Originally Posted by
BOYCAPTAIN
FDX is built under the RLA!....there is nothing from stopping other employees from organizing now...
The workers who would be most affected by this change are the drivers and package handlers who work for the hundreds (if not thousands) of "independent contractors" employed by FedEx. They range from small "mom-and-pop" operations to medium-size trucking companies in size and scope of operations. Pay and benefits among those companies varies widely, from minimum-wage to above-industry-standard.
It's completely unrealistic to believe that
any union could simultaneously organize such a wide-ranging and disparate group, a fact that Fred Smith has been counting on for all these years. But even if it
were possible, it would be unfair to penalize those "contractors" who
do treat their employees responsibly by making them the subject of an effort to organize.
Fred (and his family) got
theirs. His investors got
theirs. The pilots got
theirs. Now it's time for the drivers and ground workers to get
theirs.