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<blockquote data-quote="Citizen Insane" data-source="post: 1301891" data-attributes="member: 52695">The drivers termination that sparked this walkout was of course bogus. From what I hear he had punched in early in similar fashion MANY times throughout his career. He&#039;d never been reprimanded or written up about the infraction. Basically, UPS decided this tenured employee who didn&#039;t give them worthwhile numbers, filed a bit too many grievances and used his seniority rights too much probably wasn&#039;t worth having around anymore. So they got him on a technicality. It&#039;s what they do. Liam was fed up with it and he reacted hastily.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been a driver in Maspeth for 4 years now. I&#039;ve never really been overly involved with the union. I&#039;ve never filed a grievance and I&#039;ve never been to a union meeting in that time. I keep to myself, do my job to the best of my ability then go home. That day the walkout started 20 mins BEFORE my start time. So by the time I got to the building everyone was outside already. By the time I figured out what was going on... UPS management was escorting everyone protesting off of UPS grounds. I did NOT walk off the job and I was NOT a knowingly active participant. Yet here I am waiting to be fired. Had you been in my situation.. would you have walked into work while 250 protesters made up of your fellow union members watched you? Knowing that if you did..&nbsp; you&#039;d be ostracized for the duration of your career?The fact of the matter is a lot of people were just following our business agents lead under the assumption that in no way would this guy put us in a position that would jeopardize our career. The response by this company by putting every one of those 250 drivers on working termination for following their union rep to make a &quot;point&quot; is excessive. Especially considering these are the same drivers that pulled this company through the late nights and ungodly hours of record volume during peak. Plus 2 additional months of some of the worst weather the northeast has seen in years. To then carry on with the working termination by firing 20 randomly selected employees is disgusting and hypocritical.This company breaks this contract ALL THE TIME. When they don&#039;t break it they twist the language in it so it fits their narrative. You can armchair QB this thing and justify UPS&#039;s reponse as if you&#039;re immune all you want.&nbsp; But if you no longer produce the numbers you once did and don&#039;t tow the company line.. you can be terminated. If you just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time... you can be terminated. A mutually beneficial resolution here affects everyone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Citizen Insane, post: 1301891, member: 52695"] The drivers termination that sparked this walkout was of course bogus. From what I hear he had punched in early in similar fashion MANY times throughout his career. He'd never been reprimanded or written up about the infraction. Basically, UPS decided this tenured employee who didn't give them worthwhile numbers, filed a bit too many grievances and used his seniority rights too much probably wasn't worth having around anymore. So they got him on a technicality. It's what they do. Liam was fed up with it and he reacted hastily. I've been a driver in Maspeth for 4 years now. I've never really been overly involved with the union. I've never filed a grievance and I've never been to a union meeting in that time. I keep to myself, do my job to the best of my ability then go home. That day the walkout started 20 mins BEFORE my start time. So by the time I got to the building everyone was outside already. By the time I figured out what was going on... UPS management was escorting everyone protesting off of UPS grounds. I did NOT walk off the job and I was NOT a knowingly active participant. Yet here I am waiting to be fired. Had you been in my situation.. would you have walked into work while 250 protesters made up of your fellow union members watched you? Knowing that if you did.. you'd be ostracized for the duration of your career? The fact of the matter is a lot of people were just following our business agents lead under the assumption that in no way would this guy put us in a position that would jeopardize our career. The response by this company by putting every one of those 250 drivers on working termination for following their union rep to make a "point" is excessive. Especially considering these are the same drivers that pulled this company through the late nights and ungodly hours of record volume during peak. Plus 2 additional months of some of the worst weather the northeast has seen in years. To then carry on with the working termination by firing 20 randomly selected employees is disgusting and hypocritical. This company breaks this contract ALL THE TIME. When they don't break it they twist the language in it so it fits their narrative. You can armchair QB this thing and justify UPS's reponse as if you're immune all you want. But if you no longer produce the numbers you once did and don't tow the company line.. you can be terminated. If you just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time... you can be terminated. A mutually beneficial resolution here affects everyone. [/QUOTE]

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