tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598717822529849372024-03-13T05:44:18.635-07:00Change FedEx To Win<center><a href="http://www.nlrb.gov/">This is a forum for FedEx employee's to communicate and educate each other , on the importance of becoming a Union company. This forum is open to any FedEx employee who is interested in working towards a secure future and for our Unionized brothers and sisters to help us learn the importance of a Union in the work place.
<br>
<br>
<b><big><big>To visit the The National Labor Relation Board website <u>CLICK HERE</u> </big></big></b></a></center>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.comBlogger1345125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-62212850346167660832023-09-14T21:24:00.007-07:002023-09-14T21:24:51.403-07:00This Is Your time FedEx Drivers! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzehmggUAhlIQiE4xkZO5B52AnwvzZlyj5O0bGq45NawOR3PRIKhg-FywKSxpXbYd9ebdL6uQVe72BT9mligg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-31362502498873741842023-09-10T09:36:00.000-07:002023-09-10T09:36:16.488-07:00UPS After 2023 Raise <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAbfdufBQI4" width="320" youtube-src-id="cAbfdufBQI4"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-56444790092927650822023-08-03T12:56:00.000-07:002023-08-03T12:56:10.699-07:00My Thoughts Exactly <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='380' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzxUB0c-Y8lxzr0uFMhCcBV1_RVcpeXw4sq5x65pR5wsk826_6tUsaXnBkPAwfSpHNu8nMjycjJFVt_6e2-lA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-63659773447586372142023-07-29T08:06:00.000-07:002023-07-29T08:06:00.058-07:00UPS Teamsters to Vote on Contract that Ends Driver Tiers, Lifts Part-Timer Pay July 27, 2023 / Alexandra Bradbury<p> <span class="stMainServices st-facebook-counter" style="background-color: #dceaf5; background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/images/2017/facebook_counter.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box !important; display: inline-block; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px !important; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px; position: relative; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; width: 60px;"> </span><span class="stArrow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/secure/images/bubble_arrow.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 3px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton_gradient stHBubble" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: -1;"><span class="stBubble_hcount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">94</span></span></span></p><div class="field field-name-sharethis-buttons field-type-ds field-label-hidden" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: dotted; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 340px;"><div class="field-items" style="background: rgb(220, 234, 245); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px 10px 10px; position: fixed; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 360px; z-index: 99;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="st_twitter_hcount sm" displaytext="Tweet" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stMainServices st-twitter-counter" style="background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/images/2017/twitter_counter.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box !important; display: inline-block; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px !important; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px; position: relative; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; width: 60px;"> </span><span class="stArrow" style="background: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/secure/images/bubble_arrow.png") 3px 8px no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton_gradient stHBubble" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: -1;"><span class="stBubble_hcount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">477</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st_fblike_hcount sm" displaytext="Facebook Like" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0px; margin: 3px 3px 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: bottom;"><div class="fb-like fb_iframe_widget fb_iframe_widget_fluid" data-action="" data-href="https://labornotes.org/2023/07/ups-teamsters-vote-contract-ends-driver-tiers-lifts-part-timer-pay" data-layout="button_count" data-send="false" data-show-faces="false" fb-iframe-plugin-query="action=&app_id=&container_width=0&href=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org%2F2023%2F07%2Fups-teamsters-vote-contract-ends-driver-tiers-lifts-part-timer-pay&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 90px;"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-testid="fb:like Facebook Social Plugin" frameborder="0" height="1000px" name="ff4cf5c5b246b8" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v2.0/plugins/like.php?action=&app_id=&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df25051048941e84%26domain%3Dlabornotes.org%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Flabornotes.org%252Ff30d1c5a46de5ec%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=0&href=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org%2F2023%2F07%2Fups-teamsters-vote-contract-ends-driver-tiers-lifts-part-timer-pay&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 90px;" title="fb:like Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></div></span></span><span class="st_plusone_hcount sm" displaytext="Google +1" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 3px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 21px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 75px;"> <div id="___plusone_0" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; left: -10000px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 450px;"><iframe data-gapiattached="true" frameborder="0" hspace="0" id="I0_1690642901532" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="I0_1690642901532" ng-non-bindable="" scrolling="no" src="https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&count=true&origin=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org&url=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org%2F2023%2F07%2Fups-teamsters-vote-contract-ends-driver-tiers-lifts-part-timer-pay&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fabc-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgapi.lb.en.S9zOXUg9rrA.O%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAHpOoo-AXjUK4hNAaKzui0P9Fr9nG2_yZQ%2Fm%3D__features__#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1690642901532&_gfid=I0_1690642901532&parent=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org&pfname=&rpctoken=20327092" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 450px;" tabindex="0" vspace="0" width="100%"></iframe></div><g:plusone callback="plusoneCallback" count="true" data-gapiscan="true" data-gapistub="true" data-onload="true" href="https://labornotes.org/2023/07/ups-teamsters-vote-contract-ends-driver-tiers-lifts-part-timer-pay" size="medium" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></g:plusone></div></span><span class="st_sharethis_custom sm" displaytext="ShareThis" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><div class="comment-link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="footer-comment login-register-link" href="https://labornotes.org/2023/07/ups-teamsters-vote-contract-ends-driver-tiers-lifts-part-timer-pay#comment-form" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Post a Comment</a></div></div></div></div><div class=" group-media field-group-div" id="node-openpublish-article-full-group-media" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field field-name-field-op-main-image field-type-image field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 3px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="A Black woman in sunglasses smiles at the camera. She is holding a yellow and brown picket sign that says "UPS Teamsters, Just Practicing for a Just Contract." She is surrounded by matching signs, presumably held by other people who are mostly not visible in the shot." height="589" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/main/articles/Philly%20July%2013%20Joe%20Piette%20cc-by-nc-sa-20%20copy.jpg?itok=fB068fUK" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="1200" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-op-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(173, 222, 239); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 833px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 3px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">UPS workers held a practice picket in Philadelphia July 13. Pickets around the country showed UPS how serious the strike threat was. Photo: Joe Piette, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: right; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With just a week to go before the strike deadline, UPS and the Teamsters announced a tentative agreement July 25. There will be no strike on August 1.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s clear <a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/07/ups-teamsters-just-practicing" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">their strike threat paid off</a> in a big way—to the tune of $30 billion, the union’s calculation of how much more UPS is spending on this contract than the last one.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“This contract is going to show the Amazons and the Walmarts and the Targets that the Teamsters are here, there’s a shift, and they should be careful and start driving up their wages,” said New York City Local 804 President Vinnie Perrone, an international trustee who served on the bargaining team.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can <a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/teamstersforademocraticunion/pages/12952/attachments/original/1690400438/UPS-Teamsters-Tentative-National-Master-Agreement_Blueline-072623_%282%29.pdf?1690400438" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">read the full language of the tentative agreement here</a>. UPSers will vote online August 3-22 on whether to ratify it.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TIER DELETED</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Among the wins that will reverberate around the labor movement is the <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">elimination of the lower-paid second tier of drivers</b>, known as 22.4s after the article in the last contract that created the position.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Upon ratification, all second-tier drivers will be immediately reclassified into the first tier: Regular Package Car Drivers.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s a good precedent for the Auto Workers, another union newly led by reformers, which just kicked off bargaining with the Big 3 automakers. In the auto plants, eliminating tiers is a popular demand.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MAJOR RAISES</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The sticking point in the final weeks of UPS bargaining was the low pay of part-timers, a majority of the workforce, who do the bulk of the loading, unloading, and sorting inside warehouses.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently their starting wage is $15.50 an hour, sweetened in some areas by a “market rate adjustment” to aid hiring, so part-timers receive a patchwork of rates. Their starting pay has only increased by $7.50 in the last 40 years.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Under the tentative agreement, <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the starting wage for newly hired part-timers (and the minimum for all part-timers) will be $21</b>. By the end of the contract, the starting rate and the minimum will both rise to $23.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Current workers are getting an even bigger bump. Full- and part-timers alike will get a <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$7.50 raise over the five years</b>, including an immediate raise of $2.75. (For part-timers, the immediate raise is $2.75 or to $21 an hour, whichever is more.) All current part-timers will be making at least $25.75 in five years, while those hired from now on will be making $23 by then.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About one-third of the part-time workforce has five or more years in. These long-timers will get an additional <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">one-time longevity bump</b> for those with at least five years (50 cents an hour), 10 years ($1), or 15 years ($1.50).</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Market rate adjustments will remain at the company’s discretion, but members working under MRAs will receive the contractual raises, which wasn’t true before.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The union has mapped out some <a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/teamstersforademocraticunion/pages/12952/attachments/original/1690400444/Wage-Examples_UPS-Teamsters-Tentative-National-Master-Agreement.pdf?1690400444" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wage examples</a> to show the raises that workers in different categories will get over the life of the contract, if it is approved.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Arguably this deal creates a <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">new wage tier</b> within the part-time workforce—since part-timers hired after August 1, 2023, will never catch up to those hired before that date. It’s an unusual tier, though. Usually two-tier involves a concession: existing workers hold onto something for themselves but give it up for new hires. In this case, new hires are getting a boost, while existing workers are getting a bigger boost.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The union also won a <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$1,000 increase in the monthly pension payout</b> for the 60,000 Teamsters in the Central and Southern regions who are covered by the IBT-UPS Pension Plan (the workers who were formerly covered by the <a href="https://labornotes.org/2021/03/no-one-else-was-going-so-these-teamsters-saved-their-own-pensions" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Central States Pension Fund</a>, until the Teamsters under Hoffa allowed UPS to withdraw from it in 2007). All other pensions are maintained at the current level.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FULL-TIME JOBS</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Part-timers are only guaranteed three and a half hours per shift; many would rather have a full-time job. This deal requires UPS to <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">create 7,500 new full-time inside jobs</b> by combining 15,000 part-time ones.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Previous contracts had loopholes that allowed union leaders to brag they had won more full-time jobs but allowed UPS not to create them. This is the first time since 2002 that the union has won new full-time inside jobs in any meaningful number.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WORKING CONDITIONS</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On surveillance: There will be <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">no driver-facing cameras</b>, nor audio or video recording devices. Outward-facing cameras are allowed, but cannot be used for discipline.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Driver-facing sensors,”</b> similar to the kind in many new cars that beep if you’re straying over the lane line or tailgating, are allowed only for the purpose of triggering audible distracted-driving alerts. These alerts may be used for “identifying coaching/counseling opportunities” during a 30-day training period. After that, the sensor data will not be collected and cannot be used for discipline.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On extreme heat: All new trucks, which over the course of the five-year contract will include about one-third of the delivery fleet, will have <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">air conditioning</b>. When replacing old trucks with new ones, the hottest areas of the country are to be prioritized first.</p><div class="block-inject block-inject-1" id="block-inject-1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block block-block block-7 block-block-7 odd block-without-title" id="block-block-7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ad-image" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img height="62" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/FightTheBossTshirt.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="64" /></div><div class="ad-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 78px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">SUPPORT LABOR NOTES</h2><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c41188; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Give $10 a month or more and get our <a href="https://labornotes.org/donate" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Fight the Boss, Build the Union" T-shirt.</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Existing delivery trucks will get a single <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fan</b> installed within 30 days and a second fan by next June. Within 18 months, they are also to be retrofitted with <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">exhaust heat shields and air induction vents</b>, both of which will come standard on the new vehicles.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A labor-management Package Car Heat Committee is created, and charged with figuring out how to add floor insulation and otherwise reduce the temperature in the trucks.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the warehouses, UPS agrees to provide adequate <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">drinking water, ice machines,</b> 18,000 new fans, 2,500 new water fountains, and a graduated workload for the first week as new hires adjust to the miserable conditions.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What else? UPS agrees to provide a private place, other than a bathroom, for <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pumping breastmilk</b>.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The deal also <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">increases various financial penalties the employer pays</b> on grievances over harassment, excessive forced overtime, and supervisors working. For instance, the penalty for hours that a supervisor did bargaining unit work will increase from triple the employee’s wage to quadruple.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Those high numbers reflect the fact that UPS routinely pays out these kinds of penalties and persists in violating the contract.