Posted on 04/03/2014 3:01:46 PM PDT by matt04
UPS is firing 250 Queens, N.Y., drivers for walking off the job during a 90-minute protest in February. The company dismissed 20 of the workers after their shifts Monday and issued notices of termination to another 230 employees, notifying them that they will be fired once the company has trained their replacements, UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told Business Insider.
The workers were protesting the dismissal of longtime employee and union activist Jairo Reyes, who was fired over an hours dispute, according to Gaut. The New York Daily News first reported on the firings.
Local politicians are threatening to cancel city contracts that give UPS millions of dollars in breaks on parking fines.
"They took a grievance with one employee and turned it into notices of termination with 250 workers," New York City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer told The Queens Courier. "That’s outrageous. These are good, hardworking employees who have a contract for UPS. To try and break this contract, break this union, is something that is unacceptable and we can’t tolerate."
UPS fired back that it might need to terminate additional employees if the city alters its contract.
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Look for the NLRB to get involved.
Ubama didn't pack it with Commies for nothing.
That's where "community organizers" come in.
In all fairness, he did say he was a Capitalist before he became a Communist.
“I’ll tell you what a management problem is: They fired 230 people, but they’re still working until they train their replacements. Do you see any potential for something going wrong there? “
Yeah, that struck me as amazingly poorly thought out. (Two adverbs in a row. Sorry.)
“They took a grievance with one employee and turned it into notices of termination with 250 workers,” New York City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer told The Queens Courier.”
No; Mr Bramer has things backward. There was no “vote to strike”, there was simply 250 workers who turned a single worker’s unsubstantiated complaint into a personal matter, about them, which it wasn’t, and went off the job for 90 minutes, which is NOT allowed under their own union contract. UPS can let it’s unionized employees keep repeating such actions, with workers paying no penalty for them, or it can strongly remind them that they work by the very contracts they agreed to, not their own personal rules of conduct.
Dey ain't got time fo dat!
So he’s moving in the wrong direction.
IPS has a depot in Queens. Maybe if they mention Doug Heffernan as a reference they can get a job there.
The Company and the Union have a contract. These workers BROKE the contract agreement. ‘Nuff said.
Looks like UPS taking advantage of situation to clean house
and get rid of bunch of union slugs......
Sadly so, it seems. He lets the hate of capitalism flow through him, until his turn to the dark side is complete.
While UPS is Teamsters, it’s my experience that they manage the union people very effectively. They pay top wages but get excellent productivity for it.
It’s not like the UAW car plants with a large buffer of underworked employees.
It happens, but not so often here.
LOL. Call it what you wish. Capitalism worked but only when the investors and especially senior management were put at risk, as it should be, and especially if their management was incompetent. A CEO who fails should get nothing. Today they get another $20 million. For starters why does a CEO even get a labor contract? http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/u-s-capitalism-rewards-failure/
It is crony capitalism that puts taxpayers at risk because the perps are able buy out our officials. The Party that will inevitably win over independents will convince the public that they are most ethical, most fair, and that hold themselves and others most accountable.
I don’t trust unions, but neither do I trust the globalists. They have already proven they will sell out America for more Commie Yuan. The CEOS of today are rewarded with contracts that immunize and protect them from failure. The tact of even more mergers only reduces competition instead of serving to reward risk and capitalism.
Our once efficient economic model of risk/reward and capitalism has been eroded by the crony capitalists that own our officials and put taxpayers as their backstop. The Tea Party fully understands the GOP E is putting conservatism at risk by supporting crony capitalism.
Only time will tell how this washes out.
bfl
Fair enough, but if you use the term “landed gentry” I’ll be all over you like white on rice.
;^)
(BTW, I can’t stand the term “Crony Capitalism” because it isn’t capitalism, it was coined by those who hate it.)
I’m going to stop teasing him. He’s not gone yet. Even Darth Vader had his moments of throwing bad guys off cliffs, you know.
Exactly what I was thinking. It is a management problem, especially if it is putting large contracts at risk.
BTW, UPS racks of millions of dollars in parking fines. Parking in red zones is the number one ticket their trucks get.
And exactly why should UPS not get tickets for parking in a red zone?
Treat your employees as expendable and your company suffers. Not smart business.
I don’t think he understands your posts, so it’s likely a wasted effort regardless.
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