United Parcel Service: Difference between revisions

UPS has been criticized for its treatment of its workforce, including providing inadequate protections and [[sick leave]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="NYT terrified">{{cite news |last1=Abrams |first1=Rachel |last2=Silver-Greenberg |first2=Jessica |title='Terrified' Package Delivery Employees Are Going to Work Sick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/business/coronavirus-ups-fedex-xpo-workers.html |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 21, 2020 |archive-date=February 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218110714/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/business/coronavirus-ups-fedex-xpo-workers.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Safe streets movement|Safe streets]] activists have attacked UPS, along with other parcel delivery services, for frequently illegally parking their vehicles in bike lanes while making deliveries, a practice that endangers cyclists.<ref name="NYT clog">{{cite news |last1=Haag |first1=Matthew |last2=Hu |first2=Winnie |title=1.5 Million Packages a Day: The Internet Brings Chaos to N.Y. Streets (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/nyregion/nyc-amazon-delivery.html |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 27, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128210832/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/nyregion/nyc-amazon-delivery.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Streetsblog Denver">{{cite news |last1=Sachs |first1=David |title=FedEx, UPS Don't Seem to Care About Blocking Denver Bike Lanes. What Can Be Done? |url=https://denver.streetsblog.org/2018/03/05/fedex-ups-dont-seem-to-care-about-blocking-denver-bike-lanes-what-can-be-done/ |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=[[Streetsblog]] Denver |date=March 5, 2018 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123030447/https://denver.streetsblog.org/2018/03/05/fedex-ups-dont-seem-to-care-about-blocking-denver-bike-lanes-what-can-be-done/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Streetsblog NYC">{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=David |title=Just Another Day in New York City's Perpetually Blocked Bike Lanes |url=https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/08/01/just-another-day-in-new-york-citys-perpetually-blocked-bike-lanes/ |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=[[Streetsblog]] New York City |date=August 1, 2018 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208004133/https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/08/01/just-another-day-in-new-york-citys-perpetually-blocked-bike-lanes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They were sued over it in New York in 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fanelli |first1=James |title=Harlem Bicyclist Sues UPS for Repeatedly Blocking Bike Lanes |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151002/central-harlem/harlem-bicyclist-sues-ups-for-routinely-parking-trucks-bike-lanes/ |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=[[DNAinfo]] |date=October 2, 2015 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123201109/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151002/central-harlem/harlem-bicyclist-sues-ups-for-routinely-parking-trucks-bike-lanes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="CNBC sue">{{cite news |last1=Mangan |first1=Dan |title=New York man sues UPS for blocking bicycle lanes |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/02/ups-sued-for-repeatedly-blocking-new-york-bike-lanes.html |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=[[CNBC]] |date=October 2, 2015 |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111071209/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/02/ups-sued-for-repeatedly-blocking-new-york-bike-lanes.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bus lane blocked NYT">{{cite news |last1=Nir |first1=Sarah Maslin |title=Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws (Published 2018) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/nyregion/bike-lane-blocked-new-york.html |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111105936/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/nyregion/bike-lane-blocked-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and criticized alongside peers in a letter from [[District Department of Transportation|Washington, D.C.'s transportation agency]] in 2018.<ref name="Curbed parking">{{cite news |last1=Giambrone |first1=Andrew |title=Don't park in bike lanes, D.C. officials tell major mail carriers |url=https://dc.curbed.com/2018/11/5/18065202/dc-bike-lanes-mail-carriers-vision-zero |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=[[Curbed DC]] |date=November 5, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111115557/https://dc.curbed.com/2018/11/5/18065202/dc-bike-lanes-mail-carriers-vision-zero |url-status=live }}</ref>