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also on harassment: UPS will have to give <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">24 hours’ notice and a reason</b> before a supervisor rides along with a driver, unless there’s been an accident or injury.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SCHEDULES</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The agreement says that UPS cannot force any package driver to work on their scheduled days off—<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">eliminating forced overtime on a sixth punch.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The package delivery workweek is codified as Monday-Friday or Tuesday-Saturday. Drivers hired before August 1, 2019, cannot be forced into the Saturday schedule. Those hired afterwards bid on their workweeks. The former 22.4 drivers automatically work Tuesday-Saturday unless there are Monday-Friday routes left over.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">However, the deal also allows the employer to <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">transition to a seven-day delivery operation</b>. First UPS has to meet and discuss the new workweek with the affected local and the international union; disagreements will be decided by an arbitrator.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Luther King Day</b> will be added as a holiday.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">OUTSOURCING AND SUBCONTRACTING</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A big issue for feeder drivers, who move packages from one UPS facility to another in tractor trailers, was to limit subcontracting of their work. Under the tentative agreement, subcontracting cannot be used to avoid overtime for union feeder drivers, and UPS <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">may not subcontract if any qualified union feeder driver is available</b> or on layoff.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Likewise, delivery drivers wanted to eliminate Personal Vehicle Drivers—unbenefited temps who deliver packages from their own cars during the busy season, in a kind of Uber-ization of the job.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The existing contract says package car drivers cannot be forced to deliver from their own personal vehicles. But UPS has been hiring PVDs from outside the union workforce, sometimes taking away hours that union drivers wanted.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This deal <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">limits the use of PVDs</b> to five weeks of the year: November 15-December 26. UPS part-timers will have priority to perform all PVD work, with an eight-hour guarantee, at their usual inside rate or the starting delivery driver rate, whichever is higher. PVDs cannot take routes or overtime opportunities away from regular drivers.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">UPS will be allowed to use <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">drones or driverless vehicles</b>, with six months’ notice and bargaining over effects.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ENFORCEMENT NEEDED</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For much of what was won, Perrone said, “it’s going to take the members and the union to enforce it.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">UPS can be counted on to implement the wage increases, he said, but it will require union militancy to make sure the company really does create the new full-time jobs it promised, honors the enhanced penalties for excessive overtime, follows through on the new heat protections, creates the lactation stations, and all the rest.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We’re already focusing on how to do that,” he said, “picking out certain hot topics to focus on monthly, to not let these contractual gains just go by the wayside. We have to be focused and militant.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He believes the empowerment and militancy that members developed during the contract campaign will be the key to ramping up the fight against supervisors’ harassment, “through the grievance process but also social media, I’ll be blunt. A lot of this is coming out in newspapers and social media, and UPS hates it. We’re going to have to keep the pressure on them on all fronts.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 4px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div about="/author/alexandra-bradbury" class="ds-1col node node-profile node-teaser view-mode-teaser node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-alexandra-bradbury even clearfix clearfix" id="node-profile-4087" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"><div class="field field-name-field-profile-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/styles/author_thumb/public/profiles/photos/photo.JPG?itok=qrWp6SzA" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-author-name-bio field-type-ds field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="author-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/author/4087/content" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alexandra Bradbury</a></span> <span class="author-bio" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is the editor of Labor Notes.</span><span class="author-email" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="mailto:al@labornotes.org" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">al@labornotes.org</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-50810967123998155682023-07-27T20:44:00.001-07:002023-07-27T20:53:25.615-07:00Can You Do Better FedEx Freight? <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='352' height='445' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwArdEdAwo1aGqlXab3iWaB27icwl5IkaWAbawZV_ZUt8M9SpQ-ejWgSlLjPjWhM0rmpHlqO9KgbYWPUA2ihQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-6186003460001360532023-07-02T10:51:00.002-07:002023-07-02T10:56:09.212-07:00UPS Teamsters Contract Campaign Update July 1 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="253" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7-K27mCePdA" width="299" youtube-src-id="7-K27mCePdA"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-34230552178344193172023-06-15T15:19:00.001-07:002023-06-15T15:19:22.600-07:00FedEx pilots take another step toward 30% pay raise<p> <span style="background-color: #326bc2; color: white; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 20px; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;">5d 15h 21m 7s</span></p><div class="ycd-sticky-header ycd-sticky-header-493954 ycd-sticky" data-footer="" data-id="493954" data-settings="{"endDate":"2023-06-21 09:00","timeZone":"America\/New_York","ycd-countdown-end-sound":"","ycd-countdown-end-sound-url":"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/countdown-builder\/lib\/alarm.mp3","ycd-countdown-expire-behavior":"hideCountdown","ycd-expire-text":"","ycd-expire-url":"","id":493954,"ycd-countdown-date-type":"dueDate","ycd-sticky-expire-behavior":"redirectToURL","ycd-sticky-url":"https:\/\/live.freightwaves.com\/the-future-of-supply-chain-2023?utm_source=fw_articles&utm_medium=countdown_clock&utm_campaign=buy_tickets","ycd-sticky-url-new-tab":"checked","ycd-sticky-button-copy":"","ycd-sticky-copy-alert":"","ycd-sticky-alert-text":"","ycd-fixed-position":"top_left","ycd-fixed-positions-top":"0px","ycd-fixed-positions-right":"0px","ycd-fixed-positions-bottom":"0px","ycd-fixed-positions-left":"0px","ycd-countdown-display-on":"on","ycd-position-countdown":"top_center","ycd-display-settings":[{"key1":"all_post","key2":"is","key3":[]}],"ycd-date-time-picker":"2023-06-21 09:00","ycd-circle-time-zone":"America\/New_York","ycd-woo-time-zone":"","ycd-woo-coupon-date":"","ycd-countdown-restart-hour":"1","ycd-countdown-duration-days":"0","ycd-countdown-duration-hours":"0","ycd-countdown-duration-minutes":"0","ycd-countdown-duration-seconds":"30","ycd-schedule-time-zone":"","ycd-schedule-start-from":"","ycd-schedule-end-to":"","ycd-schedule2-time-zone":"","ycd-schedule2-from":"","ycd-schedule2-to":"","ycd-schedule3-time-zone":"","ycd-schedule3-time":"","ycd-woo-condition":"disabled","ycd-countdown-start-date":"2023-06-12 23:46","ycd-countdown-start-time-zone":"America\/New_York","ycd-custom-css":"@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@700&display=swap'); .ycd-sticky-button { background-color: #fff !important; border-radius: 0; color: #000 !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 18px; padding: 4.5px 12px !important; } .ycd-sticky-button:focus, .ycd-sticky-button:hover { background-color: #000 !important; color: #fff !important; transition-property: background-color color; transition-duration: .2s; } .ycd-sticky-clock { text-transform: none; } .ycd-sticky-header { background: #326bc2 url(https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12\/countdown-bg.jpg) no-repeat scroll 50%; background-size: cover; font: 700 18px\/27px Poppins !important; text-transform: uppercase; } @media (max-width: 767px) { .ycd-sticky-clock { font-size: 20px; } .ycd-sticky-header { background-image: url(https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/13\/FSC23-Blueprint-BG-Blue-V2.png); font-size: 14px !important; line-height: 16px !important; } .ycd-sticky-header-child { display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%; } .ycd-sticky-header-button { margin-bottom: 0; } } #masthead.sticky { position: static; }","ycd-custom-js":"","ycd-subscribe-width":"100%","ycd-form-above-text":"Join Our Newsletter","ycd-form-input-text":"Enter your email here","ycd-form-submit-text":"Subscribe","ycd-form-submit-color":"#3274d1","ycd-subscribe-success-message":"Thanks for subscribing.","ycd-subscribe-error-message":"Invalid email address.","ycd-button-name":"Buy Now","ycd-button-width":"200px","ycd-button-height":"50px","ycd-button-border-width":"0px","ycd-button-border-radius":"5","ycd-button-margin-top":"0px","ycd-button-margin-right":"0px","ycd-button-margin-bottom":"0px","ycd-button-margin-left":"0px","ycd-button-opacity":"1","ycd-button-font-size":"14px","ycd-button-bg-color":"#4dba7a","ycd-button-color":"#ffffff","ycd-button-border-color":"","ycd-button-hover-animation-speed":"","ycd-button-hover-bg-color":"#4dba7a","ycd-button-hover-color":"#ffffff","ycd-countdown-button-behavior":"redirect","ycd-button-action-url":"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com","ycd-scroll-to-selector":"","ycd-animation-speed":"","ycd-download-url":"","ycd-download-name":"","ycd-button-copy-text":"","ycd-button-alert-text":"","ycd-date-progress-start-date":"2023-06-12 23:46","ycd-progress-width":"","ycd-progress-height":"","ycd-progress-main-color":"","ycd-progress-color":"","ycd-progress-text-color":"","ycd-sticky-button-text":"Buy Tickets","ycd-sticky-bg-color":"#000000","ycd-sticky-button-color":"#fff","ycd-sticky-button-redirect-new-tab":"on","ycd-sticky-button-padding-enable":"on","ycd-sticky-button-padding":"5px","ycd-sticky-button-border-width":"0px","ycd-sticky-button-border-radius":"0px","ycd-sticky-button-border-color":"","ycd-sticky-text":"Secure your spot to witness the Future of Supply Chain","ycd-sticky-text-color":"#fff","ycd-sticky-countdown-mode":"stickyCountdownDefault","ycd-sticky-countdown-days":"d","ycd-sticky-countdown-hours":"h","ycd-sticky-countdown-minutes":"m","ycd-sticky-countdown-seconds":"s","ycd-sticky-countdown-text-color":"#fff","ycd-stick-countdown-font-weight":"inherit","ycd-stick-countdown-font-size":"24","ycd-sticky-text-background-color":"#555","ycd-sticky-enable-close":"on","ycd-sticky-close-text":"x","ycd-sticky-close-position":"top_right","ycd-sticky-countdown-sections":"Countdown-Text-Button","ycd-type":"sticky","ycd-post-id":"493954","ycd-timer-seconds":0,"ycd-countdown-save-duration":"","ycd-countdown-save-duration-each-user":"","ycd-time-zone":"America\/New_York","ycd-countdown-restart":"","ycd-count-up-from-end-date":"","ycd-countdown-enable-woo-condition":"","isExpired":false}" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: url("https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/13/FSC23-Blueprint-BG-Blue-V2.png") 50% center / cover no-repeat scroll rgb(50, 107, 194); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Poppins !important; font-feature-settings: normal !important; font-kerning: auto !important; font-optical-sizing: auto !important; font-size: 14px !important; font-stretch: normal !important; font-variant-alternates: normal !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal !important; font-variant-numeric: normal !important; font-variation-settings: normal !important; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 16px !important; padding: 10px 16px; position: fixed; text-transform: uppercase; top: 0px; width: 333.349px; z-index: 2147483647;"><div class="ycd-sticky-header-child ycd-sticky-header-text" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 301.352px;">SECURE YOUR SPOT TO WITNESS THE FUTURE OF SUPPLY CHAIN</div><div class="ycd-sticky-header-child ycd-sticky-header-button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 301.352px;"><input class="ycd-sticky-button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; appearance: button; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4.5px 12px !important; text-transform: uppercase;" type="button" value="Buy Tickets" /></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-dark-grayscale"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-grayscale"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-purple-yellow"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-blue-red"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-midnight"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-magenta-yellow"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-purple-green"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><svg focusable="false" height="0" role="none" style="color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px; left: -9999px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 0 0" width="0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="wp-duotone-blue-orange"><fecolormatrix color-interpolation-filters="sRGB" type="matrix" values=" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 "></fecolormatrix><fecomponenttransfer color-interpolation-filters="sRGB"></fecomponenttransfer><fecomposite in2="SourceGraphic" operator="in"></fecomposite></filter></defs></svg><div class="site" id="page" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 13px;"><header class="sticky z-10" id="masthead" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; position: static; top: -36px; z-index: 10;"><div class="bg-black-100 text-white" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255 255 255/var(--tw-text-opacity));"><div class="flex justify-center sm:justify-between items-center lg:max-w-screen-lg xl:max-w-screen-xl mx-auto px-15 py-2 sm:py-5 leading-32 sm:leading-base" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; line-height: 32px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 2px 15px;"><div class="menu-sonar-cta-header-desktop-container" id="sonar-cta-menu-desktop" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="menu-sonar-cta-header-mobile-container" id="sonar-cta-menu-mobile" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="flex gap-x-5 md:hidden font-bold" id="menu-sonar-cta-header-mobile" role="menubar" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 5px; display: flex; font-weight: 700; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="text-white hover:text-white active:text-white focus:text-white " href="https://sonar.freightwaves.com/sonar-demo-request" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);" target="_blank">SONAR Demo</a></li><li class="last:hidden" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;">|</li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="text-white hover:text-white active:text-white focus:text-white " href="https://www.freightwaves.com/subscribe" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);" target="_blank">Subscribe</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="relative z-30 bg-white/95 shadow-md" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 4px 6px -1px var(--tw-shadow-color),0 2px 4px -2px var(--tw-shadow-color); --tw-shadow: 0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,.1),0 2px 4px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.1); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-shadow: var(--tw-ring-offset-shadow,0 0 #0000),var(--tw-ring-shadow,0 0 #0000),var(--tw-shadow); box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; z-index: 30;"><div class="flex justify-between items-center lg:max-w-screen-lg xl:max-w-screen-xl mx-auto md:justify-start px-15 h-60 md:h-auto md:relative md:z-10" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; height: 60px; justify-content: space-between; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;"><a class="md:mr-42 xl:mr-120" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/" id="main-nav-bar-logo" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); width: 175px;" title="FreightWaves"><img alt="FreightWaves" class="" height="72" src="https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/themes/freightwaves/assets/images/site-logo.webp" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 160.457px;" width="586" /></a><div class="flex md:ml-auto" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><a class="font-bold text-17 leading-70 text-black" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/watch-live" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 70px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span class="text-red-dark text-15 animate-blink" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; animation: 0s ease-in-out 0s infinite normal none running blink !important; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(191 39 24/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 15px;">●</span> Watch <span class="underline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: underline;">Now</span></a><button class="drawer-menu-open relative -top-2 ml-30 md:hidden" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -2px;" type="button"><span class="sr-only" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-wrap: nowrap; width: 1px;">Click here to open Menu</span><span class="
inline-block w-20 h-2 bg-gray relative transition-colors
before:absolute before:bg-gray before:content-[''] before:block before:w-full before:h-full before:-translate-y-7
after:absolute after:bg-gray after:content-[''] after:block after:w-full after:h-full after:translate-y-7
" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: rgb(44 47 52/var(--tw-bg-opacity)); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 2px; position: relative; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); width: 20px;"></span></button></div></div></div></header><div class="lg:max-w-screen-lg xl:max-w-screen-xl mx-auto px-15 mt-20" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 20px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;"><div class="flex my-20 justify-center w-full overflow-hidden fw-ad-id-470318" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 297.444px;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"></p><div data-google-query-id="COHuhZWdxv8CFck-RAgdUikORg" id="div-gpt-ad-1668097889433-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 50px; min-width: 300px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/FW_Super_Leaderboard_0__container__" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="1" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="50" id="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/FW_Super_Leaderboard_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/FW_Super_Leaderboard_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="lg:grid grid-cols-10" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-columns: repeat(10, minmax(0px, 1fr));"><main class="col-span-7 lg:pr-24" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: span 7 / span 7;"><article class="post-493955 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-airfreight category-american-shipper category-modern-shipper category-news category-top-stories tag-fedex-express tag-pilots tag-union" id="post-493955" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><header class="entry-header mb-15" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"><div class="mb-20" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px;"><nav class="!text-base" id="breadcrumb" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="!text-gray-200 hover:!text-blue" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1 !important; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span aria-hidden="true" class="tie-icon-home" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: tiefonticon !important; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1;"></span> Home</a><em class="mx-[3px] text-gray-200" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(153 153 153/var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;">/</em><a class="!text-gray-200 hover:!text-blue" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1 !important; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);">News</a><em class="mx-[3px] text-gray-200" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(153 153 153/var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;">/</em><a class="!text-gray-200 hover:!text-blue" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aircargo" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1 !important; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);">Air Cargo</a><em class="mx-[3px] text-gray-200" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(153 153 153/var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;">/</em><span class="text-gray-200" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(153 153 153/var(--tw-text-opacity));">FedEx pilots take another step toward 30% pay raise</span></nav></div><div class="entry-category-cloud" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="text-12" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aircargo" rel="category tag" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-right: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);">Air Cargo</a></span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-shipper" rel="category tag" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-right: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);">American Ship</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-sub-title font-sans text-gray-400 font-normal text-18 sm:text-22 leading-23 sm:leading-27 mb-15" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(119 119 119/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Union chiefs endorse contract, send it to membership for ratification vote</h2><div class="entry-meta flex text-12 leading-30 mb-20" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-size: 12px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="entry-author-meta flex font-semibold" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-weight: 600;"><a class="inline-block mr-7" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/author/erickulisch" rel="author" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-right: 7px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><img alt="" class="avatar avatar-30 photo w-30 h-30 rounded-full bg-gray" decoding="async" height="30" loading="lazy" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cddd8185e9907fa997502a5673021297?s=30&d=mm&r=g" srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cddd8185e9907fa997502a5673021297?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-attachment: unset !important; background-clip: unset !important; background-image: unset !important; background-origin: unset !important; background-position: unset !important; background-repeat: unset !important; background-size: unset !important; border-radius: 9999px; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 30px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 30px;" width="30" /></a><span class="meta-author inline-block mr-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px;"><a class="text-gray hover:text-blue" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/author/erickulisch" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);">Eric Kulisch</a></span><a class="text-gray hover:text-blue" href="https://twitter.com/ericreports" rel="author" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);" target="_blank"><span class="tie-icon-twitter" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: tiefonticon !important; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1;"></span></a></div><span class="mx-10 text-30 text-gray-100 leading-27" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(204 204 204/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 30px; line-height: 27px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;">·</span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-06-12T20:16:43-04:00" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;">Monday, June 12, 2023</time></div><figure class="post-thumbnail relative" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="" class="w-full h-auto wp-post-image wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="675" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-1200x675.jpg" srcset="https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-600x338.jpg 600w, https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12/Air_052120-126-390x220.jpg 390w" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.5); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 297.444px;" width="1200" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text absolute bottom-0 left-0 bg-black/60 px-10 py-5 text-white text-12" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255 255 255/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 12px; left: 0px; padding: 5px 10px; position: absolute;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="tie-icon-camera" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: tiefonticon !important; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1;"></span> FedEx hopes pilots will endorse a tentative contract, giving it five years of labor peace. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)</figcaption></figure></header><div class="entry-content mb-30" id="entry-content" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div contenteditable="false" data-beyondwords-init="true" data-beyondwords-player="true" id="beyondwords-player-758c480f-3ca5-41ba-8520-2b80aedf1b29" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div class="sk-app-container sk-mod-showing" style="--sk-link-color--hover: var(--sk-color_black); --sk-link-color: var(--sk-color_silver); --sk-text-color: #111; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: whitesmoke; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3475b6; display: flex; font-family: var(--sk-root-font-family) !important; font-size: 16px !important; height: var(--sk-box-height); isolation: isolate; line-height: 1em; width: 297.444px;"><div class="sk-play-button__wrap svelte-1ldfsnu" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; isolation: inherit; justify-content: center;"><button class="sk-button-reset sk-play-button svelte-rnhksn" name="playBtn" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; box-shadow: none !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: flex; font-family: var(--sk-root-font-family); font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; height: auto; isolation: inherit; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--sk-button-play-height) !important; min-width: var(--sk-button-play-height) !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-indent: -999em; width: auto;" title="pause" type="button"><svg class="sk-icon svelte-isbism" height="32px" viewbox="0 0 32 32" width="32px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g fill-rule="evenodd" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="1" stroke="none"><path d="M10.699,6.667 v18.666 L25.365,16 z" fill-rule="nonzero" style="fill: currentColor;"></path></g></svg></button></div><div class="sk-app-progress-bar svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; isolation: inherit; justify-content: space-between; margin: 0px 25px 0px 0px; width: calc(100% - 85px);"><div class="sk-cell svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--sk-text-color); display: flex; flex-grow: 1; height: calc(50% - (var(--sk-slider-progress-height) / 2)); isolation: inherit; justify-content: space-between; width: 212.447px;"><div class="with-ad-link svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; flex-basis: 100%; isolation: inherit; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span class="sk-message svelte-2lkpno" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; isolation: inherit; width: 212.447px;"><span class="sk-message__inner svelte-2lkpno" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; animation: 0s cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.85, 1) 0s infinite alternate none paused svelte-2lkpno-scroll-left-right; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--sk-text-color); font-size: var(--sk-font-size-msg); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; isolation: inherit; transform: translateX(0px);">Listen to this article</span></span></div></div><div class="sk-cell sk-progress-bar svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-grow: 0; height: var(--sk-slider-progress-height); isolation: inherit; justify-content: space-between; width: 212.447px;"><div class="progress-bar-box svelte-1okg8y7" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: var(--sk-slider-bg-color); border-radius: var(--sk-slider-progress-radius); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: var(--sk-slider-progress-height); isolation: inherit; max-width: 100%; position: relative; width: 212.447px;"><div class="buffered-bar svelte-1okg8y7" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: var(--sk-slider-progress-color); border-radius: var(--sk-slider-progress-radius); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; height: var(--sk-slider-progress-height); isolation: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: 0px;"></div><div class="played-bar svelte-1okg8y7" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: currentcolor; border-radius: var(--sk-slider-progress-radius); border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; height: var(--sk-slider-progress-height); isolation: inherit; margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--sk-slider-progress-height)); max-width: 100%; width: 0px;"></div></div></div><div class="sk-cell svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--sk-slider-progress-color) !important; display: flex; flex-grow: 1; height: calc(50% - (var(--sk-slider-progress-height) / 2)); isolation: inherit; justify-content: space-between; width: 212.447px;"><div class="sk-progress-duration svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--sk-color_silver); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex-grow: 1; isolation: inherit;"><div class="svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; isolation: inherit;"><span class="sk-message svelte-2lkpno" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: currentcolor; display: flex; isolation: inherit; text-wrap: nowrap; width: 57.1736px;"><span class="sk-message__inner svelte-2lkpno" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; animation: 0s cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.85, 1) 0s infinite alternate none paused svelte-2lkpno-scroll-left-right; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--sk-text-color); font-size: var(--sk-font-size-msg); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; isolation: inherit; transform: translateX(0px);">0:00 / 2:58</span></span></div><div class="sk-btn-speed-rate__wrap svelte-1p9zcvv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; isolation: inherit; width: 60px;"><button class="sk-button-reset sk-btn-speed-rate svelte-rnhksn" name="speedRateBtn" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; box-shadow: none !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: var(--sk-root-font-family); font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; height: auto; isolation: inherit; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; max-width: 60px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-indent: -999em; width: auto;" title="speedRate" type="button">1X</button></div></div><a class="sk-app-link sk-copyright-link sk-child-el svelte-wp2nud" href="https://beyondwords.io/?utm_source=player&utm_medium=referral" rel="noreferrer" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-grow: 0; font-size: var(--sk-font-size-link); isolation: inherit; opacity: 0; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; word-break: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; isolation: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 8px;">BeyondWords</span><svg class="sk-icon svelte-isbism" height="14px" viewbox="0 0 28 26" width="14px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g fill-rule="evenodd" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="1" stroke="none"><path d="M6.814 0C4.83.006 3.108.58 1.857 1.78.605 2.978.005 4.63 0 6.532v.046c.01 3.844 2.439 8.699 6.821 12.896 3.06 2.932 6.61 5.065 9.996 6.005 1.253.348 2.435.52 3.523.52 2.028 0 3.73-.598 4.956-1.771 1.883-1.803 2.347-4.688 1.307-8.122-.981-3.242-3.208-6.642-6.27-9.574C15.951 2.335 10.883.009 6.868 0h-.054Zm10.542 23.703c-3.079-.855-6.335-2.821-9.17-5.536C2.575 12.79.302 5.887 3.224 3.087c.868-.83 2.114-1.223 3.584-1.223 3.48 0 8.215 2.198 12.16 5.977 2.836 2.715 4.888 5.834 5.781 8.782.835 2.757.544 4.993-.818 6.298-.853.816-2.086 1.23-3.595 1.23-.902 0-1.903-.148-2.979-.448Z" fill-rule="nonzero"></path><path d="M16.813.521c-3.383.941-6.931 3.075-9.991 6.006C.25 12.823-1.931 20.596 1.855 24.223 3.111 25.426 4.843 26 6.838 26c4.016 0 9.096-2.33 13.486-6.536 6.57-6.295 8.752-14.068 4.967-17.695C24.067.597 22.366 0 20.34 0c-1.09 0-2.273.173-3.526.521ZM3.233 22.903c-1.358-1.3-1.645-3.53-.81-6.282.892-2.945 2.944-6.06 5.777-8.774 2.83-2.714 6.083-4.679 9.156-5.535 1.078-.299 2.079-.448 2.98-.448 1.503 0 2.73.412 3.578 1.225 1.356 1.3 1.644 3.531.81 6.282-.893 2.944-2.945 6.06-5.777 8.774-3.942 3.777-8.673 5.977-12.146 5.977-1.464 0-2.704-.39-3.568-1.219Z" fill-rule="nonzero"></path></g></svg></a></div></div></div></div><div class="flex my-20 justify-center w-full overflow-hidden fw-ad-id-470282" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px auto; overflow: hidden; width: 297.444px;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"></p><div data-google-query-id="CPKyhZWdxv8CFWgKRAgdAsYDyw" id="div-gpt-ad-b1-i-fw-ad-1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1_0__container__" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1_0__container__" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Leaders of the bargaining unit for FedEx pilots have approved a tentative contract</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-agrees-to-tentative-deal-with-pilots-after-strike-vote" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);" target="_blank">first advanced by negotiators on May 30</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">that includes a 30% pay raise and improved pension benefits, the Air Line Pilots Association said late Monday.</span></div></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">No details were provided when the sides announced a preliminary labor agreement two weeks ago, and the FedEx Master Executive Council under ALPA didn’t even have time to review it. The signoff from union council chiefs means the deal will now go to rank-and-file pilots for a three-week ratification vote that begins July 5.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">The new agreement would provide major pension improvements with alternative pension options, significant hourly pay rate increases, a retroactive recovery payment for the 18-month period when the contract was open for amendment and other quality-of-life improvements, according to an ALPA news release.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">In addition to a 30% pay increase, pilots won a 30% increase to the legacy pension and a company-funded replacement for the legacy pension. ALPA said it is the largest investment in a pilot contract, on a per-capita basis, and that it substantially raises the bar on pilot retirement.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">The Master Executive Council will share the full contract language with members, publish detailed information about the agreement online and go on the road to promote it.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">“We took a membership-driven approach to these negotiations, with polling and direct feedback throughout the process. We negotiated an industry-leading contract and achieved improvements contract-wide. We look forward to presenting the agreement to our pilots for consideration,” said Master Executive Council Chairman Chris Norman, a FedEx captain. “The improvements to our retirement stand out. Not only did we accomplish major improvements to the existing pension benefit — improvements that we sought and management bitterly resisted in past negotiations — but we also crafted a new pension plan that sheds the negative funding aspects of our current plan. The new plan is completely sustainable and ensures that the costs of the plan charged to the company match the value that goes to the pilots. It’s a tremendous accomplishment.”