UPS ups the ante. Time to make some calls!

[Omaha Steve]

When UPS sent 250 workers termination notices for taking part in a protest, you joined over 100,000 people across the country to demand UPS stop workplace retaliation.

That's why you should be the first to know: UPS chose 20 out of the 250 drivers at random and fired them last night. UPS timed the terminations so that these drivers and their families would lose their healthcare coverage.

UPS cannot expect to fire these workers without repercussions. We need to ratchet up the pressure immediately and make sure UPS knows we're paying attention.

Can you call UPS CEO Scott Davis and tell him to respect their workers and stop workplace retaliation? Click here.

UPS is hoping they can continue to sweep their labor issues under the rug. That’s not going to happen. Working Families leaders and elected officials are putting pressure on UPS to rescind the terminations and negotiate a settlement with their union.

But we need you to make some noise. UPS is a profitable company -- and no business can afford to ignore thousands of calls from unhappy consumers.

Click here to call UPS CEO Scott Davis and tell him to revoke the terminations and settle this dispute through dialogue, not intimidation tactics.

Working Families

[pscot]

1. Aren't UPS drivers teamsters?

Has the union responded to this?

[Niceguy1]

2. hope to see what

The nlrb has to say.

There are rules and steps to take before a walk out is done. If they did not follow the steps then the terminations might be upheld.

There is such a thing as an illegal strike when u are a union member. You cant just walk out cause you want to.

[teamster633]

3. From everything I understand, it was an illegal walkout.

And with Hoffa running the show, the union will probably let this stand. Sad but true.

[Niceguy1]

4. if it was an illegal

Walk out then there isnt much anyone can do.

[Omaha Steve]

5. Here is some great info on this

To Download or listen to this 27:52 minute radio program,
http://www.buildingbridgesradio.blogspot.com/2014/04/250-ups-workers-received-pink-slips.html

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
The National Edition
with Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash
******************
Two Hundred Fifty UPS Workers Received Pink Slips
featuring
. Jairo Reyes, fired UPS worker
. Letitia James, NYC Public Advocate
. Tim Sylvester, President Local 802, IBT

United Parcel Services (“UPS”) workers, numerous elected officials and
Teamsters Local 804 members in Queens delivered 100,000 petition
signatures in support of the 250 drivers whose jobs are on the line. UPS
has issued termination notices to the Teamster drivers for participating in
a walkout and protest after the company fired a union activist in violation of
a signed agreement. What began as a routine disciplinary matter has
become a flashpoint for workers’ rights in New York City.

[kelliekat44]

6. Fact check and get this info to Ed and Rachel. nt

[LiberalElite]

7. The protest lasted only 90 minutes -

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/exclusive-ups-dismisses-250-queens-drivers-protest-article-1.1742718


The unionized drivers at the Maspeth facility walked off the job for 90 minutes Feb. 26 to protest the firing of long-time employee and union activist Jairo Reyes. Public Advocate Letitia James has contacted UPS to ask them to change their tactics.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/exclusive-ups-dismisses-250-queens-drivers-protest-article-1.1742718#ixzz2xmpcXNBj

[spanone]

8. k&r...

[okaawhatever]

9. K & R nt