11/18/2014 02:37 PM EST
NLRB Case 10-RC-136185 - Fed Ex Freight, Inc.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Board Decisions for National Labor Relations Board
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The 250 Workers That UPS Fired Last Week Just Got Their Jobs Back
AP Photo/Julio CortezUPS has reversed its firing of 250 workers for taking part in a 90-minute strike in February, the company told Business Insider on Wednesday.
UPS has reversed its firing of 250 workers for taking part in a 90-minute strike in February, the company told Business Insider on Wednesday
UPS officials decided to rehire the workers as part of an agreement reached Wednesday in a meeting with union officials.
"The 250 UPS employees involved in the walkout who were terminated for their actions will have their terminations reduced to a two week suspension without pay for each participant," UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told Business Insider in an email. "UPS has chosen to settle the matter in order to return to normal operations at the site."
As part of the agreement, the branch of the union representing the workers, Teamsters Local 804, will compensate UPS for damages associated with the Feb. 26 walkout, Gaut said.
Union officials also acknowledged in the agreement that the strike was "illegal and unauthorized and will undertake other actions within the bargaining unit to correct the situation," he said.
The union disputes that claim.
"The work stoppage on Feb. 26 was legal and permitted under the union contract with UPS," a Teamsters Local 804 spokesman told Business Insider. "Under the agreement reached with UPS, Local 804 acknowledges that the union’s internal procedures for authorizing a strike were not properly followed on Feb. 26 and we have agreed to communicate the proper procedure to all union members."
The UPS employees who were fired walked out on their jobs on Feb. 26 to protest the dismissal of one of their coworkers, Jairo Reyes.
As part of the settlement reached Wednesday, Reyes' discharge will be reduced to a suspension without pay for the period from Feb. 26 until he returns to work.
"We're looking forward to turning the corner and getting on a new road with UPS," Teamsters Local 804 President Tim Sylvester said. "The drivers delivered their message to UPS about unfair treatment. Now every one of them will be back delivering packages."
A group advocating for the fired workers called the resolution a victory.
"After several weeks of sustained worker and community pressure, UPS has reversed the firing, and all 250 workers, including Jairo, are getting their jobs back," Joe Dinkin of The Working Families Party told Business Insider in an email. "This is huge news. And it proves that even in an economy where the power of employers over workers is stronger than ever, when workers stand together, they can still win."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ups-reverses-firing-of-250-workers-2014-4#ixzz3Jooszu3I
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ups-reverses-firing-of-250-workers-2014-4#ixzz3Jooda141
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Drivers In Charlotte Seek Job Security, Improved Health Plan, Pension
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) – A group of 222 drivers at FedEx Freight’s Charlotte, N.C., terminal voted today to join Teamsters Local 71.
“This victory is about drivers wanting respect on the job, improved health care coverage and to be treated fairly,” said Roger Dale Jones, a 20-year road driver at FedEx Freight. “It feels great to have representation from the Teamsters.”
“Like the drivers in Philadelphia and in South Brunswick, N.J., who voted to join the Teamsters, the workers in Charlotte want to be treated fairly and they want to have consistent, fair work rules,” said Steve Bess, President of Teamsters Local 71 in Charlotte. “The company ramped up its vicious anti-worker, anti-union campaign here, but the drivers remained strong and focused. Rather than lying to the workers, the company should use the money to provide better benefits for the workers and their families.”
This victory follows two previous ones: On Oct. 31, a group of 113 drivers at FedEx Freight in South Brunswick, N.J., joined Teamsters Local 701 in North Brunswick, N.J., and on Oct. 14, a group of 47 drivers in Croydon, Pa., voted to join Teamsters Local 107 in Philadelphia. Other campaigns at FedEx Freight and at Con-way Freight are under way across the country.
“With these three victories, drivers are making it loud and clear to the company that they are fed up with FedEx Freight,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “Our campaign continues to roll and FedEx Freight drivers are showing they will fight for fairness, respect and dignity.”
The workers’ campaigns to join the Teamsters have already paid off. At FedEx Freight, the company announced an 80-cent-per-hour raise a few days after Local 107 filed for an
election, and the company got rid of its overly punitive driver scorecard, which gives drivers infraction points for errors. Also, after organizing got under way at Con-way, the company announced it would increase truck driver pay by $60 million in 2015, and other improvements.