</p><div class="flex my-20 justify-center w-full overflow-hidden fw-ad-id-476434" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px auto; overflow: hidden; width: 297.444px;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"></p><div data-google-query-id="CJbRhZWdxv8CFdM2RAgdNMACKw" id="div-gpt-ad-1665767472470-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 50px; min-width: 300px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot2_0__container__" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot2_0__container__" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The specter of a strike overshadowed FedEx Express (NYSE:</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FDX?p=FDX&.tsrc=fin-srch" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.15s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);" target="_blank">FDX</a><span style="text-align: left;">) management as it tries to restructure the air network to cut costs while maintaining customer loyalty in a down market. The two sides were negotiating with the help of a federal mediator, and the union membership had given leaders the power to call a strike at the appropriate time.</span></div></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">A strike was not imminent because federal law governing airline labor relations requires both sides to follow a lengthy process before anyone can take unilateral action.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 25px;">If ratified, the new contract will go into effect in August and become eligible for change in 2028.</p></div></article></main></div></div></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-38130362436947625252023-06-04T17:54:00.002-07:002023-06-04T17:58:43.059-07:00Employees often 'collateral damage' when activist investors come calling<p>The Calgary-headquartered oil company — which has operations in Canada, the U.S., and internationally — confirmed the job reductions Thursday, less than two months after new CEO Rich Kruger took the reins at Suncor with a mandate to reduce costs and improve the company's lagging financial performance.<br /></p><div class="c-advert-disabled c-advert-rail sraAdvert advert aem-GridColumn--default--9 aem-GridColumn"><div aria-label="Advertisement" class="c-advert c-advert--sra sraAdvert c-advert--sectionPage c-advert-rail__sticky-advert c-advert-disabled" role="complementary" tabindex="0"><p>Kruger, the former CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd., was lured out of retirement to try to turn Suncor around just a year after U.S.-based Elliott Investment Management — which at the time owned a 3.4 per cent economic interest in Suncor — began aggressively pushing for change at the company, whose share price has lagged its peers in recent years.</p><div class="fsk_splitbox_3969_onscreen sb-opened" id="fsk_splitbox_3969_onscreen"></div><p>Last month, Kruger hinted job reductions could be coming, saying in an interview he would "look hard and long at the work people do" to ensure that everything being done at the company adds value to the bottom line.</p><p>Experts say 1,500 recently announced job losses at Suncor Energy Inc. are an example of the type of "collateral damage" that can occur when an activist investor comes calling.</p><p>The Calgary-headquartered oil company — which has operations in Canada, the U.S., and internationally — confirmed the job reductions Thursday, less than two months after new CEO Rich Kruger took the reins at Suncor with a mandate to reduce costs and improve the company's lagging financial performance.</p><div class="c-advert-disabled c-advert-rail sraAdvert advert aem-GridColumn--default--9 aem-GridColumn"><div aria-label="Advertisement" class="c-advert c-advert--sra sraAdvert c-advert--sectionPage c-advert-rail__sticky-advert c-advert-disabled" role="complementary" tabindex="0"><div class="gpt-unit c-advert__container" data-google-query-id="CMGx-vPyqv8CFfE2RAgdfPMJIw" id="div-gpt-ad-t8wh7oo0g" role="complementary"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/5479/ctv.ctvnewscalgary/home/stories_2__container__">Kruger, the former CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd., was lured out of retirement to try to turn Suncor around just a year after U.S.-based Elliott Investment Management — which at the time owned a 3.4 per cent economic interest in Suncor — began aggressively pushing for change at the company, whose share price has lagged its peers in recent years.</div></div></div></div><div class="fsk_splitbox_3969_onscreen sb-opened" id="fsk_splitbox_3969_onscreen"></div><p>Last month, Kruger hinted job reductions could be coming, saying in an interview he would "look hard and long at the work people do" to ensure that everything being done at the company adds value to the bottom line.</p><div aria-label="Related Stories" class="c-relatedStories" role="complementary"><h2 class="c-relatedStories__title">Richard Power, associate professor with the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, said those working at Suncor would have been wise to be nervous as soon as it became clear Elliott had their employer in its sights. </h2></div><p>"They'd be naive not to think that they might be affected by this. An activist investor is going to try to rationalize costs, and one of the highest costs you’re going to have is labour costs," said Power.</p><p>He added that activist investors target companies they feel are under-performing, and where they believe they have identified a plan to unlock more value.</p><p>"I’m certainly not trying to minimize the contribution of employees, but to a large part, the employees are the low-hanging fruit," Power said. </p><p>Cost-cutting is rarely the sole aim of activist investors, most of whom are well-versed in the companies they target and come to the board with expansive proposals for change.</p><p>At Suncor, for example, Elliott Investment Management successfully pushed the company to complete a strategic review of the merits of holding onto its Petro-Canada retail chain, and has also called on the company to improve its workplace safety record.</p><p>However, there's no denying that employees often get caught in the crossfire when activist investors get involved. There were thousands of job losses at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (now Canadian Pacific Kansas City) after well-known activist Bill Ackman successfully campaigned in 2012 for Hunter Harrison to replace Fred Green as CEO and implement an ambitious cost-cutting plan.</p><p>More recently, in the U.S., companies such as Walt Disney Co. and Facebook parent Meta have also announced major layoffs and restructuring plans in the aftermath of public pressure from activists.</p><p>Power said companies have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders, and in some cases, an activist investor may be right in pointing out that a company's head count needs to be trimmed in order to maximize profits.</p><p>"Remember, they (the activists) have done their homework," he said. "That may be where the costs have to come from."</p><p>But Anthony Schein, director of shareholder advocacy with the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), said companies are accountable to other stakeholders, not just shareholders.</p><p>"We at SHARE certainly take that perspective that of course, maximizing profit is an obligation of corporate directors and management. But it's not the only obligation either," Schein said.</p><div class="fsk_splitbox_5437_onscreen sb-opened" id="fsk_splitbox_5437_onscreen"></div><p>He added that activist investing can be risky, as it can sacrifice long-term value — and vital human resources — for short-term share price appreciation.</p><p>"We've seen over and over again that when companies aren't paying attention to their people and how they manage and develop their people, then we see skills gaps, labour shortages, and safety risks," Schein said.</p><p>"So much of what a company like Suncor has is its know-how. That comes from people, and there's no way of getting around that at a company."</p><p>Suncor said Thursday it is committed to treating its employees with dignity and respect throughout what will inevitably be a difficult process.</p><p>The company also emphasized it will not make any cuts that could affect worker safety.</p><p><em>This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 2, 2023</em></p></div></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-50717688207705081642023-05-18T19:34:00.001-07:002023-05-18T19:34:12.378-07:00FedEx pilots vote to authorize strike as they push for higher wages in contract negotiations<p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx Express pilots voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike in a move they hope will help their union win a new contract that would include pay raises.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday that 99% of its FedEx members who took part voted to authorize a strike, and turnout was 97%.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">Federal law prohibits airline unions from conducting strikes until U.S. mediators have declared negotiations at an impasse — which has not happened at FedEx — and even then, Congress and the president can block a walkout.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">Unions, however, believe that the votes increase their leverage at the bargaining table. The pilots’ union and Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx have been negotiating for two years over a new contract while terms of the previous one remain in effect.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">“Our goal is to reach an agreement, not to strike,” said Chris Norman, head of the union’s FedEx chapter.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">FedEx said the pilots’ vote will not affect company operations and that it is focused on reaching an agreement with pilots “that is fair to them, our other team members, and all other FedEx stakeholders.”</p><div class="Component-dfp-0-2-88 apnews_article_midarticle_1" data-card-id="sovrn-article-midarticle"><div class="Component-adTitle-0-2-96 advertisementTitle">ADVERTISEMENT</div><div class="Component-placeholderWrapper-0-2-99"><div class="Component-visualPlaceholder-0-2-97"></div><div class="sovrn-article-midarticle proper-dynamic-insertion"><div class="proper-ad-unit"><div id="proper-ad-apnews_article_midarticle_1" data-google-query-id="COmG7fmrgP8CFbEiRAgdi6gG_Q"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/5376056,15786418/apnews_article_midarticle/dynamic_1_0__container__"><iframe id="google_ads_iframe_/5376056,15786418/apnews_article_midarticle/dynamic_1_0" name="google_ads_iframe_/5376056,15786418/apnews_article_midarticle/dynamic_1_0" title="3rd party ad content" width="320" height="50" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" role="region" aria-label="Advertisement" tabindex="0" allow="attribution-reporting" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-pointer-lock allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" data-load-complete="true" data-google-container-id="2"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="taboola_readmore" data="autoembed"></div><p class="Component-root-0-2-94 p Component-p-0-2-84">Pilots at <a href="https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-pilots-strike-vote-129275b94a6882a9a350d924be01adcd" class="paragraph-link">Southwest Airlines</a> and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/american-airlines-pilots-strike-943aff357add4717489db17fe12df7b0" class="paragraph-link">American Airlines</a> recently voted to authorize strikes, and Delta Air Lines pilots did the same before reaching a contract that raised average pay 34% over four years.</p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-72532243454716169482023-05-02T19:39:00.002-07:002023-05-17T19:49:26.519-07:00FedEx Freight Union Busting Tactics <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rrkcBLGOm6s" width="245" youtube-src-id="rrkcBLGOm6s"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><div>Read the next 2 post below to understand how this video came about. </div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-83044600106301941242023-05-02T19:33:00.003-07:002023-05-02T19:36:44.278-07:00FedEx to combine delivery units as part of $4 billion cost-cut push<div class="refinitiv-promo-bar__container__3YPMt" mobilepromotext="Learn more about" promotext="Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionals"><div class="refinitiv-promo-bar__inner__yQklt"><br /></div></div><header data-testid="SiteHeader"><div class="site-header__container__1qvTA site-header__in-view__yIvqT site-header__show-nav__3po5A site-header__with-mobile-leaderboard__xHjg3"><div class="site-header__scroll-container__3xMex"><div class="site-header__inner__3w4vv site-header__inner-sticky__1fm3o"><div class="site-header__main-bar__3jof3"><div class="site-header__button-group__5IlZj"><div class="site-header__mobile-menu__2nOEo site-header__button__RTOI5"><button aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-label="Menu" class="button__button__2Ecqi button__flat__s_9Zl button__round__1nYLA button__has-tooltip__1B4u0 mobile-menu__menu-button__dJMHf" data-testid="Button" type="button"><span class="button__container__3sgvk"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="mobile-menu__icon__3zbMT" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 16 12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M14.857 9.524c.457 0 .762.305.762.762s-.305.761-.762.761H1.143c-.457 0-.762-.304-.762-.761s.305-.762.762-.762h13.714Zm0-4.571c.457 0 .762.304.762.761s-.305.762-.762.762H1.143c-.457 0-.762-.305-.762-.762s.305-.761.762-.761h13.714Zm0-4.572c.457 0 .762.305.762.762s-.305.762-.762.762H1.143C.686 1.905.38 1.6.38 1.143S.686.38 1.143.38h13.714Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div></div></div></div></header><div class="regular-article-layout__container__3KL1R"><div class="regular-article-layout__content-container__2ZqUv"><main class="regular-article-layout__main__1tzD8" id="main-content" role="main"><article articlepromptimage="/pf/resources/images/reuters/article-prompt-bg.webp?d=138" class="article__container__2MUeZ"><div class="article__main__33WV2"><div class="article__content__6hMn9"><header article_id="A4HLCXY2MRPMRPWGKAVJEKIWB4" canonical_url="/markets/us/fedex-outline-plans-fiscal-2024-2025-cost-reductions-2023-04-05/" domain="https://www.reuters.com" font-size="[object Object]"><div class="article-header__container__25s8m"><div class="article-header__heading__15OpQ"><time class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__extra_small__1Mw6v article-header__dateline__4jE04" data-testid="Text"><span class="date-line__date__23Ge-">3 minute read</span><span class="date-line__date__23Ge-">April 5, 2023</span><span class="date-line__date__23Ge-">12:18 PM PDT</span><span class="date-line__date__23Ge-">Last Updated a month ago</span></time></div><div class="article-header__heading__15OpQ"><br /><div class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__small__1kGq2 article-header__author__3PcB3" data-testid="Text"><div class="author-name__author-tooltip-container__1EJpK">By <a class="author-name__author__1gx5k" href="https://www.reuters.com/authors/lisa-baertlein/" rel="author">Lisa Baertlein</a><button aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-label="Lisa Baertlein quick links" class="loadable-tooltip__caretWrapper__2O1XB loadable-tooltip__visible__11tFH loadable-tooltip__authorCaret__2bSAc" type="button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="loadable-tooltip__caret__1iOTY" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 11 7" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10.413.587a.71.71 0 0 0-1.027 0L5.5 4.474 1.613.587a.71.71 0 0 0-1.027 0 .709.709 0 0 0 0 1.027l4.4 4.4c.147.147.367.22.513.22a.79.79 0 0 0 .513-.22l4.4-4.4a.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027h.001Z"></path></svg></button></div><div class="author-name__author-tooltip-container__1EJpK"> and <a class="author-name__author__1gx5k" href="https://www.reuters.com/authors/kannaki-deka/" rel="author">Kannaki Deka</a><button aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-label="Kannaki Deka quick links" class="loadable-tooltip__caretWrapper__2O1XB loadable-tooltip__visible__11tFH loadable-tooltip__authorCaret__2bSAc" type="button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="loadable-tooltip__caret__1iOTY" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 11 7" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10.413.587a.71.71 0 0 0-1.027 0L5.5 4.474 1.613.587a.71.71 0 0 0-1.027 0 .709.709 0 0 0 0 1.027l4.4 4.4c.147.147.367.22.513.22a.79.79 0 0 0 .513-.22l4.4-4.4a.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027h.001Z"></path></svg></button></div></div></div></div></header><div><div class="article-body__container__3ypuX article-body__over-6-para__1Ov64"><div class="article-body__primary-asset__2nVOM" data-testid="primary-video"><div class="video-player__container__1kp-7"><div class="video-player__floating-container__3wYFH"><div class="video-player__player-container__1Njt1" id="mini-floating-vid" tabindex="-1"><div class="video-player__video-container__2vg3I"><div class="video-player__inner__2SSqJ"><div aria-label="Video Player" class="jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-playing jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-aspect-mode jw-breakpoint-1 jw-flag-small-player jw-flag-touch jw-floating-dismissible jw-flag-ads-googleima jw-flag-ads jw-flag-user-inactive" id="player-1" role="application" tabindex="0"><div class="jw-aspect jw-reset"></div><div class="jw-wrapper jw-reset"><div><div><div></div></div><div class="jw-contract-trigger"></div></div><div class="jw-top jw-reset"></div><div class="jw-aspect jw-reset"></div><div class="jw-media jw-reset"></div><div class="jw-overlays jw-reset"><div class="jw-plugin jw-reset jw-plugin-googima jw-ad-instream jw-ad-linear" id="player-1_googima"><div class="jw-ads-view" id="player-1_ad"><div><div></div></div> </div><div class="jw-ads-view" id="player-1_ad"> LOS ANGELES, April 5 (Reuters) - FedEx Corp <a class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_" data-testid="Link" href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/FDX.N" target="_blank">(FDX.N)</a> said on Wednesday it will consolidate its separate delivery companies into a single entity, in a move to slash costs and better compete with United Parcel Service <a class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_" data-testid="Link" href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/UPS.N" target="_blank">(UPS.N)</a> and Amazon <a class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_" data-testid="Link" href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/AMZN.O" target="_blank">(AMZN.O)</a>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body__content__17Yit paywall-article"><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-1">The decision to integrate FedEx Ground, its outsourced package delivery arm, with the FedEx Express overnight air delivery business was announced almost a year after activist investor D.E. Shaw pushed for change and won two additional board seats.