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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 755039" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I don't see them paying people off. First, they'd have to pay a very large number of people a substantial amount of money. I'm pretty certain that would be highly illegal and there are way too many loose ends involved. It's not like they can run down to skid row and recruit bums for $20. You'd have to have enough people willing to break the law and keep quiet about it. And they'd have to be employees. Just trying to recruit tens of thousands of people would set off rumors. And land people in jail. And I doubt those people are going to serve prison terms quietly out of loyalty to FedEx. Life isn't a nicely written movie script. Scandals like these are messy, and those at the top have too much to lose. Better to just scare people with the evils of unions, pretty easy to do in a bad economy. It's up to the union to educate employees about the realities of being in a union. I've heard opinions all over the map about what would happen if we unionized, and since I'm in an anti-union area the opinions are mostly negative. If a union gets in, it'll have to be in more friendly areas, assuming we're under the NLRA. I think the more conservative areas will come around when they realize they aren't getting better pay like the others. But if we have a national vote under the RLA that's a moot point.</p><p></p><p>I personally think a national vote under the RLA would be best. Local votes under the NLRA would mean union busting moves by FedEx at the local level, picking the stations off as they go union while the rest of the company has business as usual. Literally united we stand, divided we fall. What kind of measures might they employ? How about showing up to work one morning and finding yourself locked out by corporate security? People hired behind the scenes, getting the work done using the ROADS system for both sorting freight and delivering it with ROADS manifest. Has anyone here actually used the ROADS manifest to run their rts by? So why was it implemented? There it sits, ready to be used. I think the urgency to get ROADS up and running was part of a contingency plan if the NLRA language was voted in. Remember that Congress has dragged their feet on the FAA bill. It could have easily been voted on last year when FedEx was rolling out ROADS. </p><p></p><p>I don't think FedEx really wants to spend massive amounts of money to divert freight to Ground and screw 10's of thousands of employees. Not to mention the bad PR they'll get and goodwill lost when public realizes they aren't the funny guys in the commercials. My guess is that FedEx has another plan in place, and that may be what ROADS is for. Part-timers for the sort and P1 deliveries. FTers coming in later for SOS and pups. This would eliminate most overtime and save them a huge amount of money, improving profits. And if it's their intent to keep pay progression to a trickle, it will get very tough for alot of people if they can't count on OT to meet their obligations. FedEx is of course counting very much on a victory in Congress to implement these plans. But the NMB threw a big monkey wrench into the works with the RLA rules change. So all is not lost. Just remember, FedEx may make an offer to increase pay to prevent a RLA national vote. But if they then implement a plan to not only eliminate all OT or even hold FTers to 35-37 hrs, you may not be any better off than now. I'm just hoping I won't be worse off. My point on all this is that about the only leverage we'll have is a union, or at least the right to vote for one. FedEx still holds most of the cards, and they will do whatever it takes, legally, to make sure they maintain profit margins and a high stock price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 755039, member: 24302"] I don't see them paying people off. First, they'd have to pay a very large number of people a substantial amount of money. I'm pretty certain that would be highly illegal and there are way too many loose ends involved. It's not like they can run down to skid row and recruit bums for $20. You'd have to have enough people willing to break the law and keep quiet about it. And they'd have to be employees. Just trying to recruit tens of thousands of people would set off rumors. And land people in jail. And I doubt those people are going to serve prison terms quietly out of loyalty to FedEx. Life isn't a nicely written movie script. Scandals like these are messy, and those at the top have too much to lose. Better to just scare people with the evils of unions, pretty easy to do in a bad economy. It's up to the union to educate employees about the realities of being in a union. I've heard opinions all over the map about what would happen if we unionized, and since I'm in an anti-union area the opinions are mostly negative. If a union gets in, it'll have to be in more friendly areas, assuming we're under the NLRA. I think the more conservative areas will come around when they realize they aren't getting better pay like the others. But if we have a national vote under the RLA that's a moot point. I personally think a national vote under the RLA would be best. Local votes under the NLRA would mean union busting moves by FedEx at the local level, picking the stations off as they go union while the rest of the company has business as usual. Literally united we stand, divided we fall. What kind of measures might they employ? How about showing up to work one morning and finding yourself locked out by corporate security? People hired behind the scenes, getting the work done using the ROADS system for both sorting freight and delivering it with ROADS manifest. Has anyone here actually used the ROADS manifest to run their rts by? So why was it implemented? There it sits, ready to be used. I think the urgency to get ROADS up and running was part of a contingency plan if the NLRA language was voted in. Remember that Congress has dragged their feet on the FAA bill. It could have easily been voted on last year when FedEx was rolling out ROADS. I don't think FedEx really wants to spend massive amounts of money to divert freight to Ground and screw 10's of thousands of employees. Not to mention the bad PR they'll get and goodwill lost when public realizes they aren't the funny guys in the commercials. My guess is that FedEx has another plan in place, and that may be what ROADS is for. Part-timers for the sort and P1 deliveries. FTers coming in later for SOS and pups. This would eliminate most overtime and save them a huge amount of money, improving profits. And if it's their intent to keep pay progression to a trickle, it will get very tough for alot of people if they can't count on OT to meet their obligations. FedEx is of course counting very much on a victory in Congress to implement these plans. But the NMB threw a big monkey wrench into the works with the RLA rules change. So all is not lost. Just remember, FedEx may make an offer to increase pay to prevent a RLA national vote. But if they then implement a plan to not only eliminate all OT or even hold FTers to 35-37 hrs, you may not be any better off than now. I'm just hoping I won't be worse off. My point on all this is that about the only leverage we'll have is a union, or at least the right to vote for one. FedEx still holds most of the cards, and they will do whatever it takes, legally, to make sure they maintain profit margins and a high stock price. [/QUOTE]
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