“I got 160 stops, 300 packages,” one UPS driver said. “I deliver to doctors’ offices, urgent cares. The potential for bad things to happen is crazy.”
Deliveries are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic as Americans stay home from work and school, but 12 UPS drivers in nine states tell NBC News they don’t think their company has done enough to protect workers or the millions of customers they serve.
“I would hate to be the person that went into this retirement home and ended up getting somebody sick,” he added. “I mean that would be devastating to me.” On Friday, union employees represented by the Teamsters petitioned UPS, calling on the company to provide 14 days of sick leave to quarantined employees — who were being encouraged to use their sick pay or vacation time — and asking that the company provide hand sanitizer and increase cleaning of heavily used areas.
An ‘essential function’UPS drivers and union representatives in Florida, Georgia and New York said they are seeing volumes they normally only see during the holiday season, with some working 12-hour days or longer to keep up with the demand.
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