</p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__t-spacing-single__1uXb9 spacing-container__b-spacing-single__2RCDp spacing-container__always__1sLhR spacing-container__max-width__zScFd broker-buttons__container__a8bNP" data-testid="BrokerButtons"><div class="broker-buttons__item__3OilS" data-testid="AdSlot"><div class="ad-slot__container__FEnoz"><div class="ad-slot__inner__2u45U"><div></div></div></div></div><div class="broker-buttons__item__3OilS" data-testid="AdSlot"><div class="ad-slot__container__FEnoz"><div class="ad-slot__inner__2u45U"><div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-2">The deflating e-commerce delivery bubble and specter of potential recession over the past year has intensified pressure on Chief Executive Officer Raj Subramaniam to streamline operations.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-3">"We believe now is the right time to reorganize how we work together," Subramaniam told a company meeting in New York City.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-4">"We will be leaner, more agile and better positioned to execute on our mission to help customers compete and win with the world's smartest logistics network."</p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd" data-testid="ResponsiveAdSlot"><div class="ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D"><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__extra_small__1Mw6v label__label__f9Hew label__small__274ei ad-slot__scroll-notice__GCgrV" data-testid="Label">Advertisement · Scroll to continue</span><div class="ad-slot__inner__2u45U ad-slot__others__mQ8-F"><div class="ad-slot__slot__2lKAK" data-google-query-id="CKOtmYKN2P4CFY45AQodjhwLsw" id="reuters_mobile_mpu_1" name="reuters_mobile_mpu_1"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_3__container__"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="4" data-integralas-id-d6d5c2ad-6355-789e-1e49-e562dfa40d82="" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_3" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_3" role="region" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe><div class="__fs-ancillary"><div class="report-ad-container"><div id="btn-reuters_mobile_mpu_1">Report an ad</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-5">The combined business is expected to handle all deliveries from June 2024 as part of the wider plan by the Memphis-based group to cut $4 billion in permanent costs by the end of its 2025 financial year.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-6">John Smith will become president and CEO of U.S. and Canada ground operations at FedEx Express and assume leadership of surface operations across the FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight businesses from April 16.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-7">FedEx Freight will continue to provide freight transportation services as a standalone company under the Federal Express Corp banner, the company added.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-8">Shares in FedEx, which also announced a 10% dividend boost on Wednesday, were about 1% at $228</p><div article_id="A4HLCXY2MRPMRPWGKAVJEKIWB4" article_url="/markets/us/fedex-outline-plans-fiscal-2024-2025-cost-reductions-2023-04-05/" class="article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="gallery-0" domain="https://www.reuters.com"><div class="inline-gallery__detail__3ZG21"><div class="caption-v2__container__-LxH1 caption"><div class="caption-v2__readmore-wrapper__2fTn6"><span class="caption-v2__gradient__2DV_U"> </span><button class="caption-v2__text__1d3DL" type="button"><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu" data-testid="Text">Read More</span></button></div><p></p></div><div class="pagination-v2__container__2Bt46 inline-gallery__pagination__sRRgF" role="button" tabindex="0"><div><button aria-label="Scroll image backward" class="button__button__2Ecqi button__flat__s_9Zl button__round__1nYLA button__disabled__29mbx button__has-tooltip__1B4u0 pagination-v2__arrow-button__1gX6j" data-testid="Button" disabled="" type="button"><span class="button__container__3sgvk"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="pagination-v2__arrow__3v8qJ pagination-v2__disabled-arrow__31DFl" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 6 11" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="m1.76 5.134 3.887-3.887a.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027.709.709 0 0 0-1.027 0l-4.4 4.4a.71.71 0 0 0 0 1.027l4.4 4.4c.147.147.367.22.513.22a.79.79 0 0 0 .513-.22.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027L1.76 5.133Z"></path></svg></span></button>HYBRID' MODEL</div></div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-9">The new structure would end roughly two decades of separate delivery operations and create an entity similar to cost-conscious rival UPS, which has outperformed FedEx despite having a more expensive union labor force.</p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd" data-testid="ResponsiveAdSlot"><div class="ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D"><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__extra_small__1Mw6v label__label__f9Hew label__small__274ei ad-slot__scroll-notice__GCgrV" data-testid="Label">Advertisement · Scroll to continue</span><div class="ad-slot__inner__2u45U ad-slot__others__mQ8-F"><div class="ad-slot__slot__2lKAK" data-google-query-id="CL2u1YKN2P4CFRYmAQodlXwGPg" id="reuters_mobile_mpu_2" name="reuters_mobile_mpu_2"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_4__container__"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="5" data-integralas-id-74471937-75c7-4859-42d3-dc3dd551946a="" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_4" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_4" role="region" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe><div class="__fs-ancillary"><div class="report-ad-container"><div id="btn-reuters_mobile_mpu_2">Report an ad</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-10">The company is testing the new combined service in Minneapolis, executives said. FedEx Express is already handling FedEx Ground's pickups and deliveries in Alaska and Hawaii where air service dominates.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-11">Recent company changes have fueled concern among Ground contractors worried about their ongoing role at the company. Subramaniam said FedEx will use a "hybrid" employee and contractor model for deliveries. The CEO added that the company will remain non-union.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-12">Executives said FedEx has been "looking" at this project for the last couple years, but analysts noted that the company's "standstill" agreement with activist D.E. Shaw was set to expire at the end of May. That agreement put activities to influence company control or governance on hold.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-13">Regardless of the reason for the timing, the company now has about a year to bring about massive change.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-14">Satish Jindel, who helped found the company that eventually became FedEx Ground, attended Wednesday's meeting and now leads consultancy ShipMatrix. He told Reuters it was an achievable goal that should boost profit and shares.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-15">Critics noted that FedEx executives had a years-long struggle with its TNT integration in Europe and let overhead expenses swamp its labor cost advantage over UPS.</p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__t-spacing-single__1uXb9 spacing-container__b-spacing-single__2RCDp spacing-container__always__1sLhR spacing-container__max-width__zScFd" data-testid="ResponsiveAdSlot"><div class="ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D"><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__extra_small__1Mw6v label__label__f9Hew label__small__274ei ad-slot__scroll-notice__GCgrV" data-testid="Label">Advertisement · Scroll to continue</span><div class="ad-slot__inner__2u45U ad-slot__others__mQ8-F"><div class="ad-slot__slot__2lKAK" data-google-query-id="CKCx0oiN2P4CFYc9AQodhIYNtg" id="reuters_mobile_mpu_3" name="reuters_mobile_mpu_3"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_5__container__"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-integralas-id-4e8130a3-2404-7e71-d00e-7e97322f2fbc="" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_5" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/markets/us/article_5" role="region" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe><div class="__fs-ancillary"><div class="report-ad-container"><div id="btn-reuters_mobile_mpu_3">Report an ad</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-16">"There's no way that this isn't fraught with risk," said Dean Maciuba, managing partner at Crossroads Parcel Consulting and former FedEx sales executive. But, he said, "if they do it right, they can evolve as a lower-cost service provider than UPS."</p><div class="article-body__element__2p5pI"><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__default__UPMUu sign-off__text__PU3Aj" data-testid="Text">Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles and Abhijith Ganapavaram and Kannaki Deka in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri, David Goodman, Paul Simao and Bill Berkrot</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></main></div></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-42427908772098947102023-05-02T19:24:00.002-07:002023-05-02T19:26:30.361-07:00FedEx activist investor: Logistics giant feels the heat from DE Shaw as FDX stock price slide leaves turnaround plan in tatters<header class="header" i-amphtml-fixedid="F0"><div class="riskWarning dark rollUp" id="rw" role="button" tabindex="-1"><div class="wrap"><div class="riskWarning__wrap"><div class="noFca noNbrb noAsic noSey"><span class="textGrey">By</span> <a class="link ln-auto" href="https://capital.com/alejandro-arrieche" target="_top">Alejandro Arrieche</a></div></div></div></div></header><div class="wrap gapMd brickMd"><article class="article gapMd brickMd cke"><div><p class="textSm"><span class="textGrey">Edited by </span><a class="link ln-auto" href="https://capital.com/georgy-istigechev" target="_top">Georgy Istigechev</a></p><p class="textSm"><span data-timeago-articles="1665652200">09:10, 13 October 2022</span></p><figure><amp-img alt="FedEx worker makes a delivery in Miami Beach, Florida" class="r bXs i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" height="308" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" i-amphtml-layout="responsive" i-amphtml-ssr="" layout="responsive" src="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/662x308x0/GettyImages-1424349477.jpg" srcset="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/662x308x0/GettyImages-1424349477.jpg 1x, https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/1324x616x0/GettyImages-1424349477.jpg 2x" width="662"><i-amphtml-sizer slot="i-amphtml-svc"></i-amphtml-sizer><img class="i-amphtml-blurry-placeholder" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" placeholder="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns%3Axlink='http%3A//www.w3.org/1999/xlink' viewBox='0 0 11 5'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='.5'%3E%3C/feGaussianBlur%3E%3CfeComponentTransfer%3E%3CfeFuncA type='discrete' tableValues='1 1'%3E%3C/feFuncA%3E%3C/feComponentTransfer%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage filter='url(%23b)' x='0' y='0' height='100%25' width='100%25' xlink%3Ahref='data%3Aimage/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDABALDA4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2P/2wBDARESEhgVGC8aGi9jQjhCY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2P/wAARCAAFAAsDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAFgABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIE/8QAHRAAAgIDAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQMAAgQRMRITUf/EABUBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEC/8QAFBEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8AyMymYN2vpWmz8BBB53cm2OnJPvevyYwC1jsjsRJL/9k='%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E" /><img alt="FedEx worker makes a delivery in Miami Beach, Florida" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" src="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/662x308x0/GettyImages-1424349477.jpg" srcset="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/662x308x0/GettyImages-1424349477.jpg 1x, https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/1324x616x0/GettyImages-1424349477.jpg 2x" /></amp-img><figcaption class="textSm">FedEx stock has lost over 40% year-to-date, having suffered its worst daily fall in mid-September – Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images</figcaption></figure></div><nav class="contentNav boxSm grey"><details><summary class="contentNav__title">Content <svg height="24" width="24"><use href="https://capital.com/images/spriteSvg/common.svg?v=20230428_110513#chevron_down"></use></svg></summary></details></nav><p><strong>FedEx</strong> (<strong>FDX</strong>) stock experienced its worst daily decline in several years on 16 September after the company provided a gloomy outlook for its business and withdrew its guidance for the 2023 fiscal year, citing fears that a global economic slowdown could be about to start.</p><p>In addition, the company’s governance will be influenced by activist investor D.E. Shaw as the hedge fund managed to secure two seats on the company’s board of directors and reserved a say in the appointment of a third one later.</p><p>The involvement of a FedEx activist investor could add pressure on the leadership team to step up and improve the business’s financial performance.</p><p><a href="https://capital.com/fedex-share-price" target="_top">FDX</a> stock has lost over 40% of its value year-to-date (<a href="https://capital.com/year-to-date-definition" target="_top">YTD</a>), dropping from $258 in early January to trade around the $155 mark, as of 12 October 2022.</p><p>In this article, we share further details about D.E. Shaw’s relationship with FedEx, what investors could expect from it, and what it could mean for the <a href="https://capital.com/fedex-share-price" target="_top">FDX</a> stock price.</p><h2 id="part0">What is FedEx (FDX)?</h2><p>FedEx is a multinational transportation conglomerate that provides ground, air and maritime logistics services. The firm was founded in 1971 by Frederick W. Smith. It commenced operations two years later with a fleet of 14 aircraft and nearly 400 team members.</p><p>Since then, <a href="https://s21.q4cdn.com/665674268/files/doc_financials/2023/q1/FedEx-Q1-FY23-Stat-Book-9.23.22.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FedEx</a> has grown to become the 8th largest transportation business in the world by market capitalization. During the 2022 fiscal year, the firm delivered an average of 5.5 million packages a day, with roughly half in the United States. </p><p>During that same fiscal year, FedEx produced total revenues of $45.8bn and net income of $3.8bn. The company employs 550,000 people across the world to run its operations. Its CEO is Raj Subramaniam, who was appointed in March this year to replace the company’s founder.</p><p><amp-img alt="FEDEX(FDX) 10Y PERFORMANCE VS. US STOCK INDICES" class="imageFit i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" height="288px" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" i-amphtml-layout="responsive" layout="responsive" lightbox="i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-0" sizes="(min-width: 512px) 464px, calc(100vw - 48px)" src="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/750xx/GoFedEx-FDX-10Y-Performance-vs.-US-Stock-Indices_-MCT-7329_EN.png" srcset="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w560/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/750xx/GoFedEx-FDX-10Y-Performance-vs.-US-Stock-Indices_-MCT-7329_EN.png 560w, https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/750xx/GoFedEx-FDX-10Y-Performance-vs.-US-Stock-Indices_-MCT-7329_EN.png 820w" width="512px"><i-amphtml-sizer slot="i-amphtml-svc"></i-amphtml-sizer><img alt="FEDEX(FDX) 10Y PERFORMANCE VS. US STOCK INDICES" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" sizes="(min-width: 512px) 464px, calc(100vw - 48px)" src="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/750xx/GoFedEx-FDX-10Y-Performance-vs.-US-Stock-Indices_-MCT-7329_EN.png" srcset="https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w560/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/750xx/GoFedEx-FDX-10Y-Performance-vs.-US-Stock-Indices_-MCT-7329_EN.png 560w, https://img-capital-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/img.capital.com/imgs/articles/750xx/GoFedEx-FDX-10Y-Performance-vs.-US-Stock-Indices_-MCT-7329_EN.png 820w" /></amp-img></p><p>FedEx was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (<a href="https://capital.com/nyse-stock-exchange-definition" target="_top">NYSE</a>) in 1978 under the <a href="https://capital.com/ticker-definition" target="_top">ticker</a> symbol ‘FDX’. Its <a href="https://capital.com/common-stock-definition" target="_top">common stock</a> was offered to the public at $24 a share.<br /><br />In the past 10 years, the FedEx stock price has increased 98.1%. During that same period, the <a href="https://capital.com/s-p-500-definition" target="_top">S&P 500 Index</a> (<a href="https://capital.com/sp-500-index" target="_top">US500</a>) and the tech-heavy <a href="https://capital.com/nasdaq-100-index-definition" target="_top">Nasdaq 100 Index</a> (<a href="https://capital.com/us-tech-100-index" target="_top">US100</a>) delivered gains of 150% and 297.3%, respectively. </p><h2 id="part1">What is an activist investor?</h2><p><a href="https://capital.com/activist-shareholder-definition" target="_top">Activist investors</a> are either individuals or institutions that amass a <a href="https://capital.com/equity-stake-definition" target="_top">stake</a> in a public or private corporation to start influencing the leadership team, often by securing seats on the company’s board of directors.</p><p>These investors typically believe that the business could be better managed. They advocate for certain adjustments that may improve the company’s financial performance. </p><p>They will typically present proposals to the board and amass support from other leading shareholders to secure more seats or push for a change in the leadership team.</p><p>Other shareholders typically have a positive view of the involvement of activist investors, especially in public corporations, as long as their track record suggests that their activities on previous occasions have led to an improvement in the performance of the businesses they were involved in.</p><h2 id="part2">FedEx news: activist investor’s activities lead to board changes and dividend hike</h2><p>D.E. Shaw is considered the most influential FedEx activist investor at the moment. The <a href="https://capital.com/hedge-fund-definiton" target="_top">hedge fund</a> has secured two seats on the board of directors with the appointment of Amy Lane and Jim Vena.