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FedEx Home wins round in Unionization efforts
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<blockquote data-quote="some1else" data-source="post: 520037" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>this same battle was waged in grocery when i worked there. about 10 years ago i was making 17+ an hour with similar bennies to ours (double time sundays!!!) as a clerk in a union store. after the big boxes started grocery with their employees making 8$ with no benefits the unions/stores didnt know what to do. </p><p></p><p>they realized there was no way they could compete paying over 2.5x as much and we (the union) sold out and cut pay and benefits to all new hires; i believe they top out at 13 or 14 now with a long progression from around 8$. </p><p></p><p>the comparison is remarkably apt in my experience. giant/safeway are ups; better service, history, quality, etc. and walmart is fed-ex -- cheap. </p><p></p><p>if we allow them to continue to pay their employees much less then us we may be headed toward a similar situation the SEIU had to face...</p><p></p><p>this isnt an issue of needing to better ourselves. we do provide great service the issue is fed-ex won special exemptions so they can underpay their employees. anytime a customer asks me about price differences (which are small anyway) i tell them thats why, with some people that can be a decent selling point. "if you want to use fedex you have to wear sweatpants and take five toothless kids to walmart at 130 everyday."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="some1else, post: 520037, member: 18280"] this same battle was waged in grocery when i worked there. about 10 years ago i was making 17+ an hour with similar bennies to ours (double time sundays!!!) as a clerk in a union store. after the big boxes started grocery with their employees making 8$ with no benefits the unions/stores didnt know what to do. they realized there was no way they could compete paying over 2.5x as much and we (the union) sold out and cut pay and benefits to all new hires; i believe they top out at 13 or 14 now with a long progression from around 8$. the comparison is remarkably apt in my experience. giant/safeway are ups; better service, history, quality, etc. and walmart is fed-ex -- cheap. if we allow them to continue to pay their employees much less then us we may be headed toward a similar situation the SEIU had to face... this isnt an issue of needing to better ourselves. we do provide great service the issue is fed-ex won special exemptions so they can underpay their employees. anytime a customer asks me about price differences (which are small anyway) i tell them thats why, with some people that can be a decent selling point. "if you want to use fedex you have to wear sweatpants and take five toothless kids to walmart at 130 everyday." [/QUOTE]
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