LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Some Louisville UPS workers protested Friday, saying they’ve been forced to work overtime hours in the excessive heat.
“It is up to you to say ‘not on my watch will I deplete my health so my family has to suffer.’ You get to stop it. You get to be the one,” said one of the speakers at a UPS facility on Bluegrass Parkway.
Teamsters Local 89 members said UPS repeatedly forces its drivers to work up to 12-hour days multiple times a week — even with heat indexes reaching 104 degrees. The union said UPS trucks frequently reach over 120-degrees, but the company has not installed air conditioning, which they say creates dangerous conditions…