Geez. Look at about a hundred of my older posts on here. I've never said that anyone expects to match-up dollar for dollar with UPS. What I (and others) have repeatedly said is that our pay is inequitable for what we do, and that our pretend retirement plan is worthless. So is our grievance process. Fix those issues and FedEx is well on it's way to ending any union ideas. But that's not going to happen because FedEx thinks everything is just A-OK the way it is, where they hold all the cards and we have squat. By the way, your grammar and spelling have continuously improved in the last few weeks. Is that due to coaching, or have you just done a chameleon act?
I'm betting I can find quite a few posts if I look where you say that we should be making what UPS drivers are making. "Same job, different trucks" , remember? If you aren't saying that, why are you attacking me for pointing out that they can't pay comparable UPS pay and benefits? How much then would you say is fair? And remember the folks on the highest payscales are already making over $24hr I believe. They'll never vote for a union if they aren't going to get a decent bump up. $25hr won't cut it for people living on the coasts, Alaska, or Hawaii.
Let me introduce myself...Kenneth Wade Kilpatrick, friend.E.C. ID# 56800. FT courier, TYRA station, Tyler, TX, 75701. I live in a 26' travel trailer in a RV park in the 75709 zip. I'm typing away on a very cheap netbook although I hope someday to have an iPad. My I.Q. was measured at 150 in 8th grade, I've been a voracious reader since 2nd grade. Quit college when my dad's business went under, joined the Air Force. But never stopped reading. Back when Trivial Pursuit was popular I played college grads all the time but never lost. Is that intelligent enough for you? Or do you think that as a courier I'm not bright enough to tie my shoes? I'm also 6'2", 285 lbs, get the slow and stupid big guy stereotype all the time too until they start seeing my rt numbers.
No, don't have access to the company's accounting figures. But with a little research on Google you can turn up everything that is published for public consumption.
And I've posted my name several times on Fedexaminer. Truth is that after the way I've been treated by FedEx management I really don't care if they know who I am and what I think of them. and they probably know that I've been careful to keep extensive documentation of everything. But I'm a Christian raised in a family of ministers. I'd never sue unless they threw me out on the street, and back in '94 I believe I could have sued the company over the actions of a manager concerning my severely dislocated shoulder. May have been '95. And as a Christian I'm not going to go along with the bankrupting of FedEx, no matter how they act. Too many people depend on them for employment. So I'd like to see realistic proposals that the company can mull over as they read this.