My name is ********, and i am a member of Teamsters 568 in Shreveport Louisiana. Iam a part-time air driver and have been at UPS in shreveport for 17.5 yrs.
Last thursday i was taken out of service for workplace violence. The Center manager and i were merely arguing, and i touched his jacket sleeve when he walked off. He claimed i was violent.
The funny thing is i had two other witnesses that saw the whole thing, and agreed that the argument was minor and not out of control. So im sure i will have to sit out till feb or march, just for bs lies by ups managers. I understatd this story is vague, so i must explain a little more about the real problem ups management has with me. I am a disabled vet and served a year in Iraq in 2003 and 04. Also in the past 4 months i have written prob 15 grievances, many including issues such as: Employee manager relations, supervisors working, Discrimination issues with our hr department, safety concerns(unsafe vehicle conditions) and many other. I also called coorportate 4 times in the last 4 months, and gave them my name and employee id over such issues as: Managers slapping and clawing each others face, in front of hourly employees, yet they dont miss a single minute of work. Managers sleeping with each other and discussing it at work, Allowing some employees to leave building with packages overnight and not consider it theft. And obvisouly the discrimination issues. So honestly, im not violent, i just dont put up with dumb **** from UPS management, and i stand up for what i believe in.
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Last thursday i was taken out of service for workplace violence. The Center manager and i were merely arguing, and i touched his jacket sleeve when he walked off. He claimed i was violent.
The funny thing is i had two other witnesses that saw the whole thing, and agreed that the argument was minor and not out of control. So im sure i will have to sit out till feb or march, just for bs lies by ups managers. I understatd this story is vague, so i must explain a little more about the real problem ups management has with me. I am a disabled vet and served a year in Iraq in 2003 and 04. Also in the past 4 months i have written prob 15 grievances, many including issues such as: Employee manager relations, supervisors working, Discrimination issues with our hr department, safety concerns(unsafe vehicle conditions) and many other. I also called coorportate 4 times in the last 4 months, and gave them my name and employee id over such issues as: Managers slapping and clawing each others face, in front of hourly employees, yet they dont miss a single minute of work. Managers sleeping with each other and discussing it at work, Allowing some employees to leave building with packages overnight and not consider it theft. And obvisouly the discrimination issues. So honestly, im not violent, i just dont put up with dumb **** from UPS management, and i stand up for what i believe in.
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