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Fedex Freight PUSHING FOR THE UNION
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1199907" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>This is actually a pretty valid point. From what I've read/heard, starting pay is roughly $10.50/hr at Ground and caps out at $14.50/hr after 4 years, which is still better than PT'ers at UPS (without factoring in pension and H&W). They also face the same problems with a lack of opportunities to go FT as UPS PT'ers do. The four-year pay scale effectively mirrors pay at UPS for PT'ers, presumably to lessen the threat of unionization in the hubs. </p><p></p><p>Providing a side-by-side comparison between how much they receive in H&W and pension contributions ($0) and how much even a UPS PT'er receives (several hundred dollars per week for H&W for FT'ers in my area, not including pension contributions) would definitely help make the case. It won't be easy, but I consider organizing Ground/FedEx Freight absolutely necessary to our continued survival. Look at what deregulation did -- and with it the rise of the owner-operator model (along with dirt bags like IBT GP Frank Fitzimmons allowing union companies to create double-breasted scab subsidiaries like Conway) -- to unionized freight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1199907, member: 42270"] This is actually a pretty valid point. From what I've read/heard, starting pay is roughly $10.50/hr at Ground and caps out at $14.50/hr after 4 years, which is still better than PT'ers at UPS (without factoring in pension and H&W). They also face the same problems with a lack of opportunities to go FT as UPS PT'ers do. The four-year pay scale effectively mirrors pay at UPS for PT'ers, presumably to lessen the threat of unionization in the hubs. Providing a side-by-side comparison between how much they receive in H&W and pension contributions ($0) and how much even a UPS PT'er receives (several hundred dollars per week for H&W for FT'ers in my area, not including pension contributions) would definitely help make the case. It won't be easy, but I consider organizing Ground/FedEx Freight absolutely necessary to our continued survival. Look at what deregulation did -- and with it the rise of the owner-operator model (along with dirt bags like IBT GP Frank Fitzimmons allowing union companies to create double-breasted scab subsidiaries like Conway) -- to unionized freight. [/QUOTE]
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