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8 Men Awarded $5.3 Million from UPS; Effigy Hung from Ceiling

April 14, 2016

By Greg Kocher, Lexington Herald Leader

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A Fayette Circuit Court jury awarded $5.3 million in damages to eight black men who had filed a 2014 lawsuit alleging a hostile work environment at UPS in Lexington.

“The verdict of the jury maybe will change things at UPS, because they really need change,” said UPS tractor-trailer driver William Barber, 54, a plaintiff who continues to be employed by the company. “...We hope UPS sees this and addresses the situation.”

"Right-to-Work" provides no 'rights' and no 'work'

January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015: Since last year’s Congressional elections, lawmakers in at least nine states have signaled that they intend to introduce “right-to-work” legislation.   Wisconsin, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Ohio and Missouri will be battlegrounds over the misnamed legislation, with bills being introduced in early 2015. Efforts to pass RTW laws are also expected in Colorado, Kentucky, Montana and Pennsylvania.  “Right to Work” laws mandate unions to represent workers who don’t pay any dues or fees...

Getting Part-Timers Involved: an interview with Local 804 steward Kioma Forero

January 08, 2015
January 8, 2015: Stewards in your building have had a lot of success in winning grievances and getting more members involved. How do you do it?   A lot of our organizing is done from our parking lot meetings held every other Thursday and Friday.   What do you do at the parking lot meetings?   The topics depend on what the most important issues are at work that week. One week it could be management cracking down on attendance, another it...

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

August 28, 2013
August 28, 2013: Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The hidden history of the march may surprise you—and it shows why we need to keep marching today. Hidden History: The March on Washington was not organized by Martin Luther King. The march is best remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech which continues to inspire millions of Americans. But Dr. King was...

A Teamster Troublemaker for Fairness

August 09, 2013
September 6, 2013: A Local 802 Teamster celebrates her 15th year as a groundbreaking Teamster and "troublemaker" for fairness. The first Teamster woman at her grocery warehouse, Arlena Dean filed a grievance to force her employer to create a locker room for women employees only to be told that she was forbidden to use it. Management at her Bronx-based grocery warehouse banned Arlena, who considers herself a "proud African-American lesbian Teamster," from using the women's...
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