Public Advocate Letitia James and
Teamsters Protest UPS Decision to Lay Off 250 New Yorkers
James
Calls for City to Reconsider Parking Ticket Deal That Saves UPS Millions
(New York, NY)— Delivery giant United Parcel Service
(UPS) is in the process of terminating 250 of their New York employees from
their Maspeth, Queens facility.
UPS— who fired the employees after they walked off
the job for 90 minutes in February to protest the dismissal of a long-time
employee— currently benefit from a $43 million public contract in which the
company provides delivery services to city and state agencies. The company also
participates in a program in which it receives millions of dollars every year
in reduced fine and fees for parking tickets.
Public Advocate Letitia James is demanding that UPS
rehire these drivers, and that the City of New York reconsider these public
deals with UPS until such a time that the company makes a good-faith effort to
negotiate with employees.
WHAT: Press conference calling on UPS
to rehire 250 drivers
WHO: Public Advocate Letitia James, Teamsters
Joint Council 16 President George Miranda, Teamsters Local 804 President Tim
Sylvester, Dozens of Laid Off UPS Drivers
WHEN: Thursday, April 3rd
2014
10:00 AM
WHERE: City Hall steps
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