Age discrimination

Hi,this is a 2-part question.As you know,Fedex in the states has already been slapped with two age discrimination lawsuits in the past. Age discrimination is also going on in Canada as I,A 18 year employee of Fedex,can attest to. Just from what Ive seen in my city,Fedex has fired at least 2-3 employees with 15 years seniority or more every year for the past 10 years,only to be replaced with new lower paying young guns. This leaves me to wonder,How many older employees does Fedex terminate every year in Canada? How would a union protect an old dude like me from being put out to pasture by the nefarious fedex upper management? We front line employees are for the most part kept in the dark about everything.You can say we are the information poor. With a union,will we be able to keep each other informed with everything that is goes on in Fedex with a newsletter written by us front line guys?

Teamsters Response:

Sorry I don't have any data on terminations based on age.

The union can protect you through the grievance procedure which gives you the right to arbitration. The grievance procedure not only permits your union to argue articles of the collective agreement, but you can also argue laws such as human rights if they are not covered in the collective agreement.

Human Rights cases can take many years to resolve and if you are using an attorney this can be very expensive especially if you lose. Under the grievance procedure you would have the right to arbitration which is usually takes place approx. 3 months after the grievance process is concluded.