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Former Teamster official pleads guilty in Top Chef case

By adamg on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 9:06am

WBUR reports he'll get probation, no prison time for his role in threatening the show's production company and star for not going union when they came to Boston a couple years back.

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By Elmer Fudd on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 9:18am.

Instead of shaking down tv production companies, why don't you organize the Amazon delivery drivers that are springing up all over town? That would be appointment viewing.

By John-W on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 9:54am.

Since you mentioned it, it really is amazing how they are everywhere these days. Relative to UPS or FedEx drivers I noticed that the demographic of the drivers skews more towards young, black males, which hopefully means they're hiring locals in Boston and providing decent jobs. Or maybe just hiring folks who really need a job and are willing to work for less money with less training (if they aren't unionized -- are UPS & FedEx drivers unionized?).

All delivery drivers tend to double park wherever they feel free, regardless of traffic implications, but I've noticed that the Amazon drivers seem a little worse than the other delivery services -- potentially a training issue.

By anon on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 10:05am.

All the drivers I've seen so far looked like random Uber-like hires. This past winter I had a guy come up the street I live on (cul-de-sac) in a pretty bad storm. I have no idea how he made it up because his RWD van, with bald tires, was fishtailing all over the place even on a slight downhill incline. All the other delivery guys usually stop at the bottom of the hill and then walk up (packages are usually small).

Single data point, I know, but still.

By anon on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 11:30am.

I walk past the Dedham Amazon depot every day. A majority of their drivers are black males.

By anon on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 4:18pm.

at the level of, say, driver, is they get $kickbacks$ in the form of tax credits for hiring certain demographics over others. I suspect where you see a very disproportionate number of a specific demographic in a job position, in this case black males, most likely they keep their bottom line down by taking advantage of those tax credits.

By Elmer Fudd on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 10:06am.

FedEx has some odd labor (Railway Act?) thing going that makes puts it outside the National Labor Relations Act, so not so much.

Agree on the Amazon demo--mostly young (assume local) black guys (mostly men) in Cambridge. Given Amazon's proclivities, I can't believe that they're making more than $15/hour and likely seeing minimal benefits it any.

Wouldn't you love to see Bezos humbled by a national organizing campaign that resulted in a Teamsters contract?

By Aeroguy on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 9:33pm.

I understand the reason is the FedEx began as an airline, while UPS did not.
This has been debated in Congress.

By anon on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 10:08am.

There are currently 253M car on the road while there are also 94M people out of the labor force and a 5% unemployment rate.

I'll go out on a limb and assume these drivers aren't making a killing.

By Doug on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 12:01pm.

The Amazon van guys are contractors for Amazon. They get paid on a per package delivered basis. No other benefits since they are contractors. Organizing would likely help expand their benefits.

By anon on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 9:27am.

Isn't that special.

By anon on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 10:16am.

6months house arrest just in time for the cold season. Not too shabby

By Will LaTulippe on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 1:13pm.

Class act. And no jail time for it? Jeez, war on women indeed.