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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Apr 8, 2014, 02:47 PM Apr 2014

GINGER ADAMS OTIS

UPS sent 17 more Queens drivers packing Friday night, bringing the total number of workers fired in an ongoing labor dispute to 36, the Daily News has learned.
The shipping company fired 19 workers a week ago and informed another 17 they were no longer on payroll effective Friday, said spokesman Steve Gaut.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/ups-fires-17-queens-drivers-ongoing-labor-dispute-article-1.1749171#ixzz2yK206YM5

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UPS fires 17 more Queens drivers in ongoing labor dispute over work stoppage (Original Post) hrmjustin Apr 2014 OP

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1. F%#% UPS. I exclusively use USPS - great service, almost always cheaper, and they don't screw...

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:26 PM

Apr 2014

their workers. That is apparently left to Congress.

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2. The city is going to play hardball with them if they don't reinstate them.

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:30 PM

Apr 2014