Seventy-five percent of transportation industry workers would support a strike against UPS.
According to a July 25 report by Atticus, entitled “Inside the Transport Sector: Uncovering Workers’ Thoughts on UPS Strike,” almost two-thirds of responders (65%) said they are worried about the potential impact a UPS strike would have on the economy. In fact, 48% of participants believe a strike would eighter significantly impact the availability or costs of goods and services.
Though 58% of transportation workers believe non-union members could effectively do the job of delivery drivers, 42% do not think non-union workers could effectively perform those types of jobs.
The report also showed that Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York were the five states that had the most Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported injuries by UPS workers. Environmental heat was the top source of injury for UPS workers while the top type of incident was from the physical effects of heat and light. The number one injury event for UPS workers was exposure to environmental heat.
Atticus interviewed 257 American transportation workers for the survey and analyzed OSHA’s Severe Injury Report, which featured data from January 1, 2015 to November 30, 2022.
