UPS Teamsters Fight Unjust Firing, Win Driver's Job Back

[Omaha Steve]

https://teamster.org/2024/06/ups-teamsters-fight-unjust-firing-win-drivers-job-back/

2024.06.26

Eric Klejka has been delivering packages to customers in Westmoreland County, Pa., for more than nine years. As a UPS package car driver and member of Teamsters Local 30, Klejka prides himself on his work.

So, when he began his shift one morning with a truck that had not been cleaned, he decided to be proactive.

“The truck was so filthy I could barely see out of the windows — it looked bad and was a safety hazard,” Klejka recalled.

He left the Greensburg package car center and took a few minutes to get the truck washed. A few days later, the company fired him for “theft of time.”

FULL story at link above.

[multigraincracker]

1. In my 30 years of work at a UAW job,

I was fired 3 times. Twice I never made to the door before they changed their mind and called me back. The other time it took them 3 days to call me back. That last time was the best. First my Rep told me he got me back. The the foreman told me he got me back. Then the top manager, who fired me that day, on my shift called me into his office to let me know he got me back. I always kept a copy of the local and National contracts in my locker and read them both.
Got to retire 22 years ago at age 52.