BILL WOULD LOWER HURDLE FOR UNIONS AT FEDEX.
FedEx Corp. truck drivers would be able to join unions more easily under U.S. legislation being sought by United Parcel Service Inc. and organized labor groups.
The proposal may be added to a U.S. House bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration,according to Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn,who opposes the idea. A House panel is set to vote Thursday on the FAA bill.
The plan would put FedEx's Express unit under the same law as UPS.
BLOOMBERG NEWS
Funny that a Rep. from Tenn. would be against this bill.Since corporate offices are in Tenn. Doesn't matter what political party it is, when you have deep pockets!
THE TIME TO ORGANIZE IS NOW!
BE WISE AND ORGANIZE!
Friday, June 29, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
F.Y.I.
If you have a start time the day you report to work and you are sent home before punching in.You are entitled to half your shift.Example, a 4 hr shift 2 hours, a 8 hour shift 4 hours. Contact your commettee at your terminal or email any guestions to "changefedextowin@yahoo.com"
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.R.'s Solution To Desperate Measures...
Tom Suchervits was supposed to call me back about the incident that took place between Russ and I. It has been, over a week and he has not called me back. I called H.R. and was told that he was on the phone and that, he would get my message. I called back
during my lunch and I did speak with him. I asked him why he had not called back
and he said that he did not get my name spelled right and that he tried to
look it up in the computer and my name was not coming up. When I spoke
to him last He ask me to spell my name and to give him my phone number so he
could call me back, so I give him my cell number. Tom said that he talked to Russ and that
he said that a carrier called him to ask if he knew of anyone who was looking for
a supervisor position and Russ said to Tom that he gave the information to five people. I told
Tom that was not true I gave Russ my cell number so that person could call me. He did later that evening around 7pm.Tom said that was not what Russ had told him and that he was
going to call him back. I asked Tom if Russ had broken any company policies by getting
me a job with a competitor company? He said that Russ did everything by the
book .He started to read the handbook and said that it was ok to work for
another company. Tom said Russ did everything by the book. I said he did it on company
time and was soliciting and that is a conflict of interest. Tom said that I
was right he was wasting company time. I asked him, ok so what will happen now? Tom said that this is between Russ and management. Ok so are you
going to call me or do I need to call you. He said that he was
going to call me back. Therefore, Russ lied to Tom and Tom apparently is not going to do
anything at all.
Ray Mercado....
during my lunch and I did speak with him. I asked him why he had not called back
and he said that he did not get my name spelled right and that he tried to
look it up in the computer and my name was not coming up. When I spoke
to him last He ask me to spell my name and to give him my phone number so he
could call me back, so I give him my cell number. Tom said that he talked to Russ and that
he said that a carrier called him to ask if he knew of anyone who was looking for
a supervisor position and Russ said to Tom that he gave the information to five people. I told
Tom that was not true I gave Russ my cell number so that person could call me. He did later that evening around 7pm.Tom said that was not what Russ had told him and that he was
going to call him back. I asked Tom if Russ had broken any company policies by getting
me a job with a competitor company? He said that Russ did everything by the
book .He started to read the handbook and said that it was ok to work for
another company. Tom said Russ did everything by the book. I said he did it on company
time and was soliciting and that is a conflict of interest. Tom said that I
was right he was wasting company time. I asked him, ok so what will happen now? Tom said that this is between Russ and management. Ok so are you
going to call me or do I need to call you. He said that he was
going to call me back. Therefore, Russ lied to Tom and Tom apparently is not going to do
anything at all.
Ray Mercado....
Seven Sophisticated Unionbuster Techniques
* Supervisors as Frontline Soldiers: Supervisors, who themselves have no legally protected right to be represented by a union, are manipulated into delivering anti-union letters, speeches, and informal chats prepared by unionbusters, essentially doing the dirty work of the unionbusters and management.
* One-on-One Meetings: During organizing drives, 78 percent of workers are forced to attend closed-door or isolated meetings with supervisors.5 These aren’t friendly impromptu chats, but well-planned meetings to decipher employees’ feelings about the union and persuade them against the union.
* Captive Audience Meetings: So-called ‘captive audience’ meetings are held for employees during work hours to disseminate propaganda against union representation and to attempt to discredit the union. Employees are almost always required to attend, but union organizers may be intentionally disinvited. Often, the meetings are rigged so that workers who are already against the union are assigned to ask questions to sow misinformation.
* Delay: Unionbusters often attempt to delay union representation elections by legal maneuvers so they have more time to implement other tactics needed to increase tension, dissension and the employer’s chance of winning the election.
* Divide & Conquer: The unionbuster creates opportunities and crafts persuasive messages to make employees feel that there is a tense division among staff concerning the union election. They may go so far as to pit one group of employees against each other, based on race or ethnicity.
* Letters, letters, letters: A unionbuster’s specialty is hammering out materials—be it cartoons, leaflets or management correspondence—to make the case against the union. 92 percent of companies involved in organizing drives mail anti-union materials to employees’ homes.6
* Love offerings: In order to convince employees that they don't need a union, unionbusters may advise clients to provide indirect bribes, like unexpected increases in wages or benefits or ‘feel good’ measures like free food and lottery tickets.
* One-on-One Meetings: During organizing drives, 78 percent of workers are forced to attend closed-door or isolated meetings with supervisors.5 These aren’t friendly impromptu chats, but well-planned meetings to decipher employees’ feelings about the union and persuade them against the union.
* Captive Audience Meetings: So-called ‘captive audience’ meetings are held for employees during work hours to disseminate propaganda against union representation and to attempt to discredit the union. Employees are almost always required to attend, but union organizers may be intentionally disinvited. Often, the meetings are rigged so that workers who are already against the union are assigned to ask questions to sow misinformation.
* Delay: Unionbusters often attempt to delay union representation elections by legal maneuvers so they have more time to implement other tactics needed to increase tension, dissension and the employer’s chance of winning the election.
* Divide & Conquer: The unionbuster creates opportunities and crafts persuasive messages to make employees feel that there is a tense division among staff concerning the union election. They may go so far as to pit one group of employees against each other, based on race or ethnicity.
* Letters, letters, letters: A unionbuster’s specialty is hammering out materials—be it cartoons, leaflets or management correspondence—to make the case against the union. 92 percent of companies involved in organizing drives mail anti-union materials to employees’ homes.6
* Love offerings: In order to convince employees that they don't need a union, unionbusters may advise clients to provide indirect bribes, like unexpected increases in wages or benefits or ‘feel good’ measures like free food and lottery tickets.
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