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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 729786" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Smith had a clause written into his 777 order allowing him to cancel it if the RLA exemption for FedEx was lost. Perhaps FedEx will just go ahead and order the planes and plead poverty. Who knows? I guarantee that Fred will try every trick in the book to avoid paying us an additional cent per hour. As others have pointed-out, FedEx would have to marginally raise it's rates if we were to go union. That doesn't mean the company will go under. Far from it. The new 777's and the 190 used 757's indicate a long-term strategy of growth, not corporate death.</p><p> </p><p>One of the huge reasons FedEx isn't as profitable as it could be is a bloated Memphis bureaucracy full of highly-paid middle managers who haven't a clue what goes-on in the field. Ever talk to one of them? Another is handsomely compensated top executives. Another is our very large fleet of corporate jets, which are used to ply Fred's Congressional "friends". There's much more, and all of it indicates a very healthy company that could easily afford to go union.</p><p> </p><p>When the pilot's went union, poverty-stricken Fred was saying the same thing about no longer being able to be competitive. Geez, he's had a built-in competitive advantage since 1971, which points to incompetent management, not labor, as an impingement on profitability.</p><p> </p><p>Better brush-up on your Republican anti-union rhetoric and talking points.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 729786, member: 12508"] Smith had a clause written into his 777 order allowing him to cancel it if the RLA exemption for FedEx was lost. Perhaps FedEx will just go ahead and order the planes and plead poverty. Who knows? I guarantee that Fred will try every trick in the book to avoid paying us an additional cent per hour. As others have pointed-out, FedEx would have to marginally raise it's rates if we were to go union. That doesn't mean the company will go under. Far from it. The new 777's and the 190 used 757's indicate a long-term strategy of growth, not corporate death. One of the huge reasons FedEx isn't as profitable as it could be is a bloated Memphis bureaucracy full of highly-paid middle managers who haven't a clue what goes-on in the field. Ever talk to one of them? Another is handsomely compensated top executives. Another is our very large fleet of corporate jets, which are used to ply Fred's Congressional "friends". There's much more, and all of it indicates a very healthy company that could easily afford to go union. When the pilot's went union, poverty-stricken Fred was saying the same thing about no longer being able to be competitive. Geez, he's had a built-in competitive advantage since 1971, which points to incompetent management, not labor, as an impingement on profitability. Better brush-up on your Republican anti-union rhetoric and talking points. [/QUOTE]
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