UPS is rescinding the terminations of all 250 drivers according to a report posted by Teamsters Local 804.
The Union has also won the reinstatement of Jairo Reyes, the 24-year driver whose firing in violation of the grievance procedure led to a 90-minute walkout by Local 804 members on Feb. 26.
The Local 804 website reports that “All the terminations will be reduced to 10-day suspensions.” The union also agreed to pay undisclosed monetary damages to UPS.
When the company refused to come to the table to negotiate a settlement, Local 804 unleashed a community support campaign.
Customers Tell UPS: “Don’t Fire My Driver”
http://youtu.be/wo_U23oc3q0
They collected more than 125,000 signatures on support petitions from Teamster members and public supporters.
Elected officials stood behind the Union and threatened to pull $60 million in contracts and deals that UPS has with the City and State.
Fired drivers reached out to their customers who spoke out on camera and in the press. UPS was flooded with thousands of phone calls and Facebook messages.
The grassroots mobilization brought UPS back to the table.
Ken Hall visited with fired drivers at Maspeth on Tuesday and mediated negotiations between Local 804 and the company on Wednesday.
UPS executives had insisted the firings were a done deal. Local 804 members proved otherwise by staying united, taking their case to the public, and mobilizing support.
They got their jobs back because the Union bought them back….all of this could have been avoided had the grievance procedure been followed….if the initial firing had been against the contract, the employee would have gotten it back through the grievance process……All this mess did was to show the workers they are expendable, and how close they came to not having a job.
Returning to the held positions are great however, the Union compensate UPS for what? The Union didn’t fire the employees, management did, and…………?
Please answer that question because it seems the walk off should’ve been covered under the contract.
Country Sucks,at least you seem to be represented by a good union .I work for the Post Office for 30 years then I was Excess-ed to a hole in Pa.Monday Tuesday off ,work weekends not by choice,plus I commute 100 miles a day,
Well done 804 !!
They’d be history if they worked for a private company….oh, wait!
most of the comments were for management standing up and firing the drivers. when the people and politics started to recind contracts and the thought of management being out of a job their thought process changed. contracts must be honored period!!!! – See more at: http://www.postal-reporter.com/blog/apwu-local-staples-protests-growing-in-california-and-atlanta/#comment-40204