[spald]

What the article does not make clear is that UPS is currently unionized and FedEx is not. UPS would like FedEx to have the same albatross around it's neck.

The worker vote on unionization at FedEx is currently a nationwide vote as required by current law.

The Dems want to change this law by having another Federal agency for oversight. Then "local", rather than national, rules would applied to the voting process.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

If I recall, the president or head guy at FEDEX said he’d close the company before he’d allow a union in. I might be wrong. If I am, please correct my posting.

[La Lydia]

Actually, the article makes that clear. What doesn’t make it clear is the shortened version that I had to post by virtue of our 300-word limit.

[muawiyah]

UPS and its house union, the Teamsters (and you'd better believe the locals are "house" unions, there at the invitation of management right from the foundation of the company) want Fed-Ex to also be unionized ~ preferably by the Teamsters, so that the UPS management team can directly influence how Fed-Ex is going to be managed in the future.

This has nothing to do with unionization, per se. It has everything to do with predatory anti-trust activities!

The Obama regime will probably not do anything about the anti-trust violations.

[sig226]

I wouldn’t even refer to the Teamsters as an albatross around UPS’ neck. It’s an albatross around the workers’ necks. I worked there. This sounds like the Equalization of Opportunity Act in Atlas Shrugged.

[HollyB]

Fred Smith is a wise businessman and is also ex-military. He has been a very successful at keeping the union out of Fedex Express. I do not believe he will surrender easily to tactics or pressure.