Technology News
Our Rights on the Line in Contract Talks
Working conditions at UPS are at an all-time low.
Will the new contract address the problems—or will they get swept under the rug?
Keyless Package Cars
UPS is expanding its use of keyless package cars.
The new technology reduces some hassles for drivers—but the company’s real goal is increasing stop counts.
UPS Reviewing Driver Cell Phone Use
UPS said it is preparing to follow its ban on driver texting with a broader policy on use of cell and smart phones while its employees are behind the wheel, in support of federal policies to combat distracted driving.
No Protection from New Technology and Production Harassment
Drivers are paying the cost for another Hoffa-Hall surrender in bargaining—this time over the language on technology and discipline.
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Will UPS be flying planes without pilots?
Airline industry analysts report that Federal Aviation Administration pilots will test two remote-controlled unmanned aircraft with the goal of integrating pilot-less airplanes into U.S. airspace.
“The objective,” analysts report, “is that companies such as FedEx and United Parcel Service could transport commercial cargo on planes without a flight crew.”
Click here to read the complete online report.
UPS Adds 50 Hybrid Trucks in Philly Area
Transport Topics reports that UPS has deployed 50 hybrid electric delivery trucks to its fleet in the Philadelphia area. The hybrids join 50 hybrid trucks already operating for UPS in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix, UPS said Thursday.
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Protecting Yourself from UPS Technology
Sensors and spyware are either on your package car or coming soon.
How do you protect yourself? Read the rest …
UPS Boot Camp for New Drivers
The Wall Street Journal reports on a UPS training facility, “Integrad,” where drivers get hooked into a contraption that simulates walking on ice and learn to “bond with their keys.”
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UPS to Field Test New DIAD
UPS will start field-testing its latest DIAD later this year. The DIAD V is about half the size and weight of the current version. Brown has partnered with Honeywell to add new bells and whistles, some small and some that may dramatically change life at UPS—especially when combined with other new technology like telematics.
DIAD V will include a color, auto-focus, flash camera to use for proof-of-delivery. (Hopefully, it will also help drivers document when supervisors are handling packages and doing our work!)
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New Technology Tracks Drivers’ Every Move
UPS is implementing new technology that allows management to monitor drivers like never before. Telematics amounts to a daily OJS without a manager ever getting in your truck.
Find out how the technology works—and how to protect yourself from harassment and unfair discipline. Read the rest …
Download a Sample Printout from UPS’s New Spyware
UPS is implementing new technology that allows management to monitor package car drivers like never before. Telematics combines data gathered through GPS, the DIAD board and new sensors that are being mounted on package cars.
Click here to see an example of a Telematics printout that management uses to monitor drivers. Read the rest …
Electronic OJS: UPS Rolls Out New Technology
UPS is implementing new technology that allows management to monitor drivers like never before–beginning with an upgrade to the DIAD software and culminating in telematics, a new system that amounts to a daily electronic OJS. Read the rest …
Keyless Package Cars Being Tested
A new keyless ignition and entry system is being installed on package cars in Georgia. After using Local 728 members as guinea pigs, UPS plans to go national with the system.
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UPS Expands Spyware Program
Are new sensors appearing on your package car? UPS is expanding its use of new technology to monitor vehicles, and drivers, like never before.
The company’s new “telematics program” uses computer technology to combine data UPS gathers through GPS, the DIAD board and new sensors that are being mounted on package cars in pilot areas. Read the rest …
Protect UPS Drivers from Spy Technology
As previously reported by MakeUPSDeliver.org, UPS is preparing to implement new technology that will enable management to monitor drivers like never before.
UPSers need to make sure we win strong language to protect Teamsters from discipline resulting from the new spy technology.
The case of Local 391 Teamster Ron Revels—a 21-year Teamster who was fired for cutting his lunch short to help the company— shows why this new contract language is so important. Read the rest …
