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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 545725" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>dilligaf;</p><p> </p><p>Again, perhaps I'm being pessimistic here - and while I very much want the playing field to be leveled - I'm not so sure it will make a qualitative difference. As I said in another post, what with the means of communications provided by the internet, cell phones, etc., the days when classification under the Railway Act really meant something in terms of avoiding organization are probably passed; if the desire is there, there just isn't THAT much difference in organizing terminal-by-terminal and system wide; i.e. - if you can reach one location, you can pretty much reach them all.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, the basis of getting any organizing done is making an effort...and the Teamsters have wasted close to forty years without making an effort worthy of the name. And, bear in mind, that this goes back to when ALL of FedEx had less employees than it does in several of its SINGLE locations today (Memphis and Indpls, for example). And it also goes back to a period when the Teamsters had well more than twice the members in the transportation industry, with correspondingly more power. Plus, "way back when", there was probably much less concern by those affected at to what being "organized" could do; i.e. - they didn't have all the Teamster-organized bankrupt trucking companies to look at, or the failure of organized "express" companies like DHL/Airborne...to say nothing of the comparison between the "organized" and "un-organized" automotive industry. And while there are definitely some FedEx employees that WANT to be organized, I'm not seeing a massive ground-swell amongst them for it...and probably for good reason. As has been mentioned by others here, it could mean the loss of their jobs. And while those jobs (or at least some of them) might migrate to UPS, that doesn't mean they'll be available to those that lost theirs at FedEx...a fact which current FedEx employees also realize.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, not trying to pour cold water on any hot ideas; just being a little realistic. After all (the legislation), it COULD make a difference. It's just that, from my experience, it seems rather unlikely. But who knows?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 545725, member: 16651"] dilligaf; Again, perhaps I'm being pessimistic here - and while I very much want the playing field to be leveled - I'm not so sure it will make a qualitative difference. As I said in another post, what with the means of communications provided by the internet, cell phones, etc., the days when classification under the Railway Act really meant something in terms of avoiding organization are probably passed; if the desire is there, there just isn't THAT much difference in organizing terminal-by-terminal and system wide; i.e. - if you can reach one location, you can pretty much reach them all. Of course, the basis of getting any organizing done is making an effort...and the Teamsters have wasted close to forty years without making an effort worthy of the name. And, bear in mind, that this goes back to when ALL of FedEx had less employees than it does in several of its SINGLE locations today (Memphis and Indpls, for example). And it also goes back to a period when the Teamsters had well more than twice the members in the transportation industry, with correspondingly more power. Plus, "way back when", there was probably much less concern by those affected at to what being "organized" could do; i.e. - they didn't have all the Teamster-organized bankrupt trucking companies to look at, or the failure of organized "express" companies like DHL/Airborne...to say nothing of the comparison between the "organized" and "un-organized" automotive industry. And while there are definitely some FedEx employees that WANT to be organized, I'm not seeing a massive ground-swell amongst them for it...and probably for good reason. As has been mentioned by others here, it could mean the loss of their jobs. And while those jobs (or at least some of them) might migrate to UPS, that doesn't mean they'll be available to those that lost theirs at FedEx...a fact which current FedEx employees also realize. Anyway, not trying to pour cold water on any hot ideas; just being a little realistic. After all (the legislation), it COULD make a difference. It's just that, from my experience, it seems rather unlikely. But who knows? [/QUOTE]
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