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FedEx Home wins round in Unionization efforts
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<blockquote data-quote="LED" data-source="post: 533058" data-attributes="member: 22664"><p>My humble opinion:</p><p> </p><p>The fedEx Ground routes that are in business districts may very well be profitable. The problem occurs if your major customers move their business to town G, which is not your territory. </p><p> </p><p>Maybe FedEx ground provided such good service that you helped your main customer outgrow their facillities, and they have no choice but to move.</p><p> </p><p>So then you are left with a bunch of residential deliveries spaced far apart. Your route then becomes not so profitable, and certainly not worth $100K.</p><p> </p><p>So yes you can grow your route, but only inside your territory.</p><p> </p><p>True independent contractors do not have to wear uniforms, can use their vehicles for other things, and do not have time constraints placed on them. If I am wrong about these rules/constraints let me know. Thats they way I understand it.</p><p> </p><p>As far as being legal, it is now, but who knows how long? There are laws in the works:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1108/112008cdam1.htm" target="_blank">http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1108/112008cdam1.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LED, post: 533058, member: 22664"] My humble opinion: The fedEx Ground routes that are in business districts may very well be profitable. The problem occurs if your major customers move their business to town G, which is not your territory. Maybe FedEx ground provided such good service that you helped your main customer outgrow their facillities, and they have no choice but to move. So then you are left with a bunch of residential deliveries spaced far apart. Your route then becomes not so profitable, and certainly not worth $100K. So yes you can grow your route, but only inside your territory. True independent contractors do not have to wear uniforms, can use their vehicles for other things, and do not have time constraints placed on them. If I am wrong about these rules/constraints let me know. Thats they way I understand it. As far as being legal, it is now, but who knows how long? There are laws in the works: [URL]http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1108/112008cdam1.htm[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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