{"id":479,"date":"2014-05-08T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T10:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2019-11-18T17:33:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:33:33","slug":"ups-driver-termination-snowballs-into-250-employees-is-this-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/ups-driver-termination-snowballs-into-250-employees-is-this-retaliation\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS Driver Termination Snowballs Into 250 Employees \u2014 is this Retaliation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jairo Reyes was a UPS driver in New York for 24 years when he was fired for clocking in early to his shifts. The company claims that Mr. Reyes lied about the hours he worked to accumulate unearned overtime. Mr. Reyes claims his manager gave him verbal permission to start his shift early. The manager later denied Reye\u2019s assertions. He was discharged on February 14th, 2014 \u2014 after multiple warnings, according to UPS, and with no previous warnings, according to Mr. Reyes.
\nReyes claims that UPS <\/span>terminated<\/a> <\/span>his employment in retaliation for filing an hours grievance just days prior to the Valentine\u2019s Day firing. In addition, his union representative at Teamsters Local 804 asserts that the company violated its labor contract. Under the contract\u2019s “innocent until proven guilty” provision, the company must allow discharged employees to continue working until a hearing involving UPS and union officials is held to address the allegations. Instead, UPS security personnel escorted Mr. Reyes off the premises and took his employee ID card immediately upon firing him.
\nA meeting conducted on February 26 at his former workplace upheld Mr. Reyes\u2019 discharge. About 250 of his colleagues walked out in protest to the unjust decision in the moments after the meeting\u2019s conclusion. The 90-minute spontaneous protest ended when the workers complied with an order to return to their posts.
\nThis case raises several questions that may indicate wrongdoing on the part of the employer, including the following:<\/p>\n