It wasn't a true Wildcat strike that was initiated. You can't just walk off the job at the drop of a hat and call it a wildcat strike. There must be some conversation with UPS about what WILL happen and if I'm correct, it must be a three (72 hour) days notification to the company for what the Wildcat strike will be struck for.
This instance in Maspeth was not a legitimate Wildcat strike, so stop calling it a wildcat strike.
GET A GRIP. A walkout of any kind causing a "work stoppage" is called a "WILDCAT STRIKE". It matters not how it originates or who is contacted.
NO employees can walk off the job after start time to protest anything.
Whether or not it was organized by the local or a BA, its a wildcat strike. There was no justification for the walkout and foolish for the drivers to have listened to whoever called for this walkout.
While I am not justifying UPS's action for terminating the original driver involved, that drivers options were to use the process to get his job back.
Extending his problems onto the backs of the remaining drivers was foolish in the face of remedies available to him.
An unauthorized strike of any kind is a wildcat strike and to call it anything else is just silly.
TOS.
