
Apple executives were recently notified that Amtrak, eBay, Genentech, Yahoo and Zynga shuttle bus drivers contracted to service their employees are seeking to unionize. According to Rome Aloise, the Teamsters Local 853 International vice president and secretary-treasurer, a majority of the drivers working for Compass Transportation have signed union authorization cards as well. Compass currently employs roughly 120 full-time and part-time drivers to shuttle workers at Apple and other tech companies back and forth between work and home. Aloise said the following regarding the matter:
The drivers at Facebook, by voting for the union, sparked the interest of the drivers from the other companies, for sure.
Compass Transportation has already begun to employ union-busting methods in an attempt to discourage its employees from seeking the advantages that come with representation. You can make a difference in what will certainly turn to threats, coercion and intimidation tactics by Compass as it escalates its campaign to keep its employees unrepresented.
Source: USA Today