Radio host Thom Hartmann debates a representative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the merits of the Employee Free Choice Act. Here’s part one:
Watch part two here.
Watch part three here.
(via Denver Brown Blog)
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(Click here to find out more about what’s being done to stop the shell game.)
The past couple weeks at the UPS Willow Grove hub have been full of tension and excitement. Of course, these are just the sorts of things that workers can do without in a bad economy.
For now, the rumors have subsided, at least in part, as the company is backing off some of its more egregious propositions regarding the Article 22.3 employees. No doubt the volume of calls to the Local Union from concerned members played a part in that shift — one reason why now is no time to stop with the pressure.
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Filed under: 2008 contract, Article 22.3, I.B.T., Teamsters Local 384, UPS, jobs, rights, solidarity, unionism
“In Germany, they came first for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
and then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
and then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
and then… they came for me… and by that time
there was no one left to speak up.”
- attributed to Martin Niemoller
This past week in the Willow Grove UPS hub, some disturbing things have been happening. While we’ve known for a while about layoffs, the new developments revolve around the company reportedly trying to redefine some key terms in our contract.
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Filed under: 2008 contract, Article 22.3, I.B.T., Teamsters Local 384, UPS, exposing anti-union propoganda, rights, solidarity, unionism
