{"id":1078505,"date":"2021-12-02T22:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078505"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:43:42","slug":"ups-lays-off-100s-of-workers-in-bidens-hometown-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ups-lays-off-100s-of-workers-in-bidens-hometown-scranton\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS Lays Off 100s of Workers in Biden\u2019s Hometown Scranton\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fups-lays-off-100s-of-workers-in-bidens-hometown-scranton%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">UPS is laying off hundreds of workers in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Louisville, KY, and President Joe Biden\u2019s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUPS is transitioning some of the work currently done at one of our Global Business Services offices in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Louisville, KY, and Scranton, PA to another location,\u201d UPS&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/article\/news\/local\/lackawanna-county\/ups-to-layoff-hundreds-in-lackawanna-county-dunmore\/523-40995cf6-c3e9-44ed-95a4-d2b404a947c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe are having one-on-one meetings with the affected employees to discuss their next steps with the company, which includes the opportunity to apply for open positions at UPS.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>232 employees will work through the holiday season until their final day of work on February 25.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11770177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-biden-point-halo-102319-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11770177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-biden-point-halo-102319-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Scranton, PA. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis layoff will be permanent, and \u2018bumping rights\u2019 (that is, the right to avoid termination by displacing another employee) do not exist,\u201d UPS&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/article\/news\/local\/lackawanna-county\/ups-to-layoff-hundreds-in-lackawanna-county-dunmore\/523-40995cf6-c3e9-44ed-95a4-d2b404a947c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a letter to affected employees.<\/p>\n<p>Employees told local news outlets they feel like \u201cwe don\u2019t matter\u201d and that it is \u201cjust a terrible blow\u201d for those who have worked for the company for years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Newswatch 16 reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>The employees at the UPS facility in Dunmore we talked to wanted to remain anonymous, but they said they feel like they are \u201cbeing used\u201d for the company\u2019s busiest time of year before the layoffs take effect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jim Bognet, a candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania\u2019s 8th congressional district, expressed his support for Pennsylvanian workers on Twitter. \u201cI will FIGHT for the workers of Northeast Pennsylvania,\u201d Bognet&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/Bognet4congress\/status\/1466533149500968965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.007194244604\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately, layoffs, inflation, and misery are all too common in Joe Biden and Matt Cartwright\u2019s America.<\/p>\n<p>I will FIGHT for the workers of Northeast Pennsylvania!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JackPosobiec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanspicer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seanspicer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mboyle1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mboyle1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JsaS9hhYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/3JsaS9hhYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Bognet (@Bognet4congress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bognet4congress\/status\/1466533149500968965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUPS should be embarrassed to announce their shameful plan to layoff 232 hardworking employees. Unfortunately layoffs, inflation, and misery are all too common in Joe Biden and Matt Cartwright\u2019s America,\u201d Bognet said in a statement. \u201cWhen I\u2019m in Congress, I\u2019ll fight for the workers of Northeast Pennsylvania. I will fight to cut regulations and help businesses grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Scranton\u2019 Joe Biden and \u2018Lapdog\u2019 Matt Cartwright have let down the people of Lackawanna County that they claim to represent,\u201d Bognet said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPS is laying off hundreds of workers in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Louisville, KY, and President Joe Biden\u2019s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. \u201cUPS is transitioning some of the work currently &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}