“The companies are offering pay raises and other improvements at the same time we are organizing, but the workers know that these things can be taken away just as quickly without a legally binding contract,” said Tyson Johnson, Director of the Teamsters National Freight Division. “The unfulfilled promises that have been made to drivers and dockworkers over the past decade are coming back to haunt management.”
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLOTTE
CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLOTTE (CLT) for their victorious effort to Bring The Teamsters to FedEx Freight. This is a monumental victory as CLT is a major hub consisting of 223 combined road and city drivers. This is a sign of great things to come for so many other terminals who are standing by at the ready. Get those petitions filed! It is time to show your support and let FedEx know that we are not persuaded by empty promises and apologies.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Bring the Teamsters to Fed Ex Freight 2 hours ago ·
News update... Over the last week we have had 3 terminals in West Virginia file. PKB-CRW-CKB. Also announced was the date for NAS to have their vote on (12/5) and POS on 12/11. We have taken a couple of hits but that is to be expected. You cannot win a war without loosing a few battles. This movement is not only still strong but growing in strength and numbers. Don't be fooled by the other site and their miand lies.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
The FedEx Deception Goes On!
Some of these benefits are not benefits at all and some are simply required by law. Well, guess they just were trying to fill up the page.
Found this photo in the other page insinuating things from this photo could be lost during negotiations. The ridiculous and easily replacable....Credit union, internet usage. Then you have the basics overtime pay.....state law cannot be lost during negotations, holiday pay....because a union contract doesn't have holidays (sarcasm). The free things available to all teamsters no matter what your contract has....accidental insurance available through unionplus, scholarships availabe not only through international brotherhood of teamsters but also each local has a scholarship fund. Start researching more if need by by visiting teamster.org
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Bring the Teamsters to Fed Ex Freight 11 hours ago · Edited ·
We are sorry to say that NEW has lost their election. The unconfirmed reports we are hearing at this time is 57-44. We still have several other elections and the fight is far from over. When fighting a battle this large you will win some and you will lose some. We will still prevail and NEW will have a chance to vote again in the future. We still believe!
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Respect on the job? Check.
Fairness? Check.
A voice at work? Check.
Unions are about a simple proposition: By joining together, working women and men gain strength in numbers so they can have a voice at work about what they care about. They negotiate a contract with their employer for things like a fair and safe workplace, better wages, a secure retirement and family-friendly policies such as paid sick leave and scheduling hours. They have a voice in how their jobs get done, creating a more stable, productive workforce that provides better services and products. Always adapting to the challenges of our nation’s evolving workforce, unions are meeting the needs of workers in today’s flexible and nontraditional work environments. Because no matter what type of job workers are in, by building power in unions, they can speak out for fairness for all working people in their communities and create better standards and a strong middle class across the country.
Fairness? Check.
A voice at work? Check.
Unions are about a simple proposition: By joining together, working women and men gain strength in numbers so they can have a voice at work about what they care about. They negotiate a contract with their employer for things like a fair and safe workplace, better wages, a secure retirement and family-friendly policies such as paid sick leave and scheduling hours. They have a voice in how their jobs get done, creating a more stable, productive workforce that provides better services and products. Always adapting to the challenges of our nation’s evolving workforce, unions are meeting the needs of workers in today’s flexible and nontraditional work environments. Because no matter what type of job workers are in, by building power in unions, they can speak out for fairness for all working people in their communities and create better standards and a strong middle class across the country.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
FexEx Freight's Third Party Website Lies
We here at Bring the Teamsters to Fed Ex Freight would like to bring to your attention the validity of this post. FedEx corporation would not compromise the integrity of their company by posting anything of this manner on social media. The company has had no press release pertaining to any of the content related in the below posting. The shear audacity for one to make such an illegitimate accusation shows what lengths the Keep FedEx Freight Union Free page will stoop to. We are asking everyone on this page to call them out on this matter. One should ask how they obtained this so called information that this terminal is closing due to unionizing. We hear at Bring the Teamsters to Fed Ex Freight, have fully researched this accusation and cannot find any relevant information to validate the below "so called" closing.This matter is just another attempt to try to prevent us from exercising our rights as legal citizens of the United States of America; which states that we have the right to have collective bargaining done on our behalf by the International Brotherhood of The Teamsters Union.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Saturday, November 1, 2014
FedEx Freight Workers In New Jersey Vote To Join Teamsters Local 701
OCTOBER 31, 2014
Drivers In South Brunswick Seek Fairness, Respect On The Job (SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.) –A group of 113 drivers at FedEx Freight’s South Brunswick, N.J., terminal voted today to join Teamsters Local 701. The vote was 66 to 42.
