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| June 25 |
MDL Class Notices Mailed; FedEx-IRS Talks OngoingThere were two major updates involving FedEx Ground’s legal challenges in the past week. On the June 18 quarterly conference call, FedEx Corporation’s General Counsel Christine Richards answered a question about the company’s talks with the IRS: “We’ve started those conversations. At this point in time there’s a good chance they’ll continue on into the first quarter. We’re still at the audit level and depending upon the outcome at that level, we will then see how we go forward.” In the multi-district litigation, the plaintiffs’ lawyers announced that class notices for “27,165 past and present FedEx Ground/Home Delivery drivers across the U.S.” were mailed on June 25.
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| June 23 |
FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change Newsletter Vol 2 OnlineFedEx Express employees in the mechanics class and craft have launched a campaign to form a union with the Teamsters. This newsletter is written by us and highlights issues we believe are important to all of us - FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change
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| June 13 |
Expert Report in MDL Says Drivers are EmployeesA valuable plaintiffs’ expert report was submitted to the Northern Indiana courts and found its way onto the public docket. Robert W. Wood is “author of Legal Guide to Independent Contractor Status originally published in 1992 now in its Fourth Edition” and “author or editor of 31 books and over 1,000 articles published in legal, accounting and business periodicals.” Wood has often been “engaged to help clients establish bona fide independent contractor arrangements” and “drafted, edited or assisted in drafting dozens of independent contractor agreements over nearly three decades.” Wood has “argued far more frequently for independent contractor (rather than employee status) of workers. Woods’ conclusion in his report? “FXG’s drivers are the cornerstone of its enterprise. To a truly extraordinary degree, drivers are integrated within FXG’s global system...In my opinion, plainly, unequivocally, and without qualification, the P&D drivers do not (and cannot) constitute bona fide independent contractors under any existing test for assessing worker status.” Wood’s report is uploaded on our Resource page.
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| June 11 |
FedEx Express Mechanics Commitee for Change Newsletter Issue 1 OnlineWhat we are after is a contract - a written, legally binding agreement that addresses and protects our workplace issues, wages, benefits and retirement. The latest downgrade in our pension benefits highlights our urgent need to protect ourselves and our families with a binding contract backed by a powerful union - the Teamsters. - FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change
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| June 06 |
FedEx Express Mechanic Talks About Pension GrabFor most of the 35 years at Federal Express, the hard work and dedication of the Express workforce delivered the profits that fueled the so-called “People-Service-Profit” slogan. But something happened between 1998 and 2000 when Federal Express became “FedEx” and the company bought RPS/Caliber. Then, one day in early 2007, that “People-Service-Profit” promise was broken forever when the company took away the Express employees’ pension. And as of June 1, the FedEx Express pension was gone overnight.
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