| DATE |
TITLE |
| November 20 |
FedEx: They’re Employees. No, They’re NotGet ready for an intense new round in the long-running fight over which workers are independent contractors.
-- Business Week |
| November 20 |
FedEx Faces Suits by States Claiming Labor ViolationsA FedEx Corp. unit was threatened with lawsuits by New York, New Jersey and Montana accusing the company of violating state labor laws.
-- Bloomberg |
| November 20 |
Three US States May Sue FedEx For Labor ViolationsThree U.S. states said on Tuesday they plan to sue FedEx Corp (FDX.N), accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws by illegally classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save money.
-- Reuters |
| November 20 |
FedEx, UPS clash over bill on FedEx labor rulesPackage delivery rivals FedEx Corp (FDX.N) and United Parcel Service (UPS.N) faced off for the first time over a bill pending in Congress that would change FedEx workers’ labor laws, setting out their positions in a debate on Tuesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
-- Reuters |
| June 15 |
TheStreet.com: FedEx Looks to Deliver—to SenatorsAn edgy FedEx media campaign, opposing a change in the company’s labor classification, may outrage some people and amuse others, but the truth is it barely matters what the public thinks.
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| April 23 |
NY Times: Drivers May Not Join Union at FedEx Home, Court RulesThousands of drivers for the home-delivery subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation do not have the right to join a union because they are independent contractors and not employees, a divided federal appeals court in Washington ruled on Tuesday.
-- New York Times |
| April 23 |
BRIEF: Teamsters Say FedEx Ground Drivers Remain Targets Despite RulingThe International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Wednesday it will press on with efforts to represent FedEx Ground drivers after an appeals court ruling Tuesday favored the company.
-- Trading Markets |
| April 03 |
FedEx to Lay Off 1,000The company said it was laying off approximately 1,000 salaried employees worldwide, including 500 in the greater Memphis area, which is the company’s headquarters.
-- NBC |
| March 25 |
Teamsters Respond to FedEx ThreatThe International Brotherhood of Teamsters said late Wednesday FedEx Corp. intends to “blackmail Congress” by threatening to cancel a multi-billion dollar airplane contract order if its FedEx Express workers are allowed an easier path to unionization.
-- Memphis Business Journal |
| March 25 |
$6.7 billion threat: FedEx warns lawmakers over union legislationFedEx could cancel contracts for $6.7 billion in American-made planes if Congress makes it easier for unions to organize the delivery giant’s workers.
-- Commercial Appeal |
| March 25 |
FedEx Threatens to Cancel Jet OrdersFedEx Corp. is threatening to cancel the purchase of billions of dollars worth of new Boeing Co. cargo planes if Congress passes a law that would make it easier for unions to organize at the package-delivery company.
-- Wall Street Journal |
| March 19 |
More job and pay cuts at FedEx as 3Q profit sinksFedEx Corp. said Thursday it plans to cut more jobs and trim wages again, as the company reported its fiscal third-quarter profit tumbled 75 percent on severe weakness in the global economy.
-- Associated Press |
| November 20 |
New Congress To Address Worker MisclassificationThe battle lines are being drawn on worker classification as the new Congress and new Administration prepare for 2009.
-- Congress Daily |
| October 29 |
FedEx Freight to Build in HagerstownFedEx Freight held a ground breaking ceremony at a new terminal in Hagerstown, MD.
-- WJZ.com |
| October 17 |
FedEx Buys Land at Portland, OR PortThe Port of Portland sold a 77-acre brownfield site to FedEx. It is not clear from the new article which FedEx subsidiary will develop the property.
-- Portland Business Journal |
| October 09 |
Guilford County Board Approves $1 Million for FedEx Ground PlansThese county governments still don’t look too deeply into the FedEx Ground business model that relies on sham contractors. Guilford Co (NC) officials will offer more than $950,000 in “incentives” for FedEx Ground to build in their county.
-- TradingMarkets.com |
| July 31 |
FedEx Ground Signs Lease in Chesapeake, VAFedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, signed a five-year lease for approximately 75,000 square feet in First Potomac’s Diamond Hill Distribution Center in Chesapeake. The facility will house the company’s residential delivery service, FedEx Home Delivery. Diamond Hill is a four-building industrial park, totaling 712,500 square feet on 37.4 acres, located adjacent to Route 64.
-- ViginiaBusiness.com |
| July 01 |
FedEx to Bring Trucks to Asthma AlleyThe TriState Transportation Coalition blog updates the story of FedEx Ground’s plans to move into Astoria, Queens, NYC.
-- TriState Transportation Coalition |
| April 24 |
Fedex Ground to Build in Manatee CountyFedEx Ground will soon break ground on a new distribution center in Manatee County, Florida. The center is projected to be opened in early 2009.
-- Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
| April 17 |
New Express Terminal in TallahasseeFedEx Express has moved into its new facility at the Tallahassee Regional Airport.
-- Tallahassee.com |
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