When Luigi Morris reports to the UPS distribution center in Canarsie, Brooklyn at 4 a.m., packages are already overflowing off the conveyor belt.
Morris, a part-time warehouse worker, spends his three-and-a-half hour shift loading heavy items — bed frames, car tires, air conditioning units — on trucks for delivery across New York City. He’s typically expected to load a minimum of four trucks with 300 packages each.
“My hands hurt, my knees hurt, my back hurts,” Morris said. “And we only have a ten-minute break.”
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