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☆ UPS workers will get air conditioned trucks, after years of heat-related hospitalizations and even baking cookies on their dashboards
  + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Some UPS drivers have been hospitalized due to heat-related problems. "We're dying out here," one UPS driver told Insider at the time. In 2019, NBC News tallied 107 heat-related hospitalizations of UPS workers over a four-year period starting in 2015. At the time, UPS told Insider that it provided extensive training on how to deal with heat. But according to the agreement, all newly purchased small package delivery trucks in the US will have air conditioning starting next year.
Persons: Esteban Chavez Jr, We're, Matthew O'Connor Organizations: Teamsters, UPS, NBC, Democratic Union Locations: Arizona, New York
☆ 'We're dying out here:' After death of 24-year-old UPS worker in his truck, family members, other workers renew calls for AC in trucks, warehouses
  + stars: | 2022-07-07 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The death of 24-year-old Esteban Chavez Jr. has renewed calls from some employees for air conditioning on UPS trucks. New York UPS driver Ben Douglass told Insider that he and his local coworkers are concerned, and that union members are fighting for better safety all around. But according to Director of Media Relations Matthew O'Connor, UPS delivery trucks don't have air conditioning because the frequent stops would render it "ineffective." The company's warehouses also lack air conditioning because the buildings' large overhead dock doors are frequently open, which would make AC ineffective there, too, O'Connor said. One UPS driver who wished to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions expressed his desperation for air conditioning inside his truck.
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