1st offense;
Joe was dispatched to Best Buy in Chino Ca. to do a pick up. Best Buys has four shipping areas. Joe went to the 1st shipping and picked up x amount of pallets. Next he went to the 2nd,3rd and 4th shipping areas where he was told that there was no freight here to pick. He checked back to the 1st door and was told he picked up what they only had already. Joe let his dispatcher know what was happening. Dispatch gave him other pickups to do. When he returned to the terminal, he was confronted by management that he missed the pick up at Best Buy?
2nd Offense;
Joe was dispatched to Best Buy to make a pick up. The pickup is monitored by security there at all times. You bring an order (pallet) up and you and security count the pieces on the pallet, sign the bill of lading, than load the order into your trailer. Ten days following that pick up, Joe was told that there was a pallet in that trailer he used to pick up Best Buy, which was not manifested or signed for. Joe asked management where the bill of lading was and they told him that the freight had been moved on to its destination. No foul, no harm. Right? Joe was suspended! He challenged this with HR, but to no avail he was denied and lost. He was suspended.
3rd Offense;
Joe had multi dr's at a delivery on a Friday. On the following Monday he was asked if he had any dr's that he did not turn in. instead of lying, like a few of the drivers I talked to have, he turned them in. Tuesday Joe was put on administrative leave for two dr's? On Thursday afternoon, an hour before we were to speak at the Teamsters Convention. He got a phone call from Mark Link that Joe's services at FedEx were over.
The attending Teamsters in the audience were told what had just happened to Joe, but even after this blow to his personal life, Joe went out spoke with pride. Why? Because this is a man with pride and conviction! Not like that "Coward" on the phone!
By Rudy Hernandez
10 comments:
Joe,
I'm too much of a sissy to stand up like you, and sacrifice of myself for better working conditions.
Thank you for sacrificing your livelihood, to make my job better, by putting your job and neck on the chopping block.
Joe, it's people like you who make the workplace better for all, including spineless, pansies like myself.
Sincerely,
Your shameful anonymous co-worker
This must have been some retaliation by Mark Link because of Joe’s whistle blowing to HR, about those trailers they made Joe and other drivers move to Fontana without any paper work or documentation.
Hey fred, as a businessman who has companies in the united states, you are responsible to protect your employees who work for you from harassment, threats and verbal abuse! This is america not a third world country where you would be king!
Well there are always going to be people like CS Link in the work a day world, and HR represents Management's interests as it relates to employees. This is a good example of why a Union is needed at FedEx Freight.
Let's make this a test.I say if Joe gets his job back,w/backpay & sum($$ pain & suffering) we vote the "U" in.!!...I'm in.!!
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We can't wait for joe. We must move on and get representation!if we had organized 6 years ago his union dues would have paid for this!so instead of cheer leading on the side, get involved. So shit like this doesn't happen to anyone again!
@irudeog,R U efen serious,u talking about cheerleading on the side & we should've did this 6yrs ago,well why didn't u.U guys are the ones cheerleading on the side.if ur gonna do it,do it now,& don't Waite another 6 yrs to do it.I feel bad for what happened to Joe,but its not the first or the last time its gonna happen.so don't be saying shit,because I don't know why its taking so Damn long.
Thats just what Rudy means. you don't know why it's taking so long because you don't get involved! you can get pissed off and complain and thats all everyone does. you talk a big game you want this and that, but if it's that important and your soooo right. stand up like Joe and Rudy and put your real name anonymous!
Sitting behind a computer and being a monday quaterback is nothing.
F U too,WTF,I don't see u putting ur real name,u know what,I could give a shit about all this,its the same for me,but I think 6-7 yrs waiting for this shit to happen is too Damn long,people will be loosing their jobs,then who's gonna vote yes.
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