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FedEx Torches UPS in Straw Man Argument.
FedEx doesn't want to be unionized.
It especially doesn't want the Teamsters unionizing its ground people.
They can't be right now because its delivery guys are covered under the Railway Labor Act (RLA), which was meant "to avoid any interruptions to commerce."
See, FedEx started with airplanes. It is not covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NRLA) like UPS, which started with bicycles.
But all that would change if a union-indebted Democratic-dominated Senate passes the 2009 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill awaiting its disposition.
Then FedEx Express would be governed by the NRLA like UPS, which would be like putting out the welcome mate for the Teamsters because it allows workers to unionize location-by-location rather than a company-wide vote.
Unionized, FedEx workers could agitate for higher wages and even strike, which won't exactly get packages delivered any faster.
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 7, 2001 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 17, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) June 29, 2007 700+ words
...for nonairline employees at FedEx Express to unionize, striking a deep...amendment, supported by rival UPS, would allow FedEx Express workers to organize under the...instead of by terminals or ramps. UPS, which started primarily as...
- FedEx Express Unveils Plans to Open Regional Headquarters in Shanghai, China.
- Newspaper article from: The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) October 25, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Jane Roberts Oct. 25--FedEx Express announced plans Friday to open a regional...in Asia," Michael Duckercq, head of FedEx Express international operations, told reporters...position than its competitors in China -- UPS, Deutsche Post and T&T -- because...
- FedEx Express: New Video Debuts on BrownBailout.com.
- Newspaper article from: Journal of Transportation July 11, 2009 700+ words
...tell an important truth about UPS' strategy," said Maury Lane...consumers will pay the price for the UPS bailout, and businesses that...overnight service will be hurt. "UPS should really go back to that...economy to unnecessary risks." FedEx Express began the "Brown Bailout...
