Dear John,
And another thought: UPS has a little known service where they simply
drop their ground delivery packages off at the United States Post
Office. It is so little known the regional UPS in my area didn't know
they did that when my package went missing. My point is that to avoid
the union trouble, and become competitive, an independent bike delivery
might contract at a local level just like a local qualifying US Post
Office. That would be harder for the Union to fight and would allow
bike delivery a chance. After all, with those trucks they simply "jet"
through my neighborhood, delivering ten times the packages of a bike.
Pay, to be economic must be in line with productivity.
Eric
john earp wrote:
Then there is 3 other local/national/international
delivery/postal companies to explore the competetive/marketable edge
with.. this is just an start..." more than just one banner to fly""
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Eric Westhagen <[email protected]>
wrote:
From:
Eric Westhagen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Bikies] UPS gears up for holidays with bike delivery
To: [email protected], "BikiesSubmissions" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 3:53 PM
One other postscript I can think of.
I would expect that the bean counters would find it hard to make this
fly except in exceptional places and times if the bike people claim
equal pay and benefits as regular union UPS drivers. And the Union
will not let the Company siphon off significant delivery business from
their Union divers to temp delivery people. -----but any inroads
toward bike delivery is great.
Eric
john earp wrote:
Thanks Eric and to the both of us I've have contacted UPS
about ground bicycle delivery service for the uptown ( ie square and
state st. / campus areas...jhn_ twd...)
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Eric Westhagen <[email protected]>
wrote:
From:
Eric Westhagen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Bikies] UPS gears up for holidays with bike delivery
To: [email protected],
"BikiesSubmissions" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 3:38 PM
I would expect that they
save more than the fuel savings by paying the bike people same as their
Christmas temp "run to the house people." Not permanent--not union.
But that would be how it should be. That is a flexible open market for
labor. And that is good for the bicycle.
Eric
john earp wrote:
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