</p><p>The investment fund reportedly owned approximately 1 million shares of FedEx by the end of March this year, making it the firm’s 35th largest <a href="https://capital.com/shareholder-definition" target="_top">stockholder</a>.</p><p>Shaw was involved in Subramaniam’s appointment as the new CEO in March this year, replacing the firm’s founder Frederick Smith. </p><p>This FedEx activist investor is also pushing for an overhaul of the business in response to growing competition from UPS (<a href="https://capital.com/united-parcel-service-share-price" target="_top">UPS</a>) and Amazon’s (<a href="https://capital.com/amazon-share-price" target="_top">AMZN</a>) ambitious plans to compete with FedEx.</p><p>In June this year, <a href="https://investors.fedex.com/news-and-events/investor-news/investor-news-details/2022/FedEx-Announces-Actions-to-Enhance-Stockholder-Value-and-Updates-to-Board-Governance/default.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FedEx</a> officially announced the incorporation of two new board members, both Shaw’s picks, while the investment fund will reportedly participate in discussions that may lead to the appointment of a third director.</p><p>In addition to this, FedEx increased its <a href="https://capital.com/dividend-definition" target="_top">dividend</a> by 53% to $1.15 a share and aligned its executive compensation program with metrics that favour shareholders’ interests.</p><p>Subramaniam commented: “We appreciate the collaboration with the D. E. Shaw group, a long-time FedEx stockholder, with whom we have maintained an ongoing and constructive dialogue in reaching this agreement.”</p><p>On 4 October, FedEx also announced that it will ramp up its share repurchase program as it is now committed to buying back $1.5bn of common stock – approximately 7.9 million shares that will be taken out of circulation.</p><p>Moving forward, Shaw could put further pressure on the company’s newly-appointed CEO to improve the firm’s operating margins. One proposal in particular that investors have been favouring for years involves the combination of FedEx’s Ground and Express businesses to generate synergies. </p><p>According to the latest investor presentation published in June this year, <a href="https://s21.q4cdn.com/665674268/files/doc_downloads/2022/06/FedEx-Investors-Meeting-Presentation.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FedEx</a> aims to improve its adjusted operating margins to a range between 20% and 22% by the end of the 2025 fiscal year.</p><p>The company could share further details about its initiatives on 20 December when it publishes its financial results covering the second quarter of the 2023 fiscal year.</p><h2 id="part3">Analyst commentary about FedEx activist investor & FDX forecasts</h2><p>“While the market may welcome today’s ‘shareholder friendly’ actions, in our view none of this addresses the real pressures facing the business”, commented Ravi Shanker, a Morgan Stanley (<a href="https://capital.com/morgan-stanley-share-price" target="_top">MS</a>) analyst, when these actions were announced in June.</p><p>He added that competitive pressures for the transportation company “are intensifying” as Amazon’s plan to create a transportation unit could take a portion of FedEx’s market share.</p><p>Meanwhile, in regards to FedEx’s latest commentary on the company’s performance and the economic backdrop, Cowen analyst Helane Becker commented: “We suspect that headwinds from an inflation-fatigued U.S. economy, a resource-constrained European economy, and second-order effects from lockdowns in China proved too much to overcome.</p><p>Analysts from <a href="https://www.zawya.com/en/markets/equities/fedex-warning-drives-worst-decline-in-stock-deepens-slowdown-fears-duy1ceuk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Credit Suisse</a> (<a href="https://capital.com/credit-suisse-grp-adr-reptg-one-share-price" target="_top">CS</a>) commented: “We have noted high levels of investor skepticism directed at management's ability to reach its long-term targets. With earnings misses like this, that skepticism seems increasingly warranted.” </p><p>In this regard, the Swiss bank’s analysts noted that investors may be struggling to find answers to some “uncomfortable questions” about the feasibility of a large-scale reorganisation of the firm that can lead to “satisfactory financial results over the long-term”.</p><p>The consensus recommendation from analysts for FedEx stock stood at “moderate buy”, according to data compiled by <a href="https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NYSE/FDX/price-target/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">MarketBeat</a>. The average FedEx future stock price estimate stood at $214 a share, resulting in a 39.7% upside potential if that target is hit.</p><h2 id="part4">The bottom line</h2><p>While knowledge about activist investor activity may provide important insight into a company’s performance, it shouldn’t be used as a substitute for your own research.</p><p>Always conduct your own due diligence looking at the <a href="https://capital.com/fundamental-analysis-definition" target="_top">fundamental</a> and <a href="https://capital.com/technical-analysis-definition" target="_top">technical</a> analysis, the latest news and a wide range of analyst commentary. Remember that past performance does not guarantee future returns. And never trade money you cannot afford to lose. </p></article></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-80895461811549079732023-04-25T17:15:00.004-07:002023-04-25T18:14:26.803-07:00Amazon delivery drivers scored a rare union win. The company swiftly sidestepped it.<div class="col-12"><section class="back-to-home-container" i-amphtml-fixedid="F3"><div class="back-to-home amp-post-nav" i-amphtml-fixedid="F2"><br /></div><div class="back-to-home amp-post-nav" i-amphtml-fixedid="F2"><span class="byline-author-name" data-e2e-name="byline-author-name Julie Bort"><a class="byline-link byline-author-name" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/julie-bort" target="_top">Julie Bort</a></span> </div></section></div><header class="redesign-header"><section class="byline"><div class="byline-row"><div class="publishDate headline-regular"><span class="svg sprites date-icon"></span>Apr 24, 2023, 6:34 PM ET</div></div></section><section class="share-wrapper share-wrapper-top"><div class="group-icons"><section class="social-share-top" id="social-share-top"><div class="share-table"><div :="" active-share-icon="" class="share-icon-clickable-area inactive-share-icon" inactive-share-icon="" role="button" share-icon-clickable-area="" tabindex="0" visible=""><svg class="svg-icon share-icon" fill="none" height="1em" role="img" viewbox="0 0 12 12" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs></defs><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="M7.336 8.014l4.2-3.5-4.2-3.5v2.8h-2.54c-1.948 0-3.526 1.567-3.526 3.5v3.16h1.469v-3.16a2.05 2.05 0 012.056-2.042h2.54v2.742z" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg></div><a aria-label="Click to download the app" class="share-link app d-md-none app-button" data-app-button="" data-component-type="app-share-bar-button" data-only-on="mobile" data-track-event-label="app" data-track-profile="" data-vars-hyper-link="https://insider-app.onelink.me/4cpG/46xdyv17" data-vars-link-domain="AMP" data-vars-link-type="Outbound Click" href="https://insider-app.onelink.me/4cpG/46xdyv17" target="_blank" title="Download the app"><span class="headline-bold">Download the app</span></a></div></section></div></section></header><section class="article-content typography"><span class="full-width"><i-amphtml-sizer slot="i-amphtml-svc"></i-amphtml-sizer><img alt="An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages during its annual Prime Day promotion in New York" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" src="https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=750&format=jpeg&auto=webp" srcset="https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=400&format=jpeg&auto=webp 400w, https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp 500w, https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp 700w, https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp 1000w, https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=1300&format=jpeg&auto=webp 1300w, https://i-insider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/i.insider.com/6436dc5bca216e0018213a68?width=2000&format=jpeg&auto=webp 2000w" /></span><ul class="summary-list"><li>Amazon delivery drivers have often shared details of <a data-analytics-product-module="summary_bullets" data-vars-hyper-link="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-drivers-interview-giant-war-between-them-and-company-packages-2021-7" data-vars-link-domain="AMP" data-vars-link-type="Inbound Click" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-drivers-interview-giant-war-between-them-and-company-packages-2021-7" rel="" target="_top">difficult working conditions</a>.</li><li>Drivers working for an Amazon delivery contractor scored a win by unionizing.</li><li>But Amazon told Insider it already terminated its contract with the contractor. </li></ul><form action-xhr="https://account.businessinsider.com/newsletter/signup-amp" class="inline-newsletter-form i-amphtml-form" data-vars-identifier="bi" data-vars-newsletter-name="Morning Brew" method="post" novalidate="" target="_top"><div id="form-fields"><p class="newsletter-signup-header">A group of 84 Amazon delivery drivers, who work for an independent contractor in Palmdale, California, scored a win by organizing a union and joining the Teamsters. The victory did not last long, though.</p></div></form><p>The group <a data-analytics-product-module="body_link" data-vars-hyper-link="https://teamster.org/2023/04/amazon-drivers-join-teamsters-union-reach-agreement-in-historic-victory/" data-vars-link-domain="AMP" data-vars-link-type="Outbound Click" href="https://teamster.org/2023/04/amazon-drivers-join-teamsters-union-reach-agreement-in-historic-victory/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">said</a> they secured a tentative agreement with their employer, Battle-Tested Strategies (BTS). BTS is what's known as an Amazon Delivery Service Partner, or DSP. The agreement included items such as an increase in worker pay and more support for their biggest health and safety concern: working in very hot conditions. Outside temperatures in this city in the desert north of Los Angeles can reach the high 90s, and far higher in delivery vans, the workers say. </p><p>The next steps for this union, according to a Teamsters official, is for the full membership to review the agreement and vote on it. There's also one more sticky issue: Amazon must agree to honor it, even though the contract is between the workers and BTS. That's because in the world of DSPs, Amazon sets the rules, the drivers say. If Amazon won't honor the provisions in the agreement, then the union has likely accomplished little. </p><p>To that end, the workers protested on Monday outside the Amazon delivery logistics warehouse where they operate, but their arguments fell on deaf ears.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copy and paste to read full article:</p><p>https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/amazon-delivery-drivers-form-union-teamsters-company-cancels-contract-2023-4%3famp</p><div><br /></div><div class="ad-container full-width"><amp-ad class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" data-a4a-upgrade-type="amp-ad-network-doubleclick-impl" data-amp-ad-refresh-id="2" data-amp-experiment-id="1002,1102" data-amp-slot-index="1" data-block-on-consent="" data-multi-size-validation="false" data-multi-size="300x250,300x600,320x480,300x400" data-slot="/4442842/business/tech/post" height="600" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" json="{"targeting":{"adunit":"business/tech/post","authors":"julie-bort","pagetype":"post","pos":"btf","region":"Mobile In Post Ad","tag":"amazon,amazon-dsp,amazon-union,transportation,teamsters,amazon-drivers,amazon-delivery-drivers,unions","url":"/amazon-delivery-drivers-form-union-teamsters-company-cancels-contract-2023-4","data-rubicon_zone_id":"141228","amp_check":"true","adx_abtesting":12,"splitTest":"bii-media-show-lock_con,ii-finance-email-lock_con,ii-retail-show-lock_con,download-app-cta-alternate_con,iab-fb-throttle_con","traffic_source":"google"}}" layout="fixed" rtc-config="{"vendors":{"aps":{"PUB_ID":"3201","PARAMS":{"amp":"1"}},"prebidrubicon":{"REQUEST_ID":"10306-amp-240980-1684838-300x250"},"medianet":{"CID":"8CU5KFGF2"}},"urls":["amp-script:permutiveCachedTargeting.ct","https://pub.doubleverify.com/signals/amp-rtc?ctx=23280644&cmp=DV673672&signals=ids,bsc,vlp,tvp,abs&url=HREF&curl=CANONICAL_URL&adunit=ATTR(data-slot)&w=ATTR(width)&h=ATTR(height)&dow=ATTR(data-override-width)&doh=ATTR(data-override-height)&dms=ATTR(data-multi-size)"],"timeoutMillis":1000}" type="doubleclick" width="320"></amp-ad></div></section>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-23973826153601559852023-02-12T18:46:00.003-08:002023-02-12T18:46:38.956-08:00How My Co-Workers Got Me Reinstated at Amazon's San Bernardino Air Hub<p> </p><div class="page clearfix" id="page" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><section class="section section-content" id="section-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="zone-wrapper zone-content-wrapper clearfix" id="zone-content-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="zone zone-content clearfix container-12" id="zone-content" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="grid-9 region region-content" id="region-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="region-inner region-content-inner" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 29px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 29px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How My Co-Workers Got Me Reinstated at Amazon's San Bernardino Air Hub</h1><div class="tabs clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="block block-system block-main block-system-main odd block-without-title" id="block-system-main" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div about="/2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub" class="ds-1col node node-openpublish-article view-mode-full node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-jenny-brown odd clearfix clearfix" id="node-openpublish-article-7151" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"><div class="field field-name-swither field-type-ds field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-submitted field-type-ds field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><footer class="submitted clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="submit-date" content="" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="dc:date dc:created" rel="sioc:has_creator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">February 06, 2023 <span class="no-show" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">/ Sara Fee</span></span><span id="bigalittlea" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/text_size.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; text-transform: lowercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub#" id="lg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">enlarge</a> or <a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub#" id="sm" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">shrink</a> text</span><span class="login-reg-links" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/talk.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left 2px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; text-transform: lowercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="login-register-link" href="https://labornotes.org/user?destination=2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">login</a> or <a class="login-register-link" href="https://labornotes.org/user/register?destination=2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">register</a> to comment</span></footer></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-sharethis-buttons field-type-ds field-label-hidden" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: dotted; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 340px;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="st_facebook_hcount sm" displaytext="Facebook" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stMainServices st-facebook-counter" style="background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/images/2017/facebook_counter.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box !important; display: inline-block; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px !important; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 60px;"> </span><span class="stArrow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/secure/images/bubble_arrow.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 3px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton_gradient stHBubble" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: -1;"><span class="stBubble_hcount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">54</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st_twitter_hcount sm" displaytext="Tweet" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stMainServices st-twitter-counter" style="background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/images/2017/twitter_counter.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box !important; display: inline-block; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px !important; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 60px;"> </span><span class="stArrow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("https://ws.sharethis.com/secure/images/bubble_arrow.