FUCK FEDEX......

[rsmith6621]

(Reuters) – FedEx Corp is threatening to cancel the purchase of billions of dollars worth of new Boeing Co cargo planes if Congress passes a law that would make it easier for unions to organize at the package-delivery company, the Wall Street Journal said.

FedEx may cancel plans to buy as many as 30 new Boeing planes should Congress pass a bill that would remove truck drivers, couriers and other employees at FedEx's Express unit from the jurisdiction of the federal Railway Labor Act of 1926, the paper cited the company spokesman as saying.

FedEx's actions raise the stakes in an increasingly bitter battle involving chief rival, United Parcel Service Inc, and the Teamsters union, which has been trying for years to organize at FedEx, the Journal said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090325/us_nm/us_fedex_orders

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They want the benefits of America but they want to restrain the basic foundation of American labor....TRAITORS...Why dont they move their HUB to France as well.

[Captain Hilts]

1. They've always been anti-union, that's why We prefer UPS. nt

[October]

12. FedEx pilots are unionized.

Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)

[Sanity Claws]

31. Is that current?

FedEx started a rival inhouse union for the pilots, one they could control better. I thought ALPA no longer represented the pilots but perhaps ALPA was able to come back.

[October]

39. It's only ever been ALPA

But many fought it! Bringing a union onto FedEx premises in the right-to-work state of Tennessee was not easy.

[Captain Hilts]

36. Their drivers are not. They didn't support UPS during the strike. nt

[October]

40. I know. Not cool.

It's an ugly anti-union atmosphere -- as you can see from recent actions from CEO Fred Smith.

[billyoc]

2. The Teamsters should buy the planes and lease them to UPS.

;)

[GoCubsGo]

3. Nothing like a little blackmail for getting your way...

Fucking fuckers. I'll stick with the USPS. They're just as reliable and cheaper.

[MattBaggins]

4. Well looks like it might be time to remind these

guys that corporate charters can be revoked.

[ShortnFiery]

5. No worries, our illustrious BLUE DOGS (what were moderate republicans in the 1970s) will ...

ensure that the Employee Free Choice Act DIES before it even comes up for a vote. :grr: :(

[Believing Is Art]

6. Fuckers

Guess Brown will be doing it for me from now on.

Where can I go instead of Kinko's, though?

[bobbert]

32. In Chicago we have a place called IKON

And their print jobs are WAY better than kinko's. You should check them out.

[AllyCat]

7. Their drivers make A LOT less money than UPS and they have

lost more stuff I've ordered! When given a choice, I pick UPS or USPS.

[ShortnFiery]

9. Come to think of it, UPS is much more reliable and flexible in my neck of the woods too.

I always use UPS or USPS anyway but this is good to know. Tell your friends! :-)

[NOW tense]

8. Corporations throwing temper tantrums.

Welcome to our new reality.

[ejpoeta]

16. sounds like when my daughter tries to tell me that IF i let her have her DS back....

she'll behave. ummm.... i tell her.... that is not how it works. you behave, and then you can get your DS back. you do not make the rules!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

10. So Congress must lick the boots of both Boeing and FedEx?

[TommyO]

11. Nothing more than blackmail

Even though I have friends that work for Fed-Ex (they're not happy campers), I say fuck Fed-Ex.

[havocmom]

15. It is more. It's economic (class warfare) terrorism

and 'we do no negotiate with terrorists' :eyes:

[MicaelS]

13. Wait a minute, I'm confused....

remove truck drivers, couriers and other employees at FedEx's Express unit from the jurisdiction of the federal Railway Labor Act of 1926

Wouldn't them being under the RLA be a good thing? How would removing them allow them to unionize? :wtf:

[October]

14. FedEx Field, anyone?

We knew when they bought the naming rights to the Washington Redskins' stadium in Washington, DC that it meant trouble. Schmoozing in skyboxes, etc.

[radfringe]

17. holding jobs hostage

question remains - will we bow to these threats? if so, where does it end? do we govern and legislate ONLY at the whims and wishes of corporations?

some may say we do that now - ala "special interests"

[tinkerbell41]

18. Fine do it!!!

Go ahead cancel the purchase, then you can become an obsolete rinky dink company. You suck anyway!!!

[MichellesBFF]

19. Question

What does France have to do with this? They're very unionized over there...

[progressoid]

25. "Forget it, he's rolling"

Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Germans?

Forget it, he's rolling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtP3whUbgZE

[zipplewrath]

20. Boeing is highly unionized

I wonder how Boeing's unions feel about Boeing agreeing to such a provision in the sales contract. Not to mention Airbus. Both these shops are highly unionized. Heck, there's an engineers union at Boeing.

[nichomachus]

21. Wait just a darned minute -- I thought we couldn't cancel contracts!!

Isn't that what we're hearing about the AIG bonuses? How can Fedex cancel a contract -- won't that destroy the very foundations of society?

[RB TexLa]

23. They bought the first 15 planes they had an option to buy under the contract in Jan.

the option for the second has it written in that if the government passes legislation changing labor policies effecting Fed Ex they do not have to follow through on the option to buy the second set of 15 planes.

So how is following the contract canceling the contract??? Really :wtf:

[rsmith6621]

28. TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES RIGHT....

.....AND FAIR....Give them ample opportunity's to better themselves without selling out, pay them well enough that they to can have joyful lives and provide for those who depend on them.........and THEY WONT THINK ABOUT UNIONIZING.....

am I wrong???

[RB TexLa]

29. What? I was replying to the person who said by doing something allowed in the contract they were

canceling the contract. I don't know how the hell they came to that conclusion.

[nichomachus]

33. There you go again

using logic and facts. How the hell are you going to convince the wingnuts doing that? They don't respond to either of those.

[Patiod]

22. Good to know

I spend A LOT of money at both Kinkos (personally) and Fed Ex (professionally).

Time to switch to UPS or USPS (God I wish USPS had better service, though)

Any ideas for a good alternative to Kinkos that's open outside 9-5? Most of the small print shops in my area who compete with Kinkos aren't open during hours when I can get there.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

24. FEDEX might fail

[grace0418]

26. Guess I'm using UPS exclusively from now on.

And getting copies and printouts from someone besides Kinkos.

[BanzaiBonnie]

27. What you said!

[Quezacoatl]

30. Never mind unions

Fedex doesn't even want their drivers to be considered employees. They have tried classifying them as independent contractors to avoid workers comp insurance and payroll taxes.

Fedex settled a lawsuit in California recently for the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. They have more pending.

http://www.fedexdriverslawsuit.com/

http://fedexwatch.com/content/pages/massachusetts_attorney_general_cites_fedex_ground/

[suegeo]

34. United States Postal Service

over FedEx and UPS anyday.

[Captain Hilts]

37. The folks working for USPS in my 'hood are so rude, it's amazing. It's legendary. nt

[OhioChick]

35. Screw them. n/t

[tbyg52]

38. @#$% CORPORATIONS!

It's the corporations, stupid!

(I keep trying to get that meme taken up.... ;) )

[Froward69]

41. I for one got two jobs at the same time once...

mornings at Fed-ex and evenings at UPS... same job same area different companies.

for three solid months I busted my ass as I had been out of work for a while... Fed-ex paid me promptly... Ups and union dues UP front I feel I worked for free that first month.

once caught up with my bills I went for the larger paycheck. and quit the lessor income. tada it was Fed-Ex. I worked there for another year. even with a unionized company the CHOICE of joining the union or not should be up to the employee.

the union at UPS made sure i paid a full year of dues even though i worked there for only three months. with a review at 6 months. Fed-ex had no such review.

I am with Fed-EX on this one.