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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 573125" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>When bills move out of committee to the floor, language is rarely added, it is only striken out. The minority party will offer amendment after amendment to attempt to get on the floor what they couldn't in committee. Since the Democrats control the Senate and didn't add the language in committee, they won't offer an amendment to add it to the bill on the floor. You can be positive that the Republicans won't want to revoke FedEx's status either. </p><p> </p><p>With a 60 vote majority, unless there is a sizeable number of Democrats that weren't on the Senate committee that specifically want FedEx's status changed, they'll just vote to move the bill through unchanged. </p><p> </p><p>What this means is that FedEx's lobbyist were correct those weeks ago when they reported back to Fred that FedEx's labor status was secure (check my previous posts for a discussion on this). This is why the announcement came out literally days after the lobbyists reported back that the hourly employees weren't going to get a pay raise this year and only a maximum of 2% next year. </p><p> </p><p>There is always a chance the conference committee can add the language into the final bill. But I wouldn't count on it. Getting FedEx's status changed right now isn't a high priority issue (health care is swamping everything else out). This is why I said months ago this was a long shot, and I was unfortunately correct. Express is now solidly on the road to becoming a part-time employer with non-overnight volume eventually being transferred to Ground for delivery. </p><p> </p><p>Once the bill makes it out of Congress with FedEx's status intact, you can bet the screws will be turned a few more times on us. We're already getting hit with the schizophrenic "add a stop per hour" along with "give customers extra service" at the same time. The panic I talked about in Memphis a few weeks ago was replaced by laughter about a month ago. They know they've made it through this storm, be prepared, the next year is going to make the last couple look like a mild breeze.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 573125, member: 22880"] When bills move out of committee to the floor, language is rarely added, it is only striken out. The minority party will offer amendment after amendment to attempt to get on the floor what they couldn't in committee. Since the Democrats control the Senate and didn't add the language in committee, they won't offer an amendment to add it to the bill on the floor. You can be positive that the Republicans won't want to revoke FedEx's status either. With a 60 vote majority, unless there is a sizeable number of Democrats that weren't on the Senate committee that specifically want FedEx's status changed, they'll just vote to move the bill through unchanged. What this means is that FedEx's lobbyist were correct those weeks ago when they reported back to Fred that FedEx's labor status was secure (check my previous posts for a discussion on this). This is why the announcement came out literally days after the lobbyists reported back that the hourly employees weren't going to get a pay raise this year and only a maximum of 2% next year. There is always a chance the conference committee can add the language into the final bill. But I wouldn't count on it. Getting FedEx's status changed right now isn't a high priority issue (health care is swamping everything else out). This is why I said months ago this was a long shot, and I was unfortunately correct. Express is now solidly on the road to becoming a part-time employer with non-overnight volume eventually being transferred to Ground for delivery. Once the bill makes it out of Congress with FedEx's status intact, you can bet the screws will be turned a few more times on us. We're already getting hit with the schizophrenic "add a stop per hour" along with "give customers extra service" at the same time. The panic I talked about in Memphis a few weeks ago was replaced by laughter about a month ago. They know they've made it through this storm, be prepared, the next year is going to make the last couple look like a mild breeze. [/QUOTE]
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