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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 3939672" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>That is a long term- probably at least a decade or probably 2 decades, and expensive in terms of court time. It would take two long drawn out battles. First the battle to determine that fedex is a co-employer, and then the battle to unionize.</p><p></p><p>The IBT may not want to focus their attention on it. And I don't think fedex would really fire someone for letting drivers unionize. I think the ISP would fail on his own if his drivers tried to unionize, successful or not. and the drivers would lose their job. Basically, if drivers ask for union wages, the ISP won't be able to pay. In fact, fedex might see it as an opportunity to show other drivers that they will be out of their jobs if they try to unionize. </p><p></p><p>I believe that it is the NLRB that would rule regarding if fedex was a co-employer for unionization purposes on a national basis, and at this time, they would rule that fedex is not a coemployer. Drivers could succeed in organizing one ISP, or even every ISPin a terminal, or in a state, but every ISP would go broke, and every driver would be out of a job. Fedex would find temp drivers to fill in, or ISPs could hire scabs. It would be such a long battle that no one would really benefit. What is going to help drivers are the multiple states where the minimum wage will be going to $15 an hour. ISPs will need to pay more to keep drivers when they can find easier jobs for the same money an ISP can afford. If fedex needs to pay the ISP more, at some point it will be at a break even point to just hire their own employees. When the ISPs start demanding a return on their investment PLUS a fair wage on their labor, something will break.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 3939672, member: 60252"] That is a long term- probably at least a decade or probably 2 decades, and expensive in terms of court time. It would take two long drawn out battles. First the battle to determine that fedex is a co-employer, and then the battle to unionize. The IBT may not want to focus their attention on it. And I don't think fedex would really fire someone for letting drivers unionize. I think the ISP would fail on his own if his drivers tried to unionize, successful or not. and the drivers would lose their job. Basically, if drivers ask for union wages, the ISP won't be able to pay. In fact, fedex might see it as an opportunity to show other drivers that they will be out of their jobs if they try to unionize. I believe that it is the NLRB that would rule regarding if fedex was a co-employer for unionization purposes on a national basis, and at this time, they would rule that fedex is not a coemployer. Drivers could succeed in organizing one ISP, or even every ISPin a terminal, or in a state, but every ISP would go broke, and every driver would be out of a job. Fedex would find temp drivers to fill in, or ISPs could hire scabs. It would be such a long battle that no one would really benefit. What is going to help drivers are the multiple states where the minimum wage will be going to $15 an hour. ISPs will need to pay more to keep drivers when they can find easier jobs for the same money an ISP can afford. If fedex needs to pay the ISP more, at some point it will be at a break even point to just hire their own employees. When the ISPs start demanding a return on their investment PLUS a fair wage on their labor, something will break. [/QUOTE]
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