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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 863330" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Mr FedEx" stated in another string that the teamsters essentially need to step up to the plate to organize Expresss - it is the other way around, Express employees need to "come to the Teamsters" in order to get them to expend any effort on behalf of the Express employees. A Mexican standoff defined... (Quote from Ricochet1a).</p><p></p><p>You and I usually agree, but you're wrong on this one. As long as Fred's Fear Factory operates with a free hand, very few are willing to step-up and lead a unionization drive. Those who went to the Teamsters in 1996 were abandoned when Fred slid his RLA language into the FAA Reauthorization Bill of that era. They promised legal support, yet never provided it, and also guaranteed that Teamster reps would be outside Express locations passing out flyers and providing information. That didn't happen either. The Teamsters abandoned FedEx employees, and not the other way around.</p><p></p><p>What is clear is that the Teamsters don't understand the environment at FedEx. Although it's illegal, FedEx targets and eliminates union supporters, and every employee with half a brain knows it. That's why the Teamsters need to come to us, not only to redeem themselves for their bad faith "support" in the past, but to educate and legally protect employees who are willing to stand-up to FedEx tactics. Management "strike teams" are standing-by, just waiting to spring into action with BBQ's, false promises, and outright lies to counter any unionization threat.</p><p></p><p>I fully expect Fred to get his way again with the RLA, and for the Democrats to fold like a house of cards in their "fight" to give us a reasonable means of organizing. Smith's "investment" in politiciians has paid-off for him again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 863330, member: 12508"] Mr FedEx" stated in another string that the teamsters essentially need to step up to the plate to organize Expresss - it is the other way around, Express employees need to "come to the Teamsters" in order to get them to expend any effort on behalf of the Express employees. A Mexican standoff defined... (Quote from Ricochet1a). You and I usually agree, but you're wrong on this one. As long as Fred's Fear Factory operates with a free hand, very few are willing to step-up and lead a unionization drive. Those who went to the Teamsters in 1996 were abandoned when Fred slid his RLA language into the FAA Reauthorization Bill of that era. They promised legal support, yet never provided it, and also guaranteed that Teamster reps would be outside Express locations passing out flyers and providing information. That didn't happen either. The Teamsters abandoned FedEx employees, and not the other way around. What is clear is that the Teamsters don't understand the environment at FedEx. Although it's illegal, FedEx targets and eliminates union supporters, and every employee with half a brain knows it. That's why the Teamsters need to come to us, not only to redeem themselves for their bad faith "support" in the past, but to educate and legally protect employees who are willing to stand-up to FedEx tactics. Management "strike teams" are standing-by, just waiting to spring into action with BBQ's, false promises, and outright lies to counter any unionization threat. I fully expect Fred to get his way again with the RLA, and for the Democrats to fold like a house of cards in their "fight" to give us a reasonable means of organizing. Smith's "investment" in politiciians has paid-off for him again. [/QUOTE]
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