FedEx to Fight UPS Support of Labor Bill

FedEx is preparing a new marketing campaign that launches Tuesday against federal legislation that could help FedEx employees more easily join a union. And FedEx claims that UPS is a driving force behind the bill that changes which labor act FedEx must operate under.
The bill in question would move FedEx Express from under the Railway Labor Act and instead put it under jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act. The Railway Labor Act was put in place to stop possible service interruptions in railway delivery of goods. It was later expanded to include airlines and that’s what FedEx started under …read more