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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 564609" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>I will politely let you know that you are misguided. The basics of this piece of legislation is FedEx Express employees are currently governed by the RLA (Railway Labor Act) and UPS is claiming that this is a misclassification as they do basically the same job as a UPS driver, who is covered by the NLRB. The RLA was originally intended to prevent railway workers from striking as the rail was the primary mode for transportation when the RLA was enacted (1930's?) and a strike would cripple the country. Removal of the RLA would <span style="color: #ff0000">allow </span><span style="color: black">FedEx employees to organize </span><span style="color: red">if they so choose to--it does not automatically organize them. </span><span style="color: black">UPS contends that removal of the RLA will force FedEx to pay competitive wages, thereby increasing their labor costs and, in turn, their shipping costs, and would level the playing field.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">In other words, FedEx has an advantage that UPS feels they are not entitled to.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">The letter writing campaign will show the level of support among UPS employees for passage of this legislation with the RLA exemption removed. Of course, the senators will realize that UPS paid its employees to write these letter and that it was "voluntary".</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 564609, member: 12570"] I will politely let you know that you are misguided. The basics of this piece of legislation is FedEx Express employees are currently governed by the RLA (Railway Labor Act) and UPS is claiming that this is a misclassification as they do basically the same job as a UPS driver, who is covered by the NLRB. The RLA was originally intended to prevent railway workers from striking as the rail was the primary mode for transportation when the RLA was enacted (1930's?) and a strike would cripple the country. Removal of the RLA would [COLOR=#ff0000]allow [/COLOR][COLOR=black]FedEx employees to organize [/COLOR][COLOR=red]if they so choose to--it does not automatically organize them. [/COLOR][COLOR=black]UPS contends that removal of the RLA will force FedEx to pay competitive wages, thereby increasing their labor costs and, in turn, their shipping costs, and would level the playing field.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]In other words, FedEx has an advantage that UPS feels they are not entitled to.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The letter writing campaign will show the level of support among UPS employees for passage of this legislation with the RLA exemption removed. Of course, the senators will realize that UPS paid its employees to write these letter and that it was "voluntary".[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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