I work for a major delivery service in the US. Our union contract expires next year. Negotiations for a new contract will start soon.
Today, multiple workers were laid off due to “the numbers not being able to support the amount of people currently working”. We were also told layoffs could continue if coporate can’t justify planned hours, due to lack of productivity.
I think this is a tactic to weaken the union before contract negotiations. Less people working, more people desperate for jobs, less resistance if a strike is proposed.
Has anyone experienced anything like this before?
This is frustrating because for the last month we have been short-handed. How do you solve the problem by exacerbating the shortage. Do they expect me to work even harder to cover for the people they just axed? This is insane.