“This victory is for all of us,” said Mike Thiemer, a driver. “We are tired of the unfair and inconsistent work rules and policies handed down by management. It comes down to wanting to be treated with respect and dignity.”
“The workers came to us looking for fairness after years of being mistreated and disrespected,” said Ernie Soehl, President of Teamsters Local 701 in North Brunswick, N.J., and the Teamsters Eastern Region Freight Coordinator. “The company continued to disrespect the workers with its vicious lies during the anti-union campaign it waged, but the workers saw through this. In fact, we invited the terminal manager to debate the issues, but of course he didn’t show up.”
This victory follows another at FedEx Freight in Croydon, Pa., where 47 drivers voted to join Local 107 in Philadelphia on Oct. 14. Other campaigns at FedEx Freight and at Con-way Freight are under way across the country.
“Once again, this victory shows that drivers are fed up with FedEx Freight,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “The campaign is building momentum and we will work hard to win these workers the fairness, respect and dignity they deserve.”
The workers’ campaigns to join the Teamsters have already paid off. At FedEx Freight, the company announced an 80-cent-per-hour raise a few days after Local 107 filed for an election, and the company got rid of its overly punitive driver scorecard, which gives drivers infraction points for errors. Also, after organizing got under way at Con-way, the company announced it would increase truck driver pay by $60 million in 2015, and other improvements.
“The companies are offering pay raises and other improvements at the same time we are organizing, but the workers know that these things can be taken away just as quickly without a binding contract,” said Tyson Johnson, Director of the Teamsters National Freight Division. “The unfulfilled promises that have been made to drivers and dockworkers over the past decade are coming back to haunt management.”
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information.
Drivers In South Brunswick Seek Fairness, Respect On The Job (SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.) –A group of 113 drivers at FedEx Freight’s South Brunswick, N.J., terminal voted today to join Teamsters Local 701. The vote was 66 to 42.
“This victory is for all of us,” said Mike Thiemer, a driver. “We are tired of the unfair and inconsistent work rules and policies handed down by management. It comes down to wanting to be treated with respect and dignity.”
“The workers came to us looking for fairness after years of being mistreated and disrespected,” said Ernie Soehl, President of Teamsters Local 701 in North Brunswick, N.J., and the Teamsters Eastern Region Freight Coordinator. “The company continued to disrespect the workers with its vicious lies during the anti-union campaign it waged, but the workers saw through this. In fact, we invited the terminal manager to debate the issues, but of course he didn’t show up.”
This victory follows another at FedEx Freight in Croydon, Pa., where 47 drivers voted to join Local 107 in Philadelphia on Oct. 14. Other campaigns at FedEx Freight and at Con-way Freight are under way across the country.
“Once again, this victory shows that drivers are fed up with FedEx Freight,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “The campaign is building momentum and we will work hard to win these workers the fairness, respect and dignity they deserve.”
The workers’ campaigns to join the Teamsters have already paid off. At FedEx Freight, the company announced an 80-cent-per-hour raise a few days after Local 107 filed for an election, and the company got rid of its overly punitive driver scorecard, which gives drivers infraction points for errors. Also, after organizing got under way at Con-way, the company announced it would increase truck driver pay by $60 million in 2015, and other improvements.
“The companies are offering pay raises and other improvements at the same time we are organizing, but the workers know that these things can be taken away just as quickly without a binding contract,” said Tyson Johnson, Director of the Teamsters National Freight Division. “The unfulfilled promises that have been made to drivers and dockworkers over the past decade are coming back to haunt management.”
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information.
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