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Teamsters Local 25 Hits Back at UPS Harassment
https://teamster.org/2024/03/teamsters-local-25-hits-back-at-ups-harassment/
2024.03.19
Management bullying against UPS Teamsters has consequences – especially when locals aggressively enforce the contract.
At this month’s National Grievance Panel, Teamsters Local 25 called the company to the mat for its harassment of Shop Steward Marvin Escobar in Somerville, Mass. The result was a decision in the union’s favor for Escobar’s grievance case.
“This win is not just for me but for all of the members,” Escobar said. “It sends a strong message to the company that they can’t get away with disrespecting us or preventing shop stewards like me from doing our jobs and advocating for our co-workers.”
In February 2023, UPS District Manager Kevin Thibert assembled a meeting of drivers to discuss layoffs at the Somerville facility. Brother Escobar was present in the meeting as a union representative on behalf of the other drivers, but Thibert refused to take his questions and responded with hostility to Escobar’s presence in the meeting.
FULL story at link above.