Re: Tomorrow: Ride to Work -- Or Else!
Perfect timing! Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego have recently been asked to quit parking their motorcycles in the inspection area. What this means is that we are being asked to stop parking in the covered work area where we can keep an eye on the bikes, and start parking them across the street in an unsupervised, semi-secured (you need a securecard to get in but nothing to drive out) parking lot. Being that myself and 3 other co-workers work from midnight to 8 a.m., and being a block away from Mexico, we are resisting this action. Some have decided to not continue riding to work, and I have been warned 4 times and am facing possible disciplinary action.
The bottom line is that I don't feel like management is recognizing the benefit of employees riding their bikes to work and penalizing them unfairly.
I will include a copy of the above article and fact sheet with my "letter of dispute" to the Port Director.
Perfect timing! Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego have recently been asked to quit parking their motorcycles in the inspection area. What this means is that we are being asked to stop parking in the covered work area where we can keep an eye on the bikes, and start parking them across the street in an unsupervised, semi-secured (you need a securecard to get in but nothing to drive out) parking lot. Being that myself and 3 other co-workers work from midnight to 8 a.m., and being a block away from Mexico, we are resisting this action. Some have decided to not continue riding to work, and I have been warned 4 times and am facing possible disciplinary action.
The bottom line is that I don't feel like management is recognizing the benefit of employees riding their bikes to work and penalizing them unfairly.
I will include a copy of the above article and fact sheet with my "letter of dispute" to the Port Director.
