John,

I always thought that UPS delivery drivers go around with their doors open at all times to save precious seconds along their route, so that they can easily pop in and out of their trucks with their deliveries.

The truth is: These trucks are HOT. One driver offered the following analogy for the cab of a UPS van: “The best I can describe it is, if you go in a porta potty, on a hot day, and you sit in it for 10 hours.”

UPS saves $185 per truck by removing air conditioning―but while those savings are virtually a rounding error for a corporation that rakes in $100 million in annual profits, they come at a high cost to drivers. UPS drivers have suffered from heatstroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and even death during heat waves this summer. And with record-breaking temperatures expected through September, as the climate crisis worsens, this situation is getting worse, not better.

This Labor Day, we’re standing in solidarity with UPS’s union workforce in demanding that UPS protect its drivers from the climate crisis by installing air conditioning in their trucks! Add your name with ours today!

When Republican Senators like Ron Johnson seriously propose sending already retired seniors back into the workforce, regulations around proper heating and cooling are more important than ever. We’re going to make sure Ron Johnson’s fantasy of older Americans working until they die doesn’t come true, but we don’t want any Americans dying at work.

Greedy corporations like UPS will grind us up to make a profit. That’s why the labor movement is so important―it’s the only xxxxxx we have against rising oligarchy. Organized labor played a critical role in establishing Social Security and Medicare, and they’re fighting alongside us as we fight to expand both vital programs. They always stand with us―so we need to stand with them.

Sign now: Demand UPS give its drivers air conditioning amid ever-worsening heat waves.

Thanks,

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works