FAA Reauthorization - RLA amendment`
06-14-2009 | 04:09 PM
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FAA Reauthorization - RLA amendment`
UPS • YRC Worldwide • JB Hunt Transport Services • Schneider National • Con-way • Swift Transportation • Landstar System • Werner Enterprises • U.S. Xpress Enterprises • Arkansas Best Corp. • Old Dominion Freight Line • Estes Express Lines • Crete Carrier Corp. • FFE Transportation Services • FedEx Freight • FedEx National LTL • FedEx Custom Critical • FedEx Ground • Greatwide Logistics • C.R. England • Saia • Averitt Express • Prime • CRST International • R+L Carriers • NFI Industries • Kenan Advantage Group • Covenant Transportation Group • Knight Transportation • Universal Truckload Services • Ruan Transportation Management Services • Southeastern Freight Lines • Allied Holdings • DHL Ground • Quality Distribution • Anderson Trucking Service • Vitran • Heartland Express • Interstate Distributor • Celadon • Dart Transit • Western Express/
Smithway Motor Xpress • Ryder System • Roadrunner Transportation Services • Comcar Industries • AAA Cooper Transportation • USA Truck • Marten Transport • Shevell Group (New England Motor Freight) • Central Transportation International • Dynamex Virtually All Drivers of Commercial Trucks in America are Covered Under the National Labor Relations Act
FedEx Express is missing from this list.
They are the only company that receives special treatment thanks to Fred Smith's lobby effort in 1996.
Its drivers do the same jobs as every other delivery driver in the country.
As a result, they should be covered under the same labor law.
Amending the Railway Labor Act removes the special treatment provided to
FedEx Express and levels the playing field in the transportation industry.
Smithway Motor Xpress • Ryder System • Roadrunner Transportation Services • Comcar Industries • AAA Cooper Transportation • USA Truck • Marten Transport • Shevell Group (New England Motor Freight) • Central Transportation International • Dynamex Virtually All Drivers of Commercial Trucks in America are Covered Under the National Labor Relations Act
FedEx Express is missing from this list.
They are the only company that receives special treatment thanks to Fred Smith's lobby effort in 1996.
Its drivers do the same jobs as every other delivery driver in the country.
As a result, they should be covered under the same labor law.
Amending the Railway Labor Act removes the special treatment provided to
FedEx Express and levels the playing field in the transportation industry.
06-14-2009 | 05:06 PM
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06-14-2009 | 05:25 PM
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To be honest...The Fedex "Brown Bailout" strategy is below the belt, IMHO. To shift the argument to a "competitive" issue is clever marketing, but not honest.
06-14-2009 | 05:29 PM
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Why don't you guys start an express operation, that will level the playing field too. Get it?
06-14-2009 | 05:46 PM
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Neither has any UPS pilot, but our respective companies have them all over the road. Rather ridiculous and parochial for any of us to take this personally.
It's a slugfest between our managements that both agree they don't like pilots or desire to abide by our contracts. That is where we should give a rat's a$$ IMO.
It's a slugfest between our managements that both agree they don't like pilots or desire to abide by our contracts. That is where we should give a rat's a$$ IMO.
06-14-2009 | 05:50 PM
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It's pretty bad that you guys can't just worry about your own house and instead try and support something which is not only wrong but if passed will cause the loss of FedEx Pilot jobs.
I would think that since you guys just came together to save some jobs that you wouldn't attempt to cost some of us our jobs.
06-14-2009 | 06:53 PM
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06-14-2009 | 07:15 PM
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