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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 696020" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I think that just as soon as the FAA bill is signed into law(assuming the Express Employees Relief Act makes it out of committee and into the final bill) FedEx will set things into motion to minimize a union's impact on the company. I don't think they are going to sit on their hands waiting to see if various stations will vote it in. By the way, the E.E.R.A. will only affect regular employees of Express as far as I can tell, possibly regular employees of other divisions, but not contractors and their employees. I think a major restructuring will take place with Express becoming an overnight service only. 2 and 3 day service will go to Ground. Most likely Express employees will be used to pup all services, Ground included. To avoid paying very expensive OT fulltimers will be restricted to a max 32 hrs, less if possible. I'm guessing they get creative with delivery commitments like moving 1030 service to 1200 or having primarily business zips still 1030 while next door residential zips will go 1200. Could do that to trim work force. This is all speculation but I believe maintaining profit margins are job 1 and they will do whatever they have to protect the stock price. And then there's the nuclear option: going completely to a contractor model. They seem to be getting the upper hand in lawsuits and if it makes good business sense at some point they most likely will do that. Maybe it'll be business as usual for awhile, maybe the part-timer scenario will happen, most likely eventually will go the IC rt, maybe sooner due to the union. Before anyone starts yelling fearmongering about the union just giving a guess as to what might happen. I just don't believe they'll stop fighting the union once it gets in. And if it does I hope that I still have a job and am making about what I'm making now working mid 40hrs. The day I'm told I'll have to either buy a Ground rt or work for $12hr with no benefits I'll go drive a semi or flip burgers or something. There's no way in my opinion that we'll see $70k a year with great benefits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 696020, member: 24302"] I think that just as soon as the FAA bill is signed into law(assuming the Express Employees Relief Act makes it out of committee and into the final bill) FedEx will set things into motion to minimize a union's impact on the company. I don't think they are going to sit on their hands waiting to see if various stations will vote it in. By the way, the E.E.R.A. will only affect regular employees of Express as far as I can tell, possibly regular employees of other divisions, but not contractors and their employees. I think a major restructuring will take place with Express becoming an overnight service only. 2 and 3 day service will go to Ground. Most likely Express employees will be used to pup all services, Ground included. To avoid paying very expensive OT fulltimers will be restricted to a max 32 hrs, less if possible. I'm guessing they get creative with delivery commitments like moving 1030 service to 1200 or having primarily business zips still 1030 while next door residential zips will go 1200. Could do that to trim work force. This is all speculation but I believe maintaining profit margins are job 1 and they will do whatever they have to protect the stock price. And then there's the nuclear option: going completely to a contractor model. They seem to be getting the upper hand in lawsuits and if it makes good business sense at some point they most likely will do that. Maybe it'll be business as usual for awhile, maybe the part-timer scenario will happen, most likely eventually will go the IC rt, maybe sooner due to the union. Before anyone starts yelling fearmongering about the union just giving a guess as to what might happen. I just don't believe they'll stop fighting the union once it gets in. And if it does I hope that I still have a job and am making about what I'm making now working mid 40hrs. The day I'm told I'll have to either buy a Ground rt or work for $12hr with no benefits I'll go drive a semi or flip burgers or something. There's no way in my opinion that we'll see $70k a year with great benefits. [/QUOTE]
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