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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 543678" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is the direct link to the article referenced in the Teamster’s link.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html</span></span></span></u></a></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Excerpt:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Federal Express is preparing to launch a multimillion dollar public-affairs campaign to derail House-passed legislation that would put the airline-based freight company under labor rules governing <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">United Parcel Service</span></u></a>, FedEx's trucking-based competitor. Worried that its costs could surge and overnight deliveries could be stalled by wildcat strikes if the changes are put into place, FedEx on Tuesday is expected to lay out a multimedia campaign using the Internet, TV, and paid <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080"><u>advertising.</u></span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">...</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The campaign to stop the legislation from winning Senate approval will not target just wavering <u><span style="color: #800080">lawmakers</span></u></span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">. It's to be national in scope to also target customers and explain the difference in how each company is run. Unclear is whether it will also pick up on some FedEx charges that the provision is a bone to UPS and labor unions by Democrats in Congress. Also unclear is the impact of the <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2009/05/22/fedex-faces-higher-unionization-risk-via-legislative-proposal/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005497">company's threat</span></a> to cancel its order for 30 Boeing 777 freighters if the Senate OK's the legislation.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">End Quote</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Wildcat strikes???... They must REALLY be freaked out by the results of the SFA. Also confirms my information regarding measures to ensure overnight deliveries can be made if particular stations do decide to engage in “wildcat strikes”. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If they are going to start making ads to the customers DIRECTLY to state their position, we’re going to have to do the same at all our stops. This is what I was talking about earlier, they are going to pull out all the stops to try to prevent us from even having the chance to decide if we want a union. We are going to have to do the exact same thing the UPS drivers did during their strike, talk to our customers and tell them we are just trying to stop the ongoing deterioration of our jobs. We have the advantage in that we can talk one-on-one, while FedEx will be using mass media techniques. If we keep a professional approach with our customers, we should be able to blunt the effect of Fred’s propaganda campaign. This is starting to become personal…</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 543678, member: 22880"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]This is the direct link to the article referenced in the Teamster’s link.[/SIZE][/FONT] [URL="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html"][U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Excerpt:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Federal Express is preparing to launch a multimillion dollar public-affairs campaign to derail House-passed legislation that would put the airline-based freight company under labor rules governing [URL="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html"][U][COLOR=#800080]United Parcel Service[/COLOR][/U][/URL], FedEx's trucking-based competitor. Worried that its costs could surge and overnight deliveries could be stalled by wildcat strikes if the changes are put into place, FedEx on Tuesday is expected to lay out a multimedia campaign using the Internet, TV, and paid [URL="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/04/house-provision-could-cost-fedex-millions-stall-deliveries.html"][COLOR=#800080][U]advertising.[/U][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]...[/FONT] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]The campaign to stop the legislation from winning Senate approval will not target just wavering [U][COLOR=#800080]lawmakers[/COLOR][/U][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]. It's to be national in scope to also target customers and explain the difference in how each company is run. Unclear is whether it will also pick up on some FedEx charges that the provision is a bone to UPS and labor unions by Democrats in Congress. Also unclear is the impact of the [URL="http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2009/05/22/fedex-faces-higher-unionization-risk-via-legislative-proposal/"][COLOR=#005497]company's threat[/COLOR][/URL] to cancel its order for 30 Boeing 777 freighters if the Senate OK's the legislation.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]End Quote[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Wildcat strikes???... They must REALLY be freaked out by the results of the SFA. Also confirms my information regarding measures to ensure overnight deliveries can be made if particular stations do decide to engage in “wildcat strikes”. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]If they are going to start making ads to the customers DIRECTLY to state their position, we’re going to have to do the same at all our stops. This is what I was talking about earlier, they are going to pull out all the stops to try to prevent us from even having the chance to decide if we want a union. We are going to have to do the exact same thing the UPS drivers did during their strike, talk to our customers and tell them we are just trying to stop the ongoing deterioration of our jobs. We have the advantage in that we can talk one-on-one, while FedEx will be using mass media techniques. If we keep a professional approach with our customers, we should be able to blunt the effect of Fred’s propaganda campaign. This is starting to become personal…[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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