tODAY AT exCEL

[hoarsewhisperer]

HEY, ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON? I NEED SOME EARS AND EYES OUT THERE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some kind of picketing out at Excel today??????

[hoarsewhisperer]

ok, I got the scoop. Some kind of hullabaloo out at Excel. Seems the people who didn't call in yesterday were terminated. Guess that's when the stink began. Union reps there...Excel may reconsider re-hiring these folks...guess there are many many troopers and PD out there policing the situation.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by hoarsewhisperer

ok, I got the scoop. Some kind of hullabaloo out at Excel. Seems the people who didn't call in yesterday were terminated....

Oh bummmmmmmmmer..... ROFLMAO

[lurker]

They should keep 'em fired. That weren't no holiday.

[TexKan]

Firein em.............. smartest thing XL has come up with. Too bad they will probably fold............and hire them back............... power of the unions........ Wienies........

[pootsy]

Workers won't face penalties for protests at Excel plant

GARANCE BURKE
Associated Press Writer
Several hundred workers briefly walked off the job at a Dodge City meatpacking plant Tuesday after company officials disciplined employees for missing work to protest proposed federal immigration laws a day earlier, union leaders said.

Just before the lunch hour, about 600 workers left the line and filed into the Excel Corp. cafeteria, saying they would not work if the company sanctioned some employees for attending Monday's immigration rally, an official with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 2 said.

Excel spokesman Mark Klein said he "didn't want to get into" whether the company had attempted to discipline or suspend employees at the southwest Kansas plant. He and union representatives said that after several hours of negotiations, the two sides agreed workers wouldn't be penalized for skipping work to demonstrate against legislation that would make it a felony to illegally enter the United States.

Ford County Sheriff Dean Bush said the plant's security director called earlier Tuesday requesting help. Three officers were sent to the plant, and dozens of highway troopers assembled to handle any possible disturbance, law enforcement officials said.

Union officials said members walked off the line because they felt some workers were being unfairly punished, since Excel had stated publicly that workers wouldn't be penalized for attending the protests.

Excel, the nation's second-largest beef processor, said the plant was fully operating Tuesday afternoon.

"We had a number of discussions today to work through," Klein said. "As we move forward we're going to work together to handle any future events around immigration reform."

Klein said the company's contract with the union allows Excel to sanction employees for taking a personal day if they exceed their allotted number of absences. He said Monday the immigration rally in Dodge City had contributed to a slowdown in production, but that the company would take no adverse action against its workers.

Several meatpacking plants across the country — including Creekstone Farms Premium Beef in Arkansas City and three Tyson plants in Iowa and Nebraska — shut down production lines or closed entirely Monday because workers went to the rallies.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


They didn't fire them and I personally think that is bs!!!

[wordsmythe]

Same thing happened before I left when they suspended all the tender pullers for not showing up one day.

The crybabyWalkout lasted for days. Those of us who went to work endured threats and being chased and jumping fences just to get to work.

Then they just let everyone come back and basically broke it off in the asses of those who were there every day.

Some things never change.

[Detector]

What do you expect? These are people who feel its OK to ignore "the rules" if you feel you have a good excuse and not be punished, so they also feel they should be able to ignore other silly rules like missing work/school and not be punished. Unfortunately it looks as though they are right.

Although Excel's message seems to have been a hollow one at least there was an attempt. I hear National gave many employees a three day weekend to attend the protest.

[TheWizzard]

How about a day off for all women? A day off for all men?? I know.. all blondes take off friday because we are tired of all the stupid blonde jokes. Im sure that will stop them .
This whole thing is rediculas!

[pootsy]

Why don't we all protest? You know the minute we do then we would all get fired!!! LOL!