[PEN-L:11694] ups strike

[Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

dear micheal,

I just wanted to drop you line saying thank you for a the info on UPS, I
recieved it through a chain of e-mails, finally from Daniel Alexander.
This strike is of interest to me not only due to labor party politics,
but I worked for UPS last summer as a part time employee.  It was only a
summer job to help pay for my final year of school, so I was not in the
union, that takes a couple of months of dues, which i did not have.
However I saw first hand on what goes on.  I was an injured worker, the
head shift supervisor tried his hardest to talk me out of going to the
physician that day, even though I could not move my upper body due to a
back injury.  I also worked in the intense heat as I loaded those
trailers.  I had a few of the "suits" come up to me a few times telling
me what I could and could not wear to work.  They did not like my "fuck
off patriarchy" or my eyehategod t-shirts.  Another sign of the
corporations power and intimitation is when I injured myself, my father
tried getting in touch with the job site I worked at, Lenexa Ks.
However when you call UPS from the number in the phone book, you are
dispatched to some national office, which was no where near lenexa Ks.
The only phone number I was given was the number to call if I were to
not make it in due to sickness.  No one answered that number after 12:00
pm.  After much strong arming on the telephone, my father did get a
number to reach the Lenexa hub.  He was confronted with much resistance
on how he recieved that number... Funny how they really don't want the
public as well as their workers to have access to crucial things like
that.

Well that is just my UPS experience, but I figured you may be
interested. And once again, thanks for the other info.

sincerely,

Brandon Fitzsimons

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