They’re not getting enough bad publicity unfortunately. I worked there from 01 to 12. They definitely do not care about their employees. "Drink more water if you're hot" is what they'd say.

is anyone surprised? corporate suits should be made to work the trucks delivering and see how their dainty asses like it. families of these drivers need to sue the shit out of UPS for gross negligence. Thank God for tort courts. that’s the only way the little guy has a chance. 

It’s likely the down time they’re afraid of. Even if you did it in small batches over a period of time it’s going to cause delays.

For example, we have a program that was developed with input from experts in the field of occupational health and safety that focuses on educating employees about hydration along with nutrition and proper sleep before working in hotter temperatures.

Most of the responses here are referring to cooling the entire vehicle, which is unlikely. All UPS needs to do is to have cool air (not a fan) blowing directly on the driver, cooling his/her skin. Yes, it will still be hot in the cargo area, but drivers will be able to go right back to the cooled are in a few minutes.

So what you’re saying is if drivers get sick or die it’s their fault. Got it. 

Yep.

Those studies were done long before you or I were born and, being overheated is not good for anyone.

No amount of venting and fans are going to help in 110+F heat.

The UPS union is toothless.

Capitalism doing what capitalism does.

I wonder if any of these companies due studies on how overheated workers affect productivity and customer service.  I’m a lot nicer to the customers when I’m not sweating my balls off, and I work harder, too.

At one time every department store in Pittsburgh had its own delivery trucks and all the drivers and helpers were unionize. But along came the shit stain company and offered to deliver packages for less. All of the drivers went on Strike, which lasted 16 months. When the strike ended UPS hired the drivers from most of…

Look folks we can’t run a sweatshop without some sweat

In a related note, this week my wife got a shipment of Girl Scout Mint Chocolate Pretzels delivered during a week of above 90-degree temps here in the Seattle, and the chocolate in the pretzels had all melted and resolidified into a solid block of pretzel and chocolate. So these kind of temps in the delivery vans…

Not only is the heat dangerous for drivers, but a lot of medications and medical supplies (tests, bio, etc) will spoil when they’re exposed to that kind of heat for extended periods. Pills that could survive a few hours on a doorstop in 95F heat won’t last that long in a 130F oven, and packaging insulation can only do…

Difference between expected work demands and expected safety. Workloads are demanding full 8 hour shifts. Safety demands a 15 minute break to cool down every 30 minutes in temps over 100F. The company is pushing them to work in proven unsafe conditions and refuse to even do as little to install as little as a a fan…

“The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority.”

This entire comment is very stupid and reflects your basic lack of empathy and any understanding at all about economic realities in this country. But this gem made me laugh the most: “I won’t say I don’t feel sorry for UPS drivers...” and then you spend an entire paragraph explaining exactly how not sorry you feel for…

It’s pretty shocking considering UPS drivers have a union. At least the UPS drivers that came to the warehouse I managed did. This seems like something they should be screaming at their reps for. And the threat of a strike seems like an effective way to hit UPS’s bottom line, which of course is the only thing they…