[Uncle Ike]

Here’s a company that’s ripe to be declared ‘in trouble/too big to fail’, and taken over by Geithner....

[Vision Thing]

Atlas Urinates On ubama

[mvpel]

"It's FedEx political hardball at its finest," said analyst Donald Broughton of Avondale Partners in St. Louis.

Well, considering that with Democrats in office FedEx is already in a hardball game whether they want to be or not, they might as well start playing.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Good for FEDEX.

Screw Hussein and the ‘rats.

[mckenzie7]

Let's support FedEx. What fools these government employees (Obama, Geitner, etc) are!

[NavyCanDo]

Wonder how Washington's two liberal Senators Murray and Cantwell will vote on this. On one side they have their party to vote with, and the other side has Boeing the largest privately owned lobbyist in the State who would be hurt terribly by this lost order.

[nufsed]

Here’s a great deal. The post office is in trouble and the government wants to make it harder for FedEx to do business. Great stuff!

[wbill]

Businesses start to fire back at the gov't. Will be interesting to see who wins.

I put my money on FedEx and Boeing. While the gov't has the ability to change the rules, companies always have the ability to take their ball and go home...if that happens everyone loses. Most of all, the politicans - no fat campaign contributions, PO'd constituents, and so on.

Money talks, BS walks. And American companies have the money.

[AngryCapitalist]

While I detest Unions in any form, and have invested a good deal of time and effort in pushing for the defeat of card check, I’m not quite sure I agree with Mr. Smith’s approach. The question must be asked: When the day comes when FedEx actually needs aircraft, and believe me that day will come very soon, to whom will they turn to fill the order? The only logical answer, since Boeing will be out of the question, is Airbus. With that being said you must ask yourself the question, would you rather have FedEx purchasing from union infested Boeing or Euro-trash Airbus? Personally I would rather them purchase from an American company. Threatening Unions with such an action has its merits but when push comes to shove you have to consider the alternatives. FedEx might be better served fighting the Railway Labor Act, which poses a direct threat to their business model, instead of threatening American workers. While I agree with the sentiment behind Mr. Smith’s threat, I’m not so sure about its practicality.

I ship UPS personally.... better service. One of the most stable companies out there, bar none!.

[EGPWS]

FedEx could cancel contracts for $6.7 billion in American-made planes if Congress makes it easier for unions to organize the delivery giant's workers.

FedEx, when Obama absolutely, positively has to pay off the unions tomorrow.

[inkdude]

I think FedEx ought to use some of their clout and get the Tennessee legislature to make laws to protect them from card check. If the legislature does it first then they have article 10 grounds to keep the fight going and keep one of the largest employeers in business.

[mojitojoe]

Unions will cause the demise of this country.

[Valentine_W]

I don’t see how the government should be able to force a business into organized labor. FedEx needs to keep playing hardball.