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 3px 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="stButton_gradient stHBubble" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: -1;"><span class="stBubble_hcount" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">42</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st_fblike_hcount sm" displaytext="Facebook Like" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0px; margin: 3px 3px 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: bottom;"><div class="fb-like fb_iframe_widget fb_iframe_widget_fluid" data-action="" data-href="https://labornotes.org/2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub" data-layout="button_count" data-send="false" data-show-faces="false" fb-iframe-plugin-query="action=&app_id=&container_width=0&href=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org%2F2023%2F02%2Fhow-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 90px;"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-testid="fb:like Facebook Social Plugin" frameborder="0" height="1000px" name="f2a4554aed39c48" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v2.0/plugins/like.php?action=&app_id=&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df382a31c675098%26domain%3Dlabornotes.org%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Flabornotes.org%252Ff1a394ed2d28e9%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=0&href=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org%2F2023%2F02%2Fhow-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 90px;" title="fb:like Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></div></span></span><span class="st_plusone_hcount sm" displaytext="Google +1" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 3px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 21px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 75px;"> <div id="___plusone_0" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; left: -10000px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 450px;"><iframe data-gapiattached="true" frameborder="0" hspace="0" id="I0_1676256070472" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="I0_1676256070472" ng-non-bindable="" scrolling="no" src="https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&count=true&origin=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org&url=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org%2F2023%2F02%2Fhow-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fabc-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgapi.lb.en.AMZ27oQJoUI.O%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAHpOoo9dsXwz2g0gTMdQFEKa7ZoVvtQf4g%2Fm%3D__features__#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1676256070472&_gfid=I0_1676256070472&parent=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org&pfname=&rpctoken=80084969" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 450px;" tabindex="0" vspace="0" width="100%"></iframe></div><g:plusone callback="plusoneCallback" count="true" data-gapiscan="true" data-gapistub="true" data-onload="true" href="https://labornotes.org/2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub" size="medium" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></g:plusone></div></span><span class="st_sharethis_custom sm" displaytext="ShareThis" st_processed="yes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><div class="comment-link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="footer-comment login-register-link" href="https://labornotes.org/2023/02/how-my-co-workers-got-me-reinstated-amazons-san-bernardino-air-hub#comment-form" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Post a Comment</a></div></div></div></div><div class=" group-media field-group-div" id="node-openpublish-article-full-group-media" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field field-name-field-op-main-image field-type-image field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 3px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="A woman in a safety vest high-fives two others in front of a fence while others stand by with strike signs" height="583" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/main/articles/SaraFeeAmazonAirHubOctober2022strike.jpg?itok=BfbGXFYX" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="1200" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-op-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(173, 222, 239); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 833px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 3px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sara Fee, center, high-fives co-workers during a one-day strike on October 14, 2022 at one of Amazon's largest air hubs, in San Bernardino, California. Photo: Inland Empire Amazon Workers United.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: right; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve never organized before. What we’re doing at Amazon is all new to me.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I first started working at KSBD, the Amazon air hub in San Bernardino, it was the middle of the pandemic and they were hiring in mad numbers. No one else was. I needed a job fast and it seemed like the kind of place where I could move up.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">KSBD is brand new. It opened in April 2021, and I was among the first hired; depending on the season, there are about 1,200-1,600 workers there. It’s located at an airport, so a few hundred people work outside with the planes and the rest of us are inside. I work on the docks, unloading trailers. It operates 24/7.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I started at the warehouse, I was organizing—I just didn’t recognize it. But I was focused on the work process and making the warehouse run more smoothly. It seemed like Amazon had opened KSBD without a lot of planning; like we were testing the operation as we went. I was really hands-on. We helped to make the way we moved freight through the warehouse safer and more efficient—but for the same low pay.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But then I went to an all-hands meeting of everyone in the warehouse, and some of my co-workers stood up and challenged the managers about unexpected holiday closures. I learned that when Amazon closed the warehouse for additional days around Christmas and New Year’s, some people lost almost a full week of pay. Suddenly they didn’t have the money they were counting on to buy gifts. One of our co-workers lost her place to live.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That changed my focus to my co-workers and what we needed.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SO MANY WAYS TO GET FIRED</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On your first day at the facility, Amazon really likes to pound it into you that you have a future with the company—that a lot of people get promoted and there’s room for progression. They tell this to everybody in group meetings and one on one in our departments.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But you learn pretty quickly that <a href="https://www.engadget.com/amazon-attrition-leadership-ctsmd-201800110.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">almost none of the Tier 1 associates</a>, entry-level employees like me, ever become managers. You start to hear the stories about people who have applied for promotions and have all of their paperwork in line and they never hear back. They never move up.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you first get hired, they also tell you that there are many ways to get fired. “We can’t even list them all,” they say. “We can’t tell you all the reasons, because that would take forever.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the warehouse they watch you. There are cameras everywhere. When you are under surveillance like that, and you know you can get fired at any moment, it makes you scared. The fear is instilled from Day One.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WHY WE WENT ON STRIKE</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I would like to get paid a dignified wage. I literally barely make enough to support myself; $19.20 an hour, which doesn’t go very far in California. I have nieces and nephews and brothers. I want to be able to do things like take them out to dinner or buy them birthday or Christmas gifts. This year I wasn’t able to do much of that.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I would also like the warehouse to be a safe place; we have high rates of musculoskeletal injuries, concussions, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-09-21/amazon-heat-wave-california-work" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">heatstroke</a>, and repetitive motion injuries. And I would like it to be a place where you are not in fear of losing your job all the time. Where you could have a career, or stay there and have a good job for a while.</p><div class="block-inject block-inject-1" id="block-inject-1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block block-block block-7 block-block-7 odd block-without-title" id="block-block-7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ad-image" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img height="62" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/FightTheBossTshirt.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="64" /></div><div class="ad-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 78px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">SUPPORT LABOR NOTES</h2><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c41188; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #414141; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Give $10 a month or more and get our <a href="https://labornotes.org/donate" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Fight the Boss, Build the Union" T-shirt.</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That’s why last summer we started our group of KSBD employees,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ieamazonworkers/?hl=en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Inland Empire Amazon Workers United</a>, and went on one-day strikes in<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-15/amazon-warehouse-workers-walkout-san-bernardino-air-hub" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> August </a>and <a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/11929057/amazon-workers-strike-at-third-largest-air-hub-in-us-file-labor-complaint" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">October</a>.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Each time, about 150 of us walked out—the majority of the shift. While we were outside the facility, we heard that managers were frustrated and the volume of freight being processed was way down.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since our strikes we have won some safety improvements: we got more access to water and fans, and managers finally acknowledged we have the right to take heat breaks to prevent our bodies from overheating. And we have won $1-an-hour increase, with more for the night shift. These changes are why we won’t stop organizing.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">STICKERS: ‘WHERE IS SARA?’</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since our <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/15/amazon-air-hub-walkout-labor-union/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">first strike </a>in August, union-busters in our facility have <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-10-15/amazon-workers-at-san-bernardino-air-freight-facility-protest-alleged-retaliation" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">targeted me </a>and other worker leaders.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I don’t know if it’s something most people can imagine. A consultant employed by Amazon is <ahref https:="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">paid a lot to watch us, to talk to the people I work with, and just to be there. Or they isolate me, assign me for the day to a different area with just one or two other people. It definitely has an effect on my mental health.</ahref></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I spoke up to the building manager about this retaliation against all of us, they suspended me. My job was threatened. But my co-workers had my back.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We quickly put together a plan. Someone suggested wearing stickers that said <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnAq9dfB5sD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Where is Sara</a>?”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We mapped out how to get everyone in the warehouse talking about Amazon retaliating against an associate, and <a href="https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1562192/amazon-workers-threaten-strike-over-retaliation-allegations" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">we filed an unfair labor practice</a> charge with the National Labor Relations Board.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They wore the stickers until I was reinstated, three days later. I kept my job—and I owe it to my co-workers working together.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For me the highlight of working at Amazon is being part of Inland Empire Amazon Workers United—spending time with my co-workers and making our workplace better and safer. When it’s you vs. Amazon, you know who has the power. But when we work together, there’s nothing better to protect you.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sara Fee works at the Amazon air hub in San Bernardino, California, and is a founding member of the Inland Empire Amazon Workers United. If you are an Amazon worker in the Inland Empire, reach out through Instagram, Twitter, or email:</i> <a href="mailto:ieamazonworkers@gmail.com" processed="processed" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ieamazonworkers@gmail.com</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-related-content-2 field-type-ds field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-item even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="related-content-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">RELATED</div><div class="view view-related-content view-id-related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9efbce13b850579638f170147fa80a1d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/blogs/2023/01/viewpoint-burgerville-workers-lessons-independent-unions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viewpoint: Burgerville Workers’ Lessons for Independent Unions »</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/blogs/2022/12/global-actions-black-friday-unite-workers-make-amazon-pay" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Global Actions on Black Friday Unite Workers to ‘Make Amazon Pay’ »</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2022/10/how-win-nlrb-cases-against-union-busters" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Win NLRB Cases against Union-Busters »</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2022/10/viewpoint-its-time-tap-labors-fortress-finance" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Viewpoint: It’s Time to Tap into Labor’s Fortress of Finance »</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd views-row-last" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/blogs/2022/10/kansas-chipotle-workers-latest-launch-union-drive" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #085296; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kansas Chipotle Workers Latest to Launch Union Drive »</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><aside class="grid-3 region region-sidebar-first" id="region-sidebar-first" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="region-inner region-sidebar-first-inner" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><section class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple block-ln-social block-boxes-ln-social odd" id="block-boxes-ln-social" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="block-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0656a9; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">FOLLOW LABORNOTES</h2><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box" id="boxes-box-ln_social" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/labornotes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span class="fa fa-facebook" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #39579c; border-radius: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 33px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline; width: 33px;"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/labornotes" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span class="fa fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #05caff; border-radius: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 33px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline; width: 33px;"></span></a><a href="https://labornotes.org/feeds" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span class="fa fa-rss" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #f99a1e; border-radius: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 33px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline; width: 33px;"></span></a><a href="mailto:business@labornotes.org" processed="processed" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-envelope-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #316631; border-radius: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 33px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline; width: 33px;"></span></a></p></div></div></div></div></section><section class="block block-views block-popular-block block-views-popular-block even" id="block-views-popular-block" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="block-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0656a9; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">MOST POPULAR</h2><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view view-popular view-id-popular view-display-id-block view-dom-id-0cadf055e5fe00680c9b60f4c5eda6a0" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/01/how-we-began-bring-mail-back" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How We Began To Bring the Mail Back</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/01/workers-hooters-style-restaurant-strike-protesting-racist-sexist-manager" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Workers at Hooters-Style Restaurant Strike, Protesting Racist Sexist Manager</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/01/south-korea-intelligence-agency-raids-top-union-confederation" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation</a></span></div></div><div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/2023/02/non-compete-agreement-leaves-workers-homeless-and-jobless" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Non-Compete Agreement Leaves Workers Homeless and Jobless</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple block-mailing-list block-boxes-mailing-list odd" id="block-boxes-mailing-list" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="block-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0656a9; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">LABOR NOTES</h2><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box" id="boxes-box-mailing_list" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since 1979, Labor Notes has been the voice of union activists who want to put the <i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">movement</i> back in the labor movement. »</p><p id="subscribe" style="background-color: #0099cc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/email-signup" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: LeagueGothic, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="signup for email updates">GET EMAIL UPDATES »</a></p></div></div></div></div></section><div class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple block-show-now block-boxes-show-now even block-without-title" id="block-boxes-show-now" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box" id="boxes-box-show_now" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/store" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="shop our store" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/shopnow.