{"id":895,"date":"2009-06-09T13:23:22","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2009-06-09T13:23:22","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T13:23:22","slug":"behind_the_scenesthe_democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"Behind The Scenes–The Democrats vs FedEx"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 29 of this year, The Hill<\/a> commented on a provision in a Federal Aviation Administration bill that had failed to be included in the bill.  The provision would have made it easier for employees of FedEx to unionize.  Only a fraction of FedEx’s more than 290,000 employees and independent contractors belong to unions, while more than half of UPS’s 425,000 employees are unionized.  UPS is hoping that a unionized FedEx will provide less competition than it currently does.  The article points out:<\/p>\n

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“Because FedEx started out as an airline, FedEx Express is covered by the Railroad Labor Act (RLA), which only allows unions to organize on a national basis. Because airlines tend to ship a higher percentage of goods across state lines, Congress saw an interest in preventing local unions from disrupting interstate commerce.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This issue will show up again shortly.  According to a June 8, 2009 article in Business Week<\/a>, which portrayed FedEx as anti-union:<\/p>\n

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“Twice in the past three months, in testimony by FedEx CEO <\/em>Fred Smith<\/em><\/a> before Congress and in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Memphis-based FedEx has said its future Boeing (<\/em>BA<\/em><\/a>) 777 jet orders are contingent upon its workers remaining governed by the RLA. <\/em><\/p>\n

The political spat in Washington comes at a time when both companies are facing serious financial troubles amid the global recession. In its latest earnings announcement, FedEx said revenues in the quarter ending Feb. 28 fell 14%, to $8.14 billion, with income plunging 72%, to $182 million. FedEx Express was a particularly dark spot, where operating profits dropped 90%. Meanwhile, at UPS, revenue in the quarter ended Mar. 31 fell 14% to $10.9 billion, with operating profits down 20%, to $718 million.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Frankly, I think that unless Congress wants to see the economy further decline, they need to keep their hands off FedEx. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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