*UPS Driver Slaps Back at Ugly Comments About What Wages Employees Deserve*

When it comes to wise warnings, we know two things for certain: never fight a land war in Asia and don't come for the person who spends 6-8 hours in a steaming-hot truck and carries heavy boxes upstairs for a living. One social media commenter is learning what the rest of the nation is about to find out -- UPS (UPS) - Get Free Report drivers are not to be trifled with. In a viral TikTok post, one driver speaks up about exactly why your UPS packages might start seeing delays -- he also bluntly talks about pay rate differences between full and part-time employees. @juantrujillo027 Replying to @joeyboombatz68 #teamsters #sloidarity #ups #strike #amazon #fedex ♬ original sound - Juan Trujillo When one commenter said that a full-time employee's hourly rate of $42/hour was more than he deserved, driver Juan Trujilio vehemently disagreed. "Yeah, $42 an hour is definitely not enough," he said. "We're gonna get a raise and we do every year by a dollar to $1.50 every year -- and it's going to be higher [this year.]" More Companies in Trouble: The Bud Light Controversy and Its Impacts Explained Disney Faces Heavy Criticism After Bold New Images of Its Latest Live-Action Film Surface Online Disney's Bob Iger Hits Back at 'Preposterous' DeSantis Accusation as Woke Backlash Intensifies "[But] we're not going on strike because the drivers aren't getting their raise," he clarifies. He goes on to explain that raises for full-time drivers have already been negotiated. "We're going on strike [for the] part-timer only making $16 an hour and that's unacceptable." "How the hell do you think we got the $42 anyway, by sitting back and accepting $35?" Trujillo continues. "No, we demanded what was ours and that's what we're doing now." @juantrujillo027 Replying to @joeyboombatz68 #teamsters #sloidarity #ups #strike #amazon #fedex ♬ original sound - Juan Trujillo In another video on the subject, Trujillo gave more context on UPS drivers' demand for higher wages. "When I say $42 an hour isn't enough, it's not because I can't live comfortably," he explains. "It's not enough based on the amount of revenue that we're producing for this company." "During the pandemic, [UPS] made $100 billion and just kept that -- they didn't even work for it. Talking about their shareholders, [but] we were the ones loading the trucks. We were the ones delivering the packages." "[Covid-19] was running through the hubs. People were catching it; some of them died[...] The drivers were out here dealing with the general public[...] contracted it and brought it back to our families, and some of them died." "We're not the greedy ones," he tells viewers who may not understand the reason for a strike. "Were the ones that actually worked for that $100 billion."
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UPS Driver Slaps Back at Ugly Comments About What Wages Employees Deserve

When it comes to wise warnings, we know two things for certain: never fight a land war in Asia and don't come for the person who spends 6-8 hours in a steaming-hot truck and carries heavy boxes upstairs for a living. One social media commenter is learning what the rest of the nation is about to find out -- UPS (UPS) - Get Free Report drivers are not to be trifled with. In a viral TikTok post, one driver speaks up about exactly why your UPS packages might start seeing delays -- he also bluntly talks about pay rate differences between full and part-time employees. @juantrujillo027 Replying to @joeyboombatz68 #teamsters #sloidarity #ups #strike #amazon #fedex ♬ original sound - Juan Trujillo When one commenter said that a full-time employee's hourly rate of $42/hour was more than he deserved, driver Juan Trujilio vehemently disagreed. "Yeah, $42 an hour is definitely not enough," he said. "We're gonna get a raise and we do every year by a dollar to $1.50 every year -- and it's going to be higher this year." More Companies in Trouble: The Bud Light Controversy and Its Impacts Explained Disney Faces Heavy Criticism After Bold New Images of Its Latest Live-Action Film Surface Online Disney's Bob Iger Hits Back at 'Preposterous' DeSantis Accusation as Woke Backlash Intensifies "But we're not going on strike because the drivers aren't getting their raise," he clarifies. He goes on to explain that raises for full-time drivers have already been negotiated. "We're going on strike for the part-timer only making $16 an hour and that's unacceptable." "How the hell do you think we got the $42 anyway, by sitting back and accepting $35?" Trujillo continues. "No, we demanded what was ours and that's what we're doing now." @juantrujillo027 Replying to @joeyboombatz68 #teamsters #sloidarity #ups #strike #amazon #fedex ♬ original sound - Juan Trujillo In another video on the subject, Trujillo gave more context on UPS drivers' demand for higher wages. "When I say $42 an hour isn't enough, it's not because I can't live comfortably," he explains. "It's not enough based on the amount of revenue that we're producing for this company." "During the pandemic, UPS made $100 billion and just kept that -- they didn't even work for it. Talking about their shareholders, but we were the ones loading the trucks. We were the ones delivering the packages." "Covid-19 was running through the hubs. People were catching it; some of them died... The drivers were out here dealing with the general public... contracted it and brought it back to our families, and some of them died." "We're not the greedy ones," he tells viewers who may not understand the reason for a strike. "Were the ones that actually worked for that $100 billion."
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