left turns!
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I have done defense work for UPS in the past. The drivers are Teamsters and they are extremely well paid. People will leave management positions in the company to take driver jobs. Actually, managers will compete to get offered open driver slots.
The flip side, and the reason they are so well paid, is that their jobs are extremely demanding. UPS has refined package delivery to a science and every driver has to follow the formula to the letter. Drivers get disciplined for things you and I wouldn't consider problems. The union has made the deal that the drivers get high wages in exchange for allowing the employer broad latitude on work rules. There is a grievance procedure and the union will represent this driver, but you can be sure that he's already been fired and the termination will survive the grievance hearing. Not at-fault accidents do count against their record. They do an analysis on whether the accident was avoidable not just whose fault it was. If the driver could have done something to have avoided the accident - it's suspension time. And avoidable can mean that he should have been driving in a different lane. They instruct their drivers to drive in certain lanes (inner or outer) depending on various circumstances. Heaven help the driver who gets rear ended when he's in the wrong lane for the circumstances. That's why the poor guy was so out of his mind, replacing divots and trying to repair any damage. He was probably fired as soon as he got back to the terminal. After he had to personally transfer the boxes from the wrecked truck to the new one.
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Our regular UPS guy seems like a nice guy. I have always heard they are very well paid. There is little doubt thyy WORK hard to get the job done. I have seen our driver drop off a package at the end of a day at our office and he is just soaked in sweat.
He is never there long enough to chat much. Once when we had numerous packages he mentioned he had just went through a divorce. He said he would come home exhausted as usual and just want to relax. His wife wanted to "go drive around" which was the last thing on earth he wanted to do after 12 hours of driving around in traffic except maybe go work out and lift weights.
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Post-crash drug testing (for truck drivers) would not be applicable because whereas this is a regulated size truck, it is under the CDL threshold. No CDL required, no DOT drug testing.
They could test him under a general policy, but not because he was a truck driver. angela
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This reminds me of the loud bang I heard in the middle of the night 24 years ago. I went down stairs and saw nothing. The next day I noticed that the phone booth in front of the building was gone, tossed into many pieces into the nearby trees.
I had made a few phone calls from that booth - it gave me a chill.
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I would expect a drug test would be mandatory following and accident with UPS. Like you said, not from the state issuing the CDL but from within the company.
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