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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 729118" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>The scenario you put up is PROHIBITED by federal law. FedEx (or any company) cannot offer any form of quid pro quo for a employee's union vote. What FedEx can do is offer <u>everyone</u> an increase in pay without any strings attached - which is what will happen should the change in voting definitions stand any litigation from Delta and Express. </p><p> </p><p>I'll guarantee you this, Express won't "top-out" ANYONE in an attempt to ward off unionization. If they did this, they'd have to top out EVERY job classification within FedEx. They'd be moving more that half of the way toward what a union contract would be attempting to get. Fred will offer probably a couple of bucks an hour more to the Couriers, RTDs, Mechanics and CSAs - no more. Even that he won't be at all pleased about. </p><p> </p><p>You seem to think that the battle can be won without any fight ever taking place. This is incorrect. FedEx will fight every step of the way and it won't be until Express operations are shutdown by a strike that Fred will even begin to compromise. It will take a strike, it is going to get ugly and FedEx will amp up its campaign against its employees in the process. </p><p> </p><p>So I guess that since Fred isn't going to offer to top out all employees to ward off unionization, you're going to vote yes in the even of a certification process? Would you sign a union card at the right time? Before a vote even takes place, enough union cards have to be signed to allow - presumably the Teamsters - to petition for a union certification vote to even take place. </p><p> </p><p>Collective bargaining can't take place if every employee takes a position of only being willing to strike for just what meets their minimum requirements. The union position is determined by consensus of all employee demands. Then the minumum acceptable terms are determined by what can be agreed upon by at least 50% of the covered employees. If employees decide to opt out of collective bargaining and a strike if they are offered what meets their minimum needs, then the union will fail. This is a prime employer tactic, offer just enough to the employees so that enough of the employees don't approve a strike vote or cross a picket line to get what the company is offering. It is called COLLECTIVE bargaining for a reason. </p><p> </p><p>Go try to bargain for a change in compensation right now as an individual and report back your results and success story....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 729118, member: 22880"] The scenario you put up is PROHIBITED by federal law. FedEx (or any company) cannot offer any form of quid pro quo for a employee's union vote. What FedEx can do is offer [U]everyone[/U] an increase in pay without any strings attached - which is what will happen should the change in voting definitions stand any litigation from Delta and Express. I'll guarantee you this, Express won't "top-out" ANYONE in an attempt to ward off unionization. If they did this, they'd have to top out EVERY job classification within FedEx. They'd be moving more that half of the way toward what a union contract would be attempting to get. Fred will offer probably a couple of bucks an hour more to the Couriers, RTDs, Mechanics and CSAs - no more. Even that he won't be at all pleased about. You seem to think that the battle can be won without any fight ever taking place. This is incorrect. FedEx will fight every step of the way and it won't be until Express operations are shutdown by a strike that Fred will even begin to compromise. It will take a strike, it is going to get ugly and FedEx will amp up its campaign against its employees in the process. So I guess that since Fred isn't going to offer to top out all employees to ward off unionization, you're going to vote yes in the even of a certification process? Would you sign a union card at the right time? Before a vote even takes place, enough union cards have to be signed to allow - presumably the Teamsters - to petition for a union certification vote to even take place. Collective bargaining can't take place if every employee takes a position of only being willing to strike for just what meets their minimum requirements. The union position is determined by consensus of all employee demands. Then the minumum acceptable terms are determined by what can be agreed upon by at least 50% of the covered employees. If employees decide to opt out of collective bargaining and a strike if they are offered what meets their minimum needs, then the union will fail. This is a prime employer tactic, offer just enough to the employees so that enough of the employees don't approve a strike vote or cross a picket line to get what the company is offering. It is called COLLECTIVE bargaining for a reason. Go try to bargain for a change in compensation right now as an individual and report back your results and success story.... [/QUOTE]
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