Originally Posted by
jonnyjetprop
It's a blantant attempt to get folks scared about the right of workers to unionize. FedEx is trying to avoid having their drivers unionize. UPS drivers are teamsters and they seem to be doing just fine.
Obviously, you are blatantly prejudiced against Purple. As has been mentioned many times before, this is not a Union vs "no union" issue. It is purely a RLA vice NLRA issue. There is no problem unionizing under the RLA, as the presence of FPA and then ALPA among our pilot force indicates. Would Fred rather not have unions here? Sure, but anyone is free to come in and organize under the current rules. They just have to do it nationwide, instead of piecemeal. The mechanics almost did it, but Fred bought their support with hefty pay raises. Nothing illegal there. Just business. If the Teamsters want to come in and give it a shot, fine. However, they, in my opinion, having seen them try to unionize one carrier I was at, are just a bunch of thugs full of of BS promises, and anyone who votes them in deserves what they get.