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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.
One of the workers facing dismissal had just returned to his job after a serious accident, according to the Daily News.
"Domenick DeDomenico, 40, was in a coma for 10 days after getting hit by a car last year while delivering packages for UPS," the Daily News' Ginger Adams Otis reported. "He fought back from serious brain injuries and needed a year of speech and physical therapy."......snip~
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ups-fires-250-employees-staging-143805147.html
Okay.....give the Paisan his Job back. Then fire the other 249. In NY to.....What say ye?
If I was those 250 workers I would tell UPS the second any of us are fired to that protest we all will quit.I wonder how well UPS would do if 250 workers just suddenly quit without training their replacements.
If I was those 250 workers I would tell UPS the second any of us are fired to that protest we all will quit.I wonder how well UPS would do if 250 workers just suddenly quit without training their replacements.
They are so big it don't matter, 250 people aint crap for a company that big. Work the others into the ground, remind them that they are lucky to have jobs at all and hire at will.If I was those 250 workers I would tell UPS the second any of us are fired to that protest we all will quit.I wonder how well UPS would do if 250 workers just suddenly quit without training their replacements.
Okay.....give the Paisan his Job back. Then fire the other 249. In NY to.....What say ye?
Why bother? Every person alive has their sad stories.
At our current track, I'd say that we're looking at a Blade Runner-esque future of massive income inequality, feeble governments, powerful multi-national industries, and abundant left wing terrorism. The more big corporations keep doing stuff like this, the less people are going to believe in capitalism.
I am thinking UPS over reacted.
The local workers had their protest, the damage was done, move on.
The cost to train 250 new workers will exceed by many times the cost if the protest.
If it was an illegal strike, then I say fire them.They are so big it don't matter, 250 people aint crap for a company that big. Work the others into the ground, remind them that they are lucky to have jobs at all and hire at will.
Not in the long run.I am thinking UPS over reacted.
The local workers had their protest, the damage was done, move on.
The cost to train 250 new workers will exceed by many times the cost if the protest.
If it was an illegal strike, then I say fire them.
Corrupt Democrat Party politicians and local NYC unions have been in bed for a very long time_In an economy where millions of Americans are out of work and millions more have given up and stopped looking, I have little sympathy for a bunch of hot-heads who took their union steward's advice and pissed away their jobs.
UPS Will Re-Hire 250 Queens Drivers Fired For Protest
UPS says it will no longer terminate the 250 drivers who were set to be fired after staging a protest walkout at the company's Maspeth facility in February. The company, which was criticized by local elected officials for the mass firing, has reached an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The union will be required to pay any damages incurred by the protest in exchange for the workers' jobs......
UPS Will Re-Hire 250 Queens Drivers Fired For Protest: Gothamist.
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