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  • Tony R Cochran
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2024
    • 202

    #1

    Swan Island Set for Automation Renovation, Temporary Closure 2025

  • DanaCos
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2023
    • 970

    #2
    Sorry to hear that. How many layoffs?

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    • TheMilitantTeamster
      TheMilitantTeamster commented
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      Estimated 600+

    • Tony R Cochran
      Tony R Cochran commented
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      Indeed, 600+ (could be more, but Swan Island is a huge facility with three, previously 4, shifts)
  • Faust
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2023
    • 887

    #3
    What is your "militant" local saying?

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  • DanaCos
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2023
    • 970

    #4
    Originally posted by Faust
    What is your "militant" local saying?
    What happen to all those O'Brien supporters? Why ain't they saying anything? What about TDU? What about labor notes?

    In my area, there will be several more hubs closed down and ours will have an influx of volume until they are built. Then it will be our turn to feel the wrath of this great agreement.

    When will all these people realize they were duped by a man who has done it before. Do they feel stupid trumpeting "Historic Contract" now? Our raises weren't all that great compared to other contracts around the country.




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    • Tony R Cochran
      Tony R Cochran commented
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      Yes, I think he meant pulverize the membership.

    • WTF891
      WTF891 commented
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      This guy should be on Comedy Central with his tough guy Schtick. Everything he touches turns to shit.
  • Tony R Cochran
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2024
    • 202

    #5
    Originally posted by Faust
    What is your "militant" local saying?
    I called them today. Matt Konz, who works under the leadership of President Davison, said that they were aware of plans to automate the building, however, the specifics of the plans had not been relayed to the union.

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    • Tony R Cochran
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2024
      • 202

      #6
      Originally posted by DanaCos
      Sorry to hear that. How many layoffs?
      The amount of layoffs will depend on how many of us are "lucky" enough to cling onto work at one of the several "pop up" hubs on Swan Island. In Spokane, UPS is using these modular facilities as they remodel/automate large sections of that conventional facility.

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      • OT+
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2023
        • 2105

        #7
        More Layoffs/Closures

        UPS notified the Maryland Department of Labor on June 20 that it is closing its facility at 3901 Vero Road on Aug. 23.

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        • WTF891
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2024
          • 477

          #8
          Originally posted by Tony R Cochran

          The amount of layoffs will depend on how many of us are "lucky" enough to cling onto work at one of the several "pop up" hubs on Swan Island. In Spokane, UPS is using these modular facilities as they remodel/automate large sections of that conventional facility.
          Pop up. Is that what happens when Tome punks O'Brien and thousands loose their jobs. Tome pop up.jpg

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          • DanaCos
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2023
            • 970

            #9

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            • Tony R Cochran
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2024
              • 202

              #10
              Let's not forget this gem.
               

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              • Tony R Cochran
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2024
                • 202

                #11
                "Fight and protect ... to ensure that our members employed at UPS had a future that was not gonna be replaced by artificial intelligence and robots" - O'Brien

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                • Tony R Cochran
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2024
                  • 202

                  #12
                  ITOC Updates

                  As an independent group of union members, we are outraged by the planned operational halt at the UPS Swan Island Hub in Portland, Oregon, slated for March 2025. This so-called renovation, aimed at automating the facility, is nothing but a blatant attack on our jobs. The majority of our workforce will be cut, with only a few positions temporarily retained in 'pop-up hubs.' Our union's General Presi

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                  • Tony R Cochran
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2024
                    • 202

                    #13
                    Apparently one of the stewards (appointed) said that Local 162 doesn't want to say anything to avoid causing "panic" among the workers. I only heard this through the grapevine, so I am omitting the steward's name until confirmed.

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                    • TheMilitantTeamster
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2023
                      • 457

                      #14
                      The warehouses are to be retooled as automated facilities as part of the �Network of the Future,� made possible by the sellout Teamsters contract.

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                      • DanaCos
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2023
                        • 970

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