FedEx Freight vs National Labor Relations Board

FedEx bought American Freightways in 2001 and integrated AF into FedEx Freight.  Teamsters Local 710 were in an organizing drive at the AF facility in Summit at the time FedEx management took over.  Union supporter Tommy Glass faced retaliation and intimidation as part of the anti-union campaign run by management at that time.  Glass filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board and the NLRB sided with Glass.  FedEx took the unusually stubborn step and appealed the NLRB ruling to the Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.  The Court of Appeals decided in favor Glass for his reinstatement in December 2005.