Brown Bailout Provision ( Teamsters try to unionize FedX with legislation )

brownbailout.com ^ | July 19, 2010 | by admin

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The following is an excerpt from a commentary in Barron’s calling for legislators to keep their “hands off competition in package delivery.”

Editorial Commentary: “Tilting the Playing Field”

Barron’s, July 19, 2010

By Thomas G. Donlan

“…FedEx is defending a piece of ground called the Railway Labor Act; UPS is trying to run a tank called the National Labor Relations Act over the FedEx position.

All sides in the dispute agree that FedEx has a competitive advantage over UPS because FedEx doesn’t have a union.

FedEx operates under the Railway Labor Act because it was created as an airline (it would take a Ph.D. thesis to explain why airline workers are regulated like brakemen). But UPS was started as a trucking company, so its workers come under the National Labor Relations Act, which is more friendly to union organizing and to striking.

The two companies now use trucks and planes to deliver everybody's purchases. Their operating strategies are very similar. But UPS isn’t as prosperous.

Something had to be done to level the playing field. Or so the Teamsters said, apparently assuming that a level playing field would be one where FedEx would have to play ball with the union.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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July 8, 2010 by admin

UPS Bailout Continues to Block Important FAA Bill

Last week Congress passed another extension to the FAA Reauthorization Act to provide more time to reconcile the differences in the House and Senate bills.

Following are excerpts from a range of news coverage about the UPS bailout provision that is holding up passage of the bill that would improve air safety, upgrade airports and modernize navigational systems.

UPS Bailout Blocking Bill

[headstamp 2]

“All sides in the dispute agree that FedEx has a competitive advantage over UPS because FedEx doesn’t have a union.”

So in fact, the unions are admitting that unions make businesses non-competitive.

[OldDeckHand]

Unions have done more damage to this country than Al-Qaeda can even dream about doing. There, I said it.

[Ben Mugged]

Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I am leaving the implied links in but you will need to go to the House website to view them,.....

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The bill:

H.R. 915: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2010 through 2012, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:

Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN8]

Cosponsors:

Jerry Costello [D-IL12]

Text:

Summary | Full Text

Status:

	Introduced	Feb 9, 2009
	Referred to Committee	View Committee Assignments
	Reported by Committee	Mar 5, 2009
	Amendments (12 proposed)	View Amendments
	Passed House	May 21, 2009
	Senate Vote	...
	Signed by President	...

This bill has been passed in the House. The bill now goes on to be voted on in the Senate. Keep in mind that debate may be taking place on a companion bill in the Senate, rather than on this particular bill. [Last Updated: Jun 27, 2010 3:57AM]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And remember that Airlines do have Unions....

[Sunshine Sister]

Good point!

[Elle Bee]

The Teamsters have tried to organize FedEx for decades

And the FedEx employees don't want them

This is the ONLY way the Teamsters will get into FedEx employees pocket

How silly to ask the employees if they want to join a union < /Sarcasm>

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[LonePalm]

We need a national Right to Work law and an end to ALL Public Employee Unions.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[businessprofessor]

“So in fact, the unions are admitting that unions make businesses non-competitive.”

The Democrats and union allies are trying to impose a street tax on Fedex. This situation is not much different than mob tactics. The mob uses violence to impose its street tax. Labor cartels use the political process. The end result is similar however.

[correctthought]

Labor cartels use the political process.

Since government does possess a monopoly of using force to get its goals; implied violence is part of the political process as well.

[ThunderSleeps]

All sides in the dispute agree that FedEx has a competitive advantage over UPS because FedEx doesn’t have a union.

Forget the rest of the debate. Stop and re-read that, then read it again and let it sink in. What does this simply say, and everyone agree?

Unions hurt businesses.

Hey, workers out there - who pays your pay check, the union, or the company? Exactly. You want, no, you need for your company to succeed and be prosperous, period. Without a prosperous, growing company you will eventually be out of a job, guaranteed. Sure, the union may help in that case with some benefits for a while. But eventually, you're out on your backside. So ultimately, everyone employed by a company has a very personal stake in seeing that company succeed. And everyone can see that unions do not help companies succeed. They just said, and everyone agrees, that not having a union is an advantage. It escapes me why anyone would join a union, knowing they were hurting their company long-term and ultimately themselves and their own prospects.

In a larger sense, going on right now, we need the economy to recover and companies to start growing and hiring again. We need jobs, period. Jobs are not going to come from unions. Jobs are not going to come from the government. (sure the government employs people, but that money is actually siphoned off the economy via taxes) Real economic growth comes from the private sector, and only the private sector. So if we are serious about economic recovery, putting ourselves, our friends, our families back to work, then socialist unions and big government must be stopped, period. We don't do that, the economy will continue to spiral downward.

[BlueStateMadness]

right out of atlas shrugged

[cookcounty]

Good bye flight benefits.

[cookcounty]

" “All sides in the dispute agree that FedEx has a competitive advantage over UPS because FedEx doesn’t have a union.”

FedEx employees should get Smith in a half-Nelson and demand same wages.

[Smokin' Joe]

Funny, but until Clinton got UPS unionized over the desires of the employees, they were non-union, too. I think I see a pattern, here.