As delivery workers support others' holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.
in sales for the holiday season. These hundreds of billions of dollars in sales go through multiple rounds of delivery and sorting before the packages end up at a consumer’s address, avoiding the crowds and frustration of traditional retail shopping.
Sean Williams, a 22-year veteran worker at UPS, longtime Teamsters for a Democratic Union activist and executive board member of Teamster Local 71, explained in an interview, “In normal, non-peak time, you may do 100 stops a day . But this time of year, you may be asked to do 170. You do get helpers from time to time, however, you’re still asked to do more, almost in a shorter period of time to accommodate the tasks at hand.
While most of us take the same day and next day shipping of the e-commerce revolution for granted, the workers who deliver our packages ask us to consider their positions as we enjoy buying and sharing gifts. Rand Wilson wants consumers to “appreciate the complexity of the diversity of the supply chain that gets that package to them on the next day.
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