Bad enough that Durham School Services is trying to bust the Teamsters' organizing drive in California. Even worse that the company's condescending jerk of a lawyer insulted workers at an NLRB hearing in Washington.
Here's what happpened: The company wanted the National Labor Relations Board to rule that three California yards (Santa Ana, Irvine and Laguna Beach) should have separate union representation elections. That, of course, would make it harder to organize the workers.
Durham's human resources manager and McMahon Berger lawyer Jim Foster came to Washington late last month for an NLRB hearing on the issue. According to the schoolbusdriversunited.org website, Durham's HR manager was asked if there were certain hiring requirements for the company. Foster blurted out,
“You mean, other than being a breathing human being?”The organizing committee of Durham workers has put out a brand new flier that describes Jim Foster's behavior and explains workers are united so they can get the respect they deserve. (As if that needs any explanation!) Says the organizing committee,
We go through licensing, training, fingerprinting and criminal background checks.We have extremely demanding jobs that require patience, knowledge, commitment and professionalism.For the record, National Express Company, which owns Durham School Services claims it has
....a strong commitment to provide quality transportation, outstanding customer service, positive employee relations and the highest level of safety.
You mean, other than being totally hypocritical?
