FedEx undermines the progress earned by American workers. FedEx makes promises but avoids responsibilities. FedEx takes the profit but shifts the cost onto its workers. The Teamsters will help secure FedEx workers' rights.
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Teamsters Applaud Eight States Calling on FedEx Ground to Properly Classify Workers

Attorneys General Concerned FedEx May Be Dodging State Taxes, Worker Protections

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FEDEX LAUNCHES DECEPTIVE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT SPECIAL DEAL IN CONGRESS

FedEx is launching a deceptive public relations campaign to preserve the legal loophole it has exploited for decades.

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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
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