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Omaha Steve

(109,234 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 07:02 PM Apr 2014

UPS ups the ante. Time to make some calls! [View all]


When UPS sent 250 workers termination notices for taking part in a protest, you joined over 100,000 people across the country to demand UPS stop workplace retaliation.

That's why you should be the first to know: UPS chose 20 out of the 250 drivers at random and fired them last night. UPS timed the terminations so that these drivers and their families would lose their healthcare coverage.

UPS cannot expect to fire these workers without repercussions. We need to ratchet up the pressure immediately and make sure UPS knows we're paying attention.

Can you call UPS CEO Scott Davis and tell him to respect their workers and stop workplace retaliation? Click here.

UPS is hoping they can continue to sweep their labor issues under the rug. That’s not going to happen. Working Families leaders and elected officials are putting pressure on UPS to rescind the terminations and negotiate a settlement with their union.

But we need you to make some noise. UPS is a profitable company -- and no business can afford to ignore thousands of calls from unhappy consumers.

Click here to call UPS CEO Scott Davis and tell him to revoke the terminations and settle this dispute through dialogue, not intimidation tactics.

Working Families

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Aren't UPS drivers teamsters? pscot Apr 2014 #1
hope to see what Niceguy1 Apr 2014 #2
From everything I understand, it was an illegal walkout. teamster633 Apr 2014 #3
if it was an illegal Niceguy1 Apr 2014 #4
Here is some great info on this Omaha Steve Apr 2014 #5
Fact check and get this info to Ed and Rachel. nt kelliekat44 Apr 2014 #6
The protest lasted only 90 minutes - LiberalElite Apr 2014 #7
k&r... spanone Apr 2014 #8
K & R nt okaawhatever Apr 2014 #9
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