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• UPS DRIVER PAY PROGRESSION 2017 DRIVERS

The only other unionized FedEx employees are their pilots, who voted to form a union in 1993.Ī FedEx location in New Jersey voted to unionize in 2014, only to voluntarily cede representation in 2017 after FedEx fought in court with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for years over which workers should be included in the bargaining unit. In April 2019, the only FedEx Freight workers unionized in the US voted against an effort to decertify the Teamsters union at a warehouse in Stockton, California, but prior decertification efforts were successful in 2017 in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The report found by examining publicly available forms filed by consultants with the Department of Labor, US employers spend around $340m annually on union avoidance consultants, with FedEx as one of the top spenders.įedEx’s anti-union campaign between 2014 to 2018 was largely a success. “A package lost by FedEx equals a package gained by UPS,” said a narrator in the video.įedEx, the second largest logistics company in the US, spent $837,000 between 20 on union avoidance consultants, according to a recent report published by the Economic Policy Institute. In a video used by FedEx to deter unionization, the Teamsters union was characterized as a plot to undermine FedEx by UPS, where about 250,000 employees are represented by the Teamsters. They also referred to union authorization cards as a “blank check”, and told workers “they need money, they’re running out of money. “It’s like going to Vegas and rolling the dice,” one said. In the meetings, FedEx managers and consultants claimed negotiations with labor unions are a gamble. He changed his whole attitude about it and started supporting the company because he took ownership of his own failure.” The manager said: what have you done leading up in your career to prepare for retirement? You can’t hold FedEx Freight accountable for your own inability and failure to prepare for your retirement.

The manager told workers: “He’s getting closer to retirement. In another alleged anecdote, the same FedEx manager told workers a story about an unnamed 58-year-old employee for three years who supported unionizing because they wanted a better pension plan. I appreciate the company and what they offer. Why is there a small group of employees at our company who seem to be very ungrateful at what the company has to offer them? Why do some employees give their allegiance to strangers and an organization like the Teamsters rather than this company that continues to provide for us, that has provided us with a long list of benefits and incredible pay, not to mention good equipment and facilities? One, in the same July 2016 meeting, said: “Recently I had this question come up from an employee.

In the meetings, FedEx human resources managers often cited anecdotes to dismiss union organizing. You can do that,” said a FedEx human resources manager in a July 2016 captive audience meeting. Because when you campaign and tell them you don’t want them here, eventually it becomes loud and clear to them. If you don’t want this third party coming in putting a wall between us, it’s time.

UPS DRIVER PAY PROGRESSION 2017 DRIVERS

The Guardian obtained recordings of meetings that were mandatory and required workers to sign in, according to a FedEx employee, held at FedEx facilities in 20, where managers and union avoidance consultants lectured workers on unions as the Teamsters was attempting to organize FedEx drivers at several locations around the United States. Workers who charge that their benefits are less than at rival UPS said the company has bombarded them with anti-union messages and forced them to attend anti-union meetings.