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<blockquote data-quote="fedx" data-source="post: 5327240" data-attributes="member: 64891"><p>Ground are contractors and not employees of FedEx. They don't get paid directly by FedEx or have benefits from FedEx. They are paid by the contractor who is paid by FedEx. The contractors owns their vehicles as well. It was set up that way so FedEx couldn't unionize.</p><p></p><p>Express are company employees and have benefits like health insurance, 401K, and pension for most. Now at Express there are 2 groups: one group that was hired before, say, 1993 who were on the fast track to being topped out. Most were topped out by 5 years of employment. Those hired after (again this is an estimate) 1993 are on the 20 or 25 year top out plan. Many of these guys won't be topped out until they are close to retirement. Express can't unionize because they are considered an airline, so are protected by the Railway Labor Act. Had they combined Ground and Express as just Express at the start, they could have unionized since they wouldn't have been just an airline, but would have been a trucking company as well.</p><p></p><p>They are blending the colors together and branding because they are slowing merging the 2 companies. They are now starting to share stations (where couriers work) together. Eventually, we believe Express will be done away with and will be all contractors just like Ground. That's why they have started to merge them together.</p><p></p><p>Currently FedEx Express and Ground are seriously understaffed, because they no longer pay a decent wage. People don't want to break their backs working for measly wages, but FedEx refuses to see this.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fedx, post: 5327240, member: 64891"] Ground are contractors and not employees of FedEx. They don't get paid directly by FedEx or have benefits from FedEx. They are paid by the contractor who is paid by FedEx. The contractors owns their vehicles as well. It was set up that way so FedEx couldn't unionize. Express are company employees and have benefits like health insurance, 401K, and pension for most. Now at Express there are 2 groups: one group that was hired before, say, 1993 who were on the fast track to being topped out. Most were topped out by 5 years of employment. Those hired after (again this is an estimate) 1993 are on the 20 or 25 year top out plan. Many of these guys won't be topped out until they are close to retirement. Express can't unionize because they are considered an airline, so are protected by the Railway Labor Act. Had they combined Ground and Express as just Express at the start, they could have unionized since they wouldn't have been just an airline, but would have been a trucking company as well. They are blending the colors together and branding because they are slowing merging the 2 companies. They are now starting to share stations (where couriers work) together. Eventually, we believe Express will be done away with and will be all contractors just like Ground. That's why they have started to merge them together. Currently FedEx Express and Ground are seriously understaffed, because they no longer pay a decent wage. People don't want to break their backs working for measly wages, but FedEx refuses to see this. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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