I agree that it wouldn't make sense to agree to something that didn't include a wage increase but that doesn't mean that FedEx is just going to say OK. It could take years before anything is agreed to and neither you nor anyone else can guarantee that there would be an increase.
There is this little event called a STRIKE that tends to get the attention of executives real quick like. If the employees of Express ever do manage to get the collective cajones to form a union, we'll definately will have the willingness to pull the trigger on Fred and strike if he doesn't bargain in good faith.
You keep on trying to equivocate on every issue that hourly employees are not happy about. We're paid just fine, our working conditions are just peachy, we have something called a pension so we should have a smile on our face, we have a job so we shouldn't complain about not getting the pay raise that was previously promises. BULL
You are adding nothing to the debate. You are a parrot for FedEx's corporate line. If any of the hourly employees of Express want that, we can stay after work and tune in FedEx TV and get a belly full of propaganda straight out of Memphis.
I'll guarantee this. If the Couriers, RTDs and Mechanics are able to form a union and get certified under either RLA or NLRB rules, there will be one of two things happen within 6 months. A contract will be signed that gives the employees more than they have now or a strike followed by a contract giving the employees more than they have now, will occur. I can't predict which in the unlikely event that the employees do in fact certify a union.
The issue ISN'T one of FedEx engaging in stall tactics is a union is indeed certified. The issue is whether the employees of Express will become so sick of Fred's games, that we do manage to certify a union. This is why the fight to get the RLA pulled.
Take your carefully crafted equivocations over to bailout. If you think things are so damn good at Express, why not just identify yourself so that every reader can really know your angle. It is individuals like yourself within Express that make it such irritating place to work. I'm not going to paint a smiley face on the fecal material that has been thrown at us and call it a gift from Fred. I'm going to do my best to get other employees to realize what they have lost and are going to lose in the next few years and get them to act. If like minded employees are sucessful in getting organized, this line of fecal material distribution will end at FedEx.
The fundamental change with a union is that we would no longer have to accept what is so graciously given to us out of the big house in Memphis. We will change to having a voice in our destiny able to negotiate for our compensation levels. We will be able to say a word that none of us are able to say under the current conditions at FedEx: NO!