Teamsters Howl As UPS Fires 35 Unionized Workers

The Teamsters union that represents US workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) said it would respond to the firing of 35 newly organized workers at the delivery company by filing unfair labor practice charges and potentially striking, Lisa Baertlein reported for Reuters.

UPS said that a small number of employees are being laid off at its Louisville Centennial Hub as it matches staffing with business needs. I Photo: UPS Facebook

The roughly three dozen affected specialist and administrative workers at UPS's Centennial hub in Louisville, Kentucky, organized with Teamsters Local 89 this autumn, the union said.

UPS said that a small number of employees are being laid off at its Louisville Centennial Hub as it matches staffing with business needs.

"UPS respects our employees' rights to organize and we have not committed any unfair labor practice," the company said. International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien, in a statement, said that UPS laid off those workers despite the ruling of an independent arbitrator and falsely claimed that their work should be performed by management.

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