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Is there anybody at the wheel at UPS that can pay attention to the real world?
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<blockquote data-quote="JimJimmyJames" data-source="post: 544260" data-attributes="member: 11425"><p>Interesting how you are sentimental about FedEx worker's job, but not of their union competitors. If the sole reason FedEx is able to compete with UPS is because of their cheaper labor costs, am I supposed to feel pity for their inefficient and poorly constructed organization?</p><p> </p><p>This is one of my beefs regarding current U.S. trade laws. It is not fair to domestic industry when a product can be sold here, produced in a foreign factory not subjected to the same safety, environmental, and labor laws as our employers are. Am I advocating we toss our laws? No! Would you want to turn the clock back to the unsafe, polluting, robber baron days of yesteryear? Well, maybe you would but I certainly think most Americans would not. Since we cannot force foreign producers to meet our standards, we can use the power of the tariff to level the playing ground financially.</p><p> </p><p>When it comes to FedEx, we simply want to level the playing field by insisting that the laws of the land are applied fairly to all. FedEx has been manipulating the government for years to allow FedEx to operate outside of the laws that apply to UPS. They have also manipulated the concept of the independent contractor to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>I contend that a company, all things being equal, should compete based on quality of the service provided. Of course they should compete on costs also, but the cost advantage should be derived form the efficiencies of the company, not an end-around domestic safety, environmental, and labor laws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimJimmyJames, post: 544260, member: 11425"] Interesting how you are sentimental about FedEx worker's job, but not of their union competitors. If the sole reason FedEx is able to compete with UPS is because of their cheaper labor costs, am I supposed to feel pity for their inefficient and poorly constructed organization? This is one of my beefs regarding current U.S. trade laws. It is not fair to domestic industry when a product can be sold here, produced in a foreign factory not subjected to the same safety, environmental, and labor laws as our employers are. Am I advocating we toss our laws? No! Would you want to turn the clock back to the unsafe, polluting, robber baron days of yesteryear? Well, maybe you would but I certainly think most Americans would not. Since we cannot force foreign producers to meet our standards, we can use the power of the tariff to level the playing ground financially. When it comes to FedEx, we simply want to level the playing field by insisting that the laws of the land are applied fairly to all. FedEx has been manipulating the government for years to allow FedEx to operate outside of the laws that apply to UPS. They have also manipulated the concept of the independent contractor to do the same. I contend that a company, all things being equal, should compete based on quality of the service provided. Of course they should compete on costs also, but the cost advantage should be derived form the efficiencies of the company, not an end-around domestic safety, environmental, and labor laws. [/QUOTE]
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