We all know that Fred Smith is anti-union. As Sideshow Bob stated earlier, "Fred Smith has balls" to try something like this, at this time. For the sake of the non union contractors I hope they eventually get a union. Every employee deserves to have similar benefits. If the public doesn't want socialized medicine, or social security benefits then I believe it should be provided by the employer as a benefit of committing a career to their company (I also think that said company should get tax breaks for providing those benefits). As a Brown employee I honestly hope the playing field will eventually be leveled by having a predominately unionized labor force. I know that at UPS, labor unions are certainly necessary, but I can't speak for FedEx since I don't work there.