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<blockquote data-quote="snackdad" data-source="post: 859381" data-attributes="member: 30266"><p><strong>Protest Tax Dodger, Union Buster FedEx!</strong></p><p>FedEx Office Kinkos - West Wash · Saturday, July 23, 2011, 2-5:00pm</p><p></p><p>NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Show solidarity with the heroic workers in Brockton, MA, who are standing up for livable wages, sick days,health benefits and breaks by forming a union. The only problem is they work at FedEx, a notorious tax-dodging union-busting corporation. Show the FedEx Ground workers in Brockton that the whole country is fighting with them, and show FedEx that we are all watching and ready to act!</p><p></p><p>Do you pay your fair share in taxes? You probably pay more than your fair share for wars, bank bailouts, and corporate givebacks. FedEx, on the other hand, dodges taxes left and right, contributing to budgets being slashed for education, health care, transit, jobs, and benefits.</p><p></p><p>U.S. Uncut states, “When it comes to paying their fair share of taxes, FedEx simply does not deliver. When FedEx made $1.9 billion in profits, they managed to pay less than .0005% of it in taxes by using 21 tax havens. FedEx also spent 42 times (4200%) more on lobbying Congress than they did in taxes.”</p><p></p><p>While FedEx has cut thousands of jobs, they paid the FedEx Ground CEO David Rebholz over $4.5 million in “compensation” last year. What did he do to deserve this reward? Keep wages low and bust unions drives. FedEx Ground package handlers make less than $11,000/year, wages so low they qualify for food stamps and government medical assistance while doing grueling physical labor with no breaks, no sick days, and poverty wages.</p><p></p><p>FedEx Ground package handlers in Brockton, Massachusetts are standing up and fighting back. They deserve our support. FedEx management has called the police on these workers while they were organizing a union off of company property. Despite this intimidation, Brockton workers filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union represented by Teamsters Local 653.</p><p></p><p>Oppose tax dodging? Hate union busters? Angry about corporate domination? Help us organize FedEx workers into unions across the country. Join us for this National Day of Action, July 23. Come hold a protest sign and/or help us pass out leaflets. We can do this. Let’s win.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999"></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snackdad, post: 859381, member: 30266"] [B]Protest Tax Dodger, Union Buster FedEx![/B] FedEx Office Kinkos - West Wash · Saturday, July 23, 2011, 2-5:00pm NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: Show solidarity with the heroic workers in Brockton, MA, who are standing up for livable wages, sick days,health benefits and breaks by forming a union. The only problem is they work at FedEx, a notorious tax-dodging union-busting corporation. Show the FedEx Ground workers in Brockton that the whole country is fighting with them, and show FedEx that we are all watching and ready to act! Do you pay your fair share in taxes? You probably pay more than your fair share for wars, bank bailouts, and corporate givebacks. FedEx, on the other hand, dodges taxes left and right, contributing to budgets being slashed for education, health care, transit, jobs, and benefits. U.S. Uncut states, “When it comes to paying their fair share of taxes, FedEx simply does not deliver. When FedEx made $1.9 billion in profits, they managed to pay less than .0005% of it in taxes by using 21 tax havens. FedEx also spent 42 times (4200%) more on lobbying Congress than they did in taxes.” While FedEx has cut thousands of jobs, they paid the FedEx Ground CEO David Rebholz over $4.5 million in “compensation” last year. What did he do to deserve this reward? Keep wages low and bust unions drives. FedEx Ground package handlers make less than $11,000/year, wages so low they qualify for food stamps and government medical assistance while doing grueling physical labor with no breaks, no sick days, and poverty wages. FedEx Ground package handlers in Brockton, Massachusetts are standing up and fighting back. They deserve our support. FedEx management has called the police on these workers while they were organizing a union off of company property. Despite this intimidation, Brockton workers filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union represented by Teamsters Local 653. Oppose tax dodging? Hate union busters? Angry about corporate domination? Help us organize FedEx workers into unions across the country. Join us for this National Day of Action, July 23. Come hold a protest sign and/or help us pass out leaflets. We can do this. Let’s win. [COLOR=#999999] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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