They already agreed to include it in new vans. The issue they’re complaining about is that UPS hasn’t purchased new vehicles this year, so no progress is being made.
I didn’t realize they were going electric already, which would require that essentially anyway, so that was literally a “free” concession on the UPS side. That was going to happen simply by proxy anyway.
If that’s all true… then is this a case of UPS actively trying to avoid installing AC, or just a side effect of UPS purchasing new vehicles in bulk at set intervals as they age, that don’t happen to have happened in the last 8 months? Did UPS purchase a ton of new vehicles in the time between the Union agreement and January 1st? If so, were those purchases already in the works, or were they setup specifically to avoid this provision? Does UPS already have spare vehicles in their fleet when the current ones in use break down completely meaning they don’t need to purchase replacements currently?
I don’t think this is nearly as simple as the article and complaint is trying to make it sound, even with the fact the current trucks don’t have AC is bullshit to begin with.