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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 719425" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>WRONG, on so many counts. If Coke employees were union and Pepsi employees were not because of a "soda distributor exemption" Coca-Cola would be all over the issue because Pepsi would have a substantial (illegal) advantage. Let's say the CEO of Pepsi is "Mr Jones". Jones has lots of money, which he freely throws to politicians willing to do his bidding and give him a special Pepsi exemption that effectively prevents employees from unionizing. Sound familiar? Coke, which incorporated first, was classified as a "bottler", but Pepsi, which came along 40 years later is a "distributor", and distributors have to unionize nationally and cannot do so locally. Coke is stuck with it's original classification, even though over time it's business has become essentially identical to that of Pepsi.</p><p> </p><p>You amaze me. Under a union, you'd likely see a substantial raise and also a much more generous retirement plan, yet you persist in thinking Fred is doing right by you. News flash!! He doesn't give a rat's behind about you, your family, or anything else but profit. Anyway, read on...</p><p> </p><p>Let's compare apples to apples. UPS <em>air </em>and FedEx <em>air</em> move by identical means. Why should FedEx get an special exemption for doing the exact same thing via the exact same method? Also, if you'd like to consider both corporations as a whole, FedEx moves it's Ground freight the same way UPS does, just as FedEx Freight does in comparison to UPS Freight. Shouldn't Ground, Freight and LTL also be under the RLA? Ground copied the UPS feeder and rail network almost exactly. Hey, they get a special deal too, don't they? I guess Fred must be spreading a lot of that green "magic" around, huh? Oh, sorry, he's really a "brilliant visionary". <strong>BS!!!</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 719425, member: 12508"] WRONG, on so many counts. If Coke employees were union and Pepsi employees were not because of a "soda distributor exemption" Coca-Cola would be all over the issue because Pepsi would have a substantial (illegal) advantage. Let's say the CEO of Pepsi is "Mr Jones". Jones has lots of money, which he freely throws to politicians willing to do his bidding and give him a special Pepsi exemption that effectively prevents employees from unionizing. Sound familiar? Coke, which incorporated first, was classified as a "bottler", but Pepsi, which came along 40 years later is a "distributor", and distributors have to unionize nationally and cannot do so locally. Coke is stuck with it's original classification, even though over time it's business has become essentially identical to that of Pepsi. You amaze me. Under a union, you'd likely see a substantial raise and also a much more generous retirement plan, yet you persist in thinking Fred is doing right by you. News flash!! He doesn't give a rat's behind about you, your family, or anything else but profit. Anyway, read on... Let's compare apples to apples. UPS [I]air [/I]and FedEx [I]air[/I] move by identical means. Why should FedEx get an special exemption for doing the exact same thing via the exact same method? Also, if you'd like to consider both corporations as a whole, FedEx moves it's Ground freight the same way UPS does, just as FedEx Freight does in comparison to UPS Freight. Shouldn't Ground, Freight and LTL also be under the RLA? Ground copied the UPS feeder and rail network almost exactly. Hey, they get a special deal too, don't they? I guess Fred must be spreading a lot of that green "magic" around, huh? Oh, sorry, he's really a "brilliant visionary". [B]BS!!![/B] [/QUOTE]
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