BMW's Mass Layoffs Trigger The Ultimate Misery Website

German automaker BMW has recently announced it plans to fire nearly 100 American employees next month, hiring the anti-union law firm Jackson Lewis to execute the layoffs. The workers in question are employed at BMW's parts distribution facility in Ontario, Calif., who have already been notified that their jobs are being outsourced to a third-party company in August.

Many of the employees affected by the massive layoff have been at BMW for 20 to 30 years. Extremely resentful of the decision, 65 workers at the Ontario parts distribution facility and their families have been protesting outside BMW dealerships in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Arizona on the weekends.

Furthermore, Teamsters Local 495 - who represents the 65 workers - have launched the BMW Ultimate Misery website, aimed at educating the public about BMW’s move.

The Teamsters claim that the German automobile giant will immediately re-open the facility the very next day after the layoffs with a cheaper, inexperienced work force, which is a lack of respect towards the workers that have loyally served BMW for decades.

"BMW would never be allowed to get away with this in Germany," said Bob Lennox, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 495. "Many of these employees have worked there for 10, 20, 30 years. BMW got bailed out with nearly $4 billion in top-secret low-interest federal loans and in exchange, they are mocking America's plant closing laws and destroying working families. They are treating their American workers in a way they would never dare to treat their German employees."