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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 5374129" data-attributes="member: 22662">The pressure on Ground is partially imaginary, partially financial, and partially of their own making.&nbsp;&nbsp; They and others have from the beginning tried to cast this as the beginning of a unionizing event.&nbsp; It’s not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Calling this a union is like calling Obamacare socialized medicine.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />&nbsp;It’s also not a cure all.&nbsp; Contractors have been bleeding money for months and while these initiatives will absolutely help, many are so deep in that without company assistance to basically get back to even, will fall before peak.&nbsp; The company has been invited to engage in meaningful dialogue and has flat out refused.&nbsp; The company line about negotiating with individual contractors has become a punchline.&nbsp; They’ve dug in their heels and left a wide open leadership role.&nbsp; At one point during his speech I commented to others that this is the speech John Smith should have given.&nbsp; Make no mistake about it.&nbsp; The network is in serious peril.&nbsp; The company is in serious danger of massive failure.&nbsp; Patton and TALP represent a viable and innovative beginning of a framework to righting the ship.&nbsp; In a lot of ways, this helps the efficiency FedEx has always pushed contractors towards.&nbsp; In the past, they’ve always found a way to take it from the next contract.As far as the dividend checks go, I have to admit I’m not clear on those details.&nbsp; I think I cut away for a moment to text the other contractors something humorous.&nbsp; Im sure in the coming days there will be highlight videos available.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 5374129, member: 22662"] The pressure on Ground is partially imaginary, partially financial, and partially of their own making. They and others have from the beginning tried to cast this as the beginning of a unionizing event. It’s not. Calling this a union is like calling Obamacare socialized medicine.🤣 It’s also not a cure all. Contractors have been bleeding money for months and while these initiatives will absolutely help, many are so deep in that without company assistance to basically get back to even, will fall before peak. The company has been invited to engage in meaningful dialogue and has flat out refused. The company line about negotiating with individual contractors has become a punchline. They’ve dug in their heels and left a wide open leadership role. At one point during his speech I commented to others that this is the speech John Smith should have given. Make no mistake about it. The network is in serious peril. The company is in serious danger of massive failure. Patton and TALP represent a viable and innovative beginning of a framework to righting the ship. In a lot of ways, this helps the efficiency FedEx has always pushed contractors towards. In the past, they’ve always found a way to take it from the next contract. As far as the dividend checks go, I have to admit I’m not clear on those details. I think I cut away for a moment to text the other contractors something humorous. Im sure in the coming days there will be highlight videos available. [/QUOTE]

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