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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 2332387" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>I sued fedex and won.</p><p></p><p> Planes, trucks, and TNT means they are planning for more volume, not who is going to deliver to the customer. You should know that.</p><p></p><p> I am not a ground cheerleader, I just realize that they have an obligation to make as much money as possible, and that means reducing costs. If fedex paid employees minimum wage, they would get a bad rap, so they can't lower wages that way. Instead, they contract out all the deliveries, and if the contractor pays minimum wage, it doesn't really hurt fedex's public image. Trying to explain to the public that it really is fedex paying low wages and how fedex uses contractors is way beyond what anyone would even listen to. </p><p></p><p>The new ISP model is going to be hard to fight. Worst outcome would be if a contractor went broke and didn't pay a driver, or if a driver was injured due to a contractors negligence, that driver could be found to be a co-employee of fedex and the contractor, leaving fedex with a little liability. A contractor is going to have no recourse against fedex for any employee rights, just rights under normal contract law. </p><p></p><p>So fedex is really going to make the switch to all ISP and those ISPs will be responsible to get packages delivered. If some obscure law requires employee drivers for air, fedex may have a few employee drivers. So the drivers will not be contract drivers like you claim, the drivers WILL be employees, with all the rights employees have, but employees of the ISP. Only in a few areas will they have any legal recourse against fedex, and the amount they get paid will not be one of those areas. It is why fedex changed the contract a few years back to require that contractors pay all drivers as employees and require UI and worker's comp be paid by the contractor. Almost all the claims and lawsuits fedex faced over employee status started over unemployment case, and minimum wage claims. Fedex will need to ensure that minimum wage is being met, or they may face liability for that. </p><p></p><p>But anytime labor is the biggest discretionary cost to a company, it becomes the biggest target for increasing dividends to stockholders. Fedex express employees have that target, not only for direct employee costs, but also for the extra terminals and an entire fleet of vehicles. </p><p></p><p>The writing is already there, if you know enough to look in the right places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 2332387, member: 60252"] I sued fedex and won. Planes, trucks, and TNT means they are planning for more volume, not who is going to deliver to the customer. You should know that. I am not a ground cheerleader, I just realize that they have an obligation to make as much money as possible, and that means reducing costs. If fedex paid employees minimum wage, they would get a bad rap, so they can't lower wages that way. Instead, they contract out all the deliveries, and if the contractor pays minimum wage, it doesn't really hurt fedex's public image. Trying to explain to the public that it really is fedex paying low wages and how fedex uses contractors is way beyond what anyone would even listen to. The new ISP model is going to be hard to fight. Worst outcome would be if a contractor went broke and didn't pay a driver, or if a driver was injured due to a contractors negligence, that driver could be found to be a co-employee of fedex and the contractor, leaving fedex with a little liability. A contractor is going to have no recourse against fedex for any employee rights, just rights under normal contract law. So fedex is really going to make the switch to all ISP and those ISPs will be responsible to get packages delivered. If some obscure law requires employee drivers for air, fedex may have a few employee drivers. So the drivers will not be contract drivers like you claim, the drivers WILL be employees, with all the rights employees have, but employees of the ISP. Only in a few areas will they have any legal recourse against fedex, and the amount they get paid will not be one of those areas. It is why fedex changed the contract a few years back to require that contractors pay all drivers as employees and require UI and worker's comp be paid by the contractor. Almost all the claims and lawsuits fedex faced over employee status started over unemployment case, and minimum wage claims. Fedex will need to ensure that minimum wage is being met, or they may face liability for that. But anytime labor is the biggest discretionary cost to a company, it becomes the biggest target for increasing dividends to stockholders. Fedex express employees have that target, not only for direct employee costs, but also for the extra terminals and an entire fleet of vehicles. The writing is already there, if you know enough to look in the right places. [/QUOTE]
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