Questions Every Reporter Should Ask FedEx
- FedEx Ground claims that "state and federal regulatory reviews in more than 100 cases have confirmed" the company is correctly classifying its drivers. What time period do these "100 cases" cover?
- How many of these cases are recent – issued in the last one or two years?
- What do these old regulatory reviews have to do with a 2005 court ruling?
- What is the status of the audit of FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery by the California Department of Employment Development in their investigation of the company's illegal classifications?
- FedEx Ground President Dan Sullivan wrote in a letter to Business Week in December 2005 that said the FedEx Ground Operating Agreement "includes terms that are driven by customers and regulatory requirements." What regulations allow FedEx as a motor carrier to shift maintenance costs to the drivers?
- How much does FedEx Ground save by using an agreement to shift the maintenance costs onto drivers?
- Why does a driver have to pay money to secure two weeks of "vacation" at FedEx Ground?
- How does the company calculate the equity value of the routes assigned to drivers at FedEx Ground?
- What is the total number of routes in the country?
- Would the company pay drivers who "own and grow their routes" when or if FedEx abandons its illegal model of using independent contractors?
- Does FedEx Ground have the right to block or overrule the sale of a route "owned" by an independent contractor?
- How are delivery routes configured at FedEx Ground?
- If a new driver "buys" a route at the beginning of service with FedEx Ground, does this driver have final say to keep the same route?
- If FedEx Ground has final say to reconfigure a route, does FedEx Ground pay the driver some compensation? How is the equity value of a reconfigured route calculated?
- What is the average gross settlement of single-route drivers in my city/state?
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