cybersteward.net

(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.
Read more…

2 Comments »
Filed under: 2008 contract, Article 22.3, I.B.T., Teamsters Local 384, UPS, jobs, rights, solidarity, unionism

This time, in video format. In case you only have a couple minutes to catch up on the lie, Keith Olbermann gives a good summary (including how the lie picked up steam in the media):

And, to make sure everyone sees them, I’ll tack on the list of related links from the previous post about this:

• Joe the Autoworker.com
• stories labeled ‘UAW’ at Joe’s Union Review
• ‘Debunking the myth of the $70-per-hour autoworker’ at The New Republic
• ‘Hands Off the UAW’ at The Nation

Comments »
Filed under: UPS, exposing anti-union propoganda, jobs, poverty and wealth, solidarity, unionism, video