Massachusetts

Vargas vs FedEx Ground Division | Ground | Class Action | Wage Hour | State Litigation | Illinois | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | |

This case was filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts but since consolidated into the FedEx Ground multi-district litigation now before the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana. Since August 2005, drivers of non-commercial vehicles - vehicles of gross vehicle weight less than 10,000 lbs - have been eligible for overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Prior to August 2005, drivers of non-commercial vehicles were exempted from the FLSA and state wage laws and not eligible for state overtime wages. The claims allege that drivers are misclassified as ‘contractors’ but controlled like employees and thus are owed overtime wages under the state laws.

Sheehan vs FedEx Ground Division | Ground | Massachusetts | |

This case was filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in 2005. This case is a member case of the FedEx Ground/Home Multi-District Litigation case.

Teamsters Local 25 and FedEx Home Division | Ground | NLRB | Massachusetts | |

This NLRB case involved Teamsters Local Union 25 and a FedEx Home Delivery terminal in Wilmington, MA in 2006. Teamsters Local Union 25 filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board in Summer 2006. The NLRB found that drivers are employees and are eligible to vote while multiple route contractors are statutory supervisors and not eligible to vote. Wilmington drivers voted for Local 25 in Oct. 2006. The NLRB certified the election in June 2007. The NLRB charged the company with failing to bargain under the NLRA in July 2007 and ordered the company to bargain. On Oct. 1, the company filed a petition for review of the NLRB ruling that the drivers are employees in the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit.

Massachusetts Dept of Workforce Development: Williams Appeal Division | Ground | Contractor Dispute | Massachusetts | |

This appeal stems from an unemployment insurance claim filed by Robert Williams, a former FedEx Home Delivery driver. Williams, who was involved in the Teamsters organizing driver at the Northboro terminal, was ruled to be an “employee” of FedEx. As of Sept. 1, there is no information on any FedEx request for further appeal.

Teamsters Local 170 and FedEx Home Division | Ground | Anti-union | NLRB | Teamsters | Unionization | Massachusetts | |

This case involves Teamsters Local Union 170 organizing efforts at the FedEx Home Delivery station in Northboro, MA in 2005. Teamsters Local 170 filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board in December 2005. Teamsters Local 170 asked for a delay in the election after filing a number of unfair labor practices. NLRB Region 1 issued a complaint in March 2007 against the company for its anti-union activities in the course of the election. Local 170, five drivers and the company reached a settlement in Oct. 2007. An election is scheduled for February 2008.

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