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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 863647" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>We'll have to agree to disagree. I think the fact that you were targeted as soon as you came out of the closet as an organizer speaks volumes about what happens when employees step forward at FedEx. Until there is some legal help available, most people cannot afford to be courageous and must operate "under the radar" instead, hoping that the IBT steps forward.</p><p></p><p>It's interesting to see the opinions of UPSer's who are advocating bold actions, yet do not understand the vehement anti-union environment present at Express. The moment you started getting cards signed, your name went on a "hit list" and a manager was directly assigned to monitor you and begin the harassment process, hoping to hustle you out the door before you could inflict any real damage to the Borg Express machine. That's totally illegal, but what kind of defense could you have mounted <em>on your own against the combined forces of FedEx?</em> The answer is that you'd be terminated, probably on totally false grounds, and then forced to find legal counsel that would take your case on a contingency basis. FedEx, knowing that they can outlast most lawsuits, would then try and starve you out, either through procedural delays, or by bouncing your case from court to court until they find one they like. Most people don't have the stomach for this or the resources to do battle with FedEx Legal. Assuming you find another job, how happy are they going to be when you repeatedly have to take time-off to go fight FedEx, which will keep on stalling until the very last moment? If your case has merit, you will finally get your settlement, minus the 40% or so you have to pay your attorney(s).</p><p></p><p>I hope that information like yours starts flltering out through Express stations nationwide. I can only speak for my district, but managers are dropping like flies, and many employees are either quitting outright, downgrading to PT, or calling-in sick to gum-up the operation. At my station, we're doing it in waves, so management knows it isn't a random act. The next step is to just stop the belt and sit on the bumpers until conditions improve. They know we're pissed, but they just keep right on pushing and pretend that nothing is wrong.</p><p></p><p>We've got the cooperation of several RTD's, who are also going to call-in on our next "Purple Flu" day. That should prove interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 863647, member: 12508"] We'll have to agree to disagree. I think the fact that you were targeted as soon as you came out of the closet as an organizer speaks volumes about what happens when employees step forward at FedEx. Until there is some legal help available, most people cannot afford to be courageous and must operate "under the radar" instead, hoping that the IBT steps forward. It's interesting to see the opinions of UPSer's who are advocating bold actions, yet do not understand the vehement anti-union environment present at Express. The moment you started getting cards signed, your name went on a "hit list" and a manager was directly assigned to monitor you and begin the harassment process, hoping to hustle you out the door before you could inflict any real damage to the Borg Express machine. That's totally illegal, but what kind of defense could you have mounted [I]on your own against the combined forces of FedEx?[/I] The answer is that you'd be terminated, probably on totally false grounds, and then forced to find legal counsel that would take your case on a contingency basis. FedEx, knowing that they can outlast most lawsuits, would then try and starve you out, either through procedural delays, or by bouncing your case from court to court until they find one they like. Most people don't have the stomach for this or the resources to do battle with FedEx Legal. Assuming you find another job, how happy are they going to be when you repeatedly have to take time-off to go fight FedEx, which will keep on stalling until the very last moment? If your case has merit, you will finally get your settlement, minus the 40% or so you have to pay your attorney(s). I hope that information like yours starts flltering out through Express stations nationwide. I can only speak for my district, but managers are dropping like flies, and many employees are either quitting outright, downgrading to PT, or calling-in sick to gum-up the operation. At my station, we're doing it in waves, so management knows it isn't a random act. The next step is to just stop the belt and sit on the bumpers until conditions improve. They know we're pissed, but they just keep right on pushing and pretend that nothing is wrong. We've got the cooperation of several RTD's, who are also going to call-in on our next "Purple Flu" day. That should prove interesting. [/QUOTE]
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