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Teamsters To Protest BMW Plan To Destroy Good Jobs in Los Angeles


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Ontario, CA: On Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11 a.m., BMW distribution workers, their families and community leaders will rally outside the gates at BMW's Ontario, Calif. distribution facility, where BMW plans to fire its nearly 100 workers and immediately re-open the facility the very next day with an inexperienced, low-paid managerial, clerical and warehouse work force.

WHO:

Robert Lennox, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 495, Covina, CA
Randy Cammack, President, Teamsters Joint Council 42, Covina, CA
Gene Rivera, Business Agent, Teamsters Local 495, Covina, CA
BMW workers & families, BMW Distribution Center, Ontario CA
Elected officials

WHAT: Protest against BMW's firing of its distribution facility workers.

WHEN: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Outside the BMW Distribution Center, 1150 South Milliken Ave, Ontario, CA