No one is saying you can't vote right now. 3, 2, 1.....and here we go with the RLA prevents us from voting fallacy. So to respond in advance, it's simply a business decision by the unions to not spend the money required and risk a nationwide vote. Having local votes is so much cheaper for them and their overpaid executives (see, it goes both ways). If, as you and 267 believe, there are not many happy employees at FedEx, then the union has got nothing to lose by funding a nationwide vote. Surely they'd win because according to you and 267 there are so many unhappy employees, they'd vote a union in. You've even criticized the unions for not doing enough but yet you are willing to give them your money in hopes that they negotiate a better deal for you. That's quite a gamble. Personally, when a company isn't interested in having me as a customer, I'm not really interested in doing business with them.