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></div><section class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple block-subscribe block-boxes-subscribe odd" id="block-boxes-subscribe" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="block-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0656a9; font-family: LeagueGothic, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">SUBSCRIBE!</h2><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box" id="boxes-box-subscribe" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Labor news from labor's point of view. $30 for 12 issues. » </p><p id="subscribe" style="background-color: #0099cc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://labornotes.org/store/labor-notes-subscription" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: LeagueGothic, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SUBSCRIBE NOW »</a></p></div></div></div></div></section><div class="block block-views block-advertisements-block-5 block-views-advertisements-block-5 even block-without-title" id="block-views-advertisements-block-5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view view-advertisements view-id-advertisements view-display-id-block_5 view-dom-id-04c5eb92faa89ca1a041032759ac9850" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-field-link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.labornotes.org/donate" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="http://www.labornotes.org/donate"><img alt="" height="4583" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/f17%20web%20graphic.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="4583" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="block block-views block-advertisements-block block-views-advertisements-block odd block-without-title" id="block-views-advertisements-block" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/sites/all/themes/lnopa/images/gradient_box_bottom.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view view-advertisements view-id-advertisements view-display-id-block view-dom-id-52cb2ab5232a0bd275a1eff4cc6a2c67" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="view-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="views-field views-field-field-link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://labornotes.org/beatingapathy" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Beating Apathy: a free online course from Labor Notes"><img alt="" height="6567" src="https://labornotes.org/sites/default/files/online%20course%20square%20web%20pic%20%282%29.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="6567" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></aside></div></div></section><footer class="section section-footer" id="section-footer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 30px 10px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="zone-wrapper zone-footer-wrapper clearfix" id="zone-footer-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="zone zone-footer clearfix container-12" id="zone-footer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="grid-7 region region-footer-first" id="region-footer-first" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="region-inner region-footer-first-inner" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block block-menu block-menu-footer block-menu-menu-footer odd block-without-title" id="block-menu-menu-footer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-5 region region-footer-second" id="region-footer-second" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="region-inner region-footer-second-inner" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block block-boxes block-boxes-simple block-footer-locations block-boxes-footer-locations odd block-without-title" id="block-boxes-footer-locations" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box" id="boxes-box-footer_locations" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="boxes-box-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Main Office</strong>: 7435 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48210; <a href="tel:3138426262" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(313) 842-6262</a>.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">East Coast Office</strong>: 104 Montgomery St, Brooklyn, NY 11225; <a href="tel:7182844144" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(718) 284-4144</a>.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Labor Education and Research Project © 2005-2016.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></footer></div><div class="region region-page-bottom" id="region-page-bottom" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="region-inner region-page-bottom-inner" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><div class=" fb_reset" id="fb-root" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: auto; direction: ltr; font-family: "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 0px;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><iframe aria-hidden="true" id="oauth2relay1522414183" name="oauth2relay1522414183" src="https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/postmessageRelay?parent=https%3A%2F%2Flabornotes.org&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fabc-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgapi.lb.en.AMZ27oQJoUI.O%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAHpOoo9dsXwz2g0gTMdQFEKa7ZoVvtQf4g%2Fm%3D__features__#rpctoken=2117494323&forcesecure=1" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; height: 1px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -100px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;" tabindex="-1"></iframe><div id="stcpDiv" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; left: -1988px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -1999px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="page clearfix" id="page" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><section class="section section-content" id="section-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="zone-wrapper zone-content-wrapper clearfix" id="zone-content-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="zone zone-content clearfix container-12" id="zone-content" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="grid-9 region region-content" id="region-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="region-inner region-content-inner" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></section></div></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-26638902682582801242022-10-23T10:09:00.001-07:002022-10-23T10:09:44.627-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pu2cbXZYrb0" width="320" youtube-src-id="pu2cbXZYrb0"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-44491145456558887802022-09-11T12:33:00.003-07:002022-09-11T12:33:59.350-07:00FedEx Freight: They Just Don't Care<p> Once again FedEx Freight has kept the pay between City drivers and Linehaul drivers at about $8.00/hr difference in California. City will be getting a $1.65 hr putting us at $34.63 hr. Line will be receiving a $2.00 increase putting Line at about $42.00 hr.</p><div><br /></div><div>When we ask Management why the difference in pay? Their answer was "Linehaul run at night." At our yard, Line also do day runs also. Do the day Line drivers make less per hour? "No"Managements answer, Silence. </div><div><br /></div><div>Don't get me wrong they deserve to make good money. But City drivers don't just sit on our ass all day. </div><div><br /></div><div>We have to physically unload by hand 1500lb totes.</div><div> "Linehaul drive at night."</div><div><br /></div><div>We breakdown 2100 lb pallets by hand. </div><div>"Linehaul, drive at night."</div><div><br /></div><div>We deal with customers. Good ones and Bad ones.</div><div>"Linehaul drive at night."</div><div><br /></div><div>We have to be office clerks. Sign bills of lading. Enter BOL's into wands.</div><div> "Linehaul drive at night ."</div><div><br /></div><div>You do the math!</div><div><br /></div><div>Our benefits also increased by $2.00 more. But that's another post for another day.</div><div><br /></div><div>By</div><div>Rudy Hernandez</div><div>City Driver </div><div>San Bernardino CA. SBO</div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-52736443438214747782022-09-05T09:39:00.002-07:002022-09-05T20:14:45.899-07:00Be Wise and Organize <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D_-9uACGJeo" width="320" youtube-src-id="D_-9uACGJeo"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-83997973741644907532022-08-28T12:47:00.003-07:002022-08-28T12:47:46.679-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfBnBzh7LjAa3i42DVvmMi6YrINTSzWjt_wQXihsavNZ4CqYfya_hxV8oof0Gok1P4TkwOm7ibq5OVs6AflkA2vg2GSd3xs40BaGxuNZ59pecHe_sdpsHyg7WCDpyRHEqMupqQAc90PJIFz1WdA8VwmWXCGD4j0TkiYFzrUA7MR985Y7r98fV1_a6/s881/Screenshot_20220828_123445~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="881" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfBnBzh7LjAa3i42DVvmMi6YrINTSzWjt_wQXihsavNZ4CqYfya_hxV8oof0Gok1P4TkwOm7ibq5OVs6AflkA2vg2GSd3xs40BaGxuNZ59pecHe_sdpsHyg7WCDpyRHEqMupqQAc90PJIFz1WdA8VwmWXCGD4j0TkiYFzrUA7MR985Y7r98fV1_a6/w640-h560/Screenshot_20220828_123445~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-60136104283662494532022-04-04T19:31:00.003-07:002022-04-04T19:42:34.943-07:00Amazon warehouse workers in New York made history voting for a union. Here's what could happen next By Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN Business Updated 3:07 PM EDT, Mon April 04, 2022<p><br /></p><p>By Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN Business</p><p>Updated 3:07 PM EDT, Mon April 04, 2022</p><p><br /></p><p>(CNN Business)After Christian Smalls was fired two years ago from an Amazon warehouse in New York City following his participation in a walkout over its pandemic response, an executive at the company suggested undercutting his organizing efforts by painting him as "not smart, or articulate." When Smalls' newly-established organization garnered enough interest to hold a union election at that facility this year, a spokesperson for the tech giant initially cast doubt on the legitimacy of the signatures indicating support. And when the election went forward, Amazon engaged in a full-blown campaign to combat the union drive, including text messages, signage and required group meetings to convey its anti-union message to workers.</p><p><br /></p><p>But on Friday, the results of that election showed that employees at the Staten Island, New York, facility voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing with Amazon Labor Union (ALU), the grassroots labor organization started by Smalls and other current and former Amazon employees of the facility. The move marks the first time a group of US workers have successfully voted to form a union in Amazon's 27-year history.</p><p><br /></p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-54110286213533181642021-09-29T10:29:00.002-07:002021-09-29T10:29:48.818-07:00Congratulations! We Passed AB 701: The Warehouse Workers Protection Act<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Hello,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Yesterday, we had the honor of <a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDEq9FDBF3boWexJ8o9vEfNf0PVTNfjKXNlFB0VrEiF7TRpI7DsUXwLguNTsUsaycrn9DCcDMMTzq_YjgCrITHczUxy_XuQT3en34_ZNPCcUY-NKsY0t4JXRz1MY2jyt6P37j-p8yy0566ZD1gHkFAYcJtCPjvgEnIsfgQWzQkXRPp0gUof-nrbLTt6qfhn8Gv2JEmJGM7MIa4ZfwDeLUbFmZrCf1X41uQaVUHvpTtttolmW5XZjVtSvhUMpqfYOu6XvFTrzUG5_PaU_xzB0haPIWfHmZQ7WlyOmqxg70wc8tCpjiY049P8ZOd_3cWNEHyYLQLbXHu2tMxAPXN5DL0huGE8BcpijhggSMawJ4eW9kHtQU1Z0QgcmcIRM8zFFgL0Dl-xYY8UePspl6spP_J4Jss1T0M7PUSPcS8hl87rlEBYfrzq-7o5XEfbi7qBVTrn3rdtn2FpdzeRPx4ucFp_BAV_s2hPkr0Umqo_NTaAejgSYnL2A3PNLoL38KTvBD0FzdhFGWQPDWC7Zk5e-o9gIGVH3z1nUhQtVezjCGs4eQ/3fq/8jbM3mrWRPyWPc1WqbbIGw/h0/OMjN5j70fyUOnUC7q4rqKXiaVq3Yrd9S-pXlVKMBZXQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">joining Governor Newsom, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, Senator Maria Elena Durazo, and leaders from all across our state in celebrating the signing of California’s nation-leading worker protection laws, including our policy, AB 701</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AB 701, the Warehouse Workers Protection Act, is the first of its kind and an initial step in addressing the reality of algorithmic work in our country. It will protect the over 250,000 frontline warehouse workers in California by requiring employers to disclose quotas while prohibiting them from penalizing workers for rest periods, bathroom breaks, and time complying with health and safety laws.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img align="" alt="" id="ymail_ctr_id_-350364-1" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcan2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fdata%2F000%2F584%2F231%2Foriginal%2F.jpg&t=1632912750&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-224f-c00023015b00&sig=5.K8Qmmj0tjC7jTtWQA0qQ--~D" style="max-width: 720px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 288px;" title="" width="720" />Just as important as the policy, is the reason we took on this fight. The Los Angeles Labor Movement, and our partners across the Greater Los Angeles Area, had a front-row seat to the growing warehouse industry and the unchecked influence that corporate giants, such as Walmart and Amazon, have on our communities.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Los Angeles is uniquely positioned in the global supply chain and integral to the movement of goods in the United States. Our ports are the busiest in the country with over 40% of all containers in the US coming through our shores. Our robust freeway and rail systems create the ideal infrastructure for the movement of these goods, goods that touch every single state in the US. The sheer size of the population of Los Angeles creates one of the largest markets in the country, incentivizing retail companies to create distribution centers and resulting in the Greater Los Angeles Area having the most warehouses in the country. Combined with our ever-growing dependence on e-commerce, especially during the pandemic, we are left with an ever-expanding workforce composed predominantly of workers of color. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img align="" alt="" id="ymail_ctr_id_-735758-2" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcan2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fdata%2F000%2F584%2F229%2Foriginal%2FUntitled_%281200_x_600_px%29.png&t=1632912750&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-224f-c00023015b00&sig=BdROgKomhjEODYSzu8EE6w--~D" style="max-width: 720px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 288px;" title="" width="720" />Over the last few years, we have heard from countless workers who told stories of dangerous working conditions and inhumane quotas resulting in debilitating injuries. Young workers, many of them heads of their households, were forced to twist, bend, and eventually break their bodies to meet the rising demand. It was clear to us that something had to be done and that Los Angeles was destined to take on the warehousing industry head-on.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">We would like to thank Gov. Newsom for signing the Warehouse Workers Protection Act and standing with warehouse workers, and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez for championing the bill. Her valiant efforts and steadfast determination made this historic policy a reality. Thank you to our partners, such as the Teamsters, the Warehouse Workers Resource Center, and LAANE, for helping us pass such an innovative policy that will protect workers into the future. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">This is a victory for every worker who spoke up, engaged their representative, or joined one of our actions. We are proud to say that California stands firmly in its values and will continue to say, “Work shouldn’t hurt!”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In Solidarity,</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ron Herrera</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">President, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO</p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-23335709069309316452021-09-03T10:55:00.003-07:002021-09-03T10:55:33.192-07:00GREED <p> <span class="DateLine__date___12trWy" style="color: #404040; display: inline; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.42857;">September 3, 2021</span><span class="DateLine__date___12trWy" style="color: #404040; display: inline; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.42857;">9:45 AM PDT</span><span class="DateLine__date___12trWy" style="color: #404040; display: inline; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.42857;">Last Updated an hour ago</span></p><header><div class="ArticleHeader__container___3rO4Ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; gap: 24px 4.26667vw; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); grid-template-rows: fit-content(0px) repeat(3, max-content); padding: 6.4vw 4.26667vw; position: relative;"><div class="ArticleHeader__heading___3ibi0Q" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; grid-area: 2 / 1 / auto / -1; line-height: 1.125; margin-top: -8px; min-height: unset; position: relative; z-index: 3;"><h4 class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__heading_4___Ks3Gpt Heading__base___1dDlXY Heading__heading_4___-kdQkt" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-medium, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__tr-orange___2pfU9O Text__bold___2wRTrQ Text__heading_5___3obGkm Heading__base___1dDlXY heading_5_bold ArticleHeader__section___115N2f" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #fa6400; display: block; font-family: knowledge-bold, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.33; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><a class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__inherit-color___30vgWE Text__inherit-font___34PF0W Text__inherit-size___hM-VSj Link__underline_on_hover___3-iv5a" href="https://www.reuters.com/business" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: inherit;">Business</a></span></h4><h1 class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__heading_2___sUlNJP Heading__base___1dDlXY Heading__heading_2___3f_bIW" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-medium, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.14; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">EXCLUSIVE FedEx faces labor union challenge over billionaire CEO's pay</h1></div><div class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__small___MoVgdT ArticleHeader__author___Q1-tGb" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-medium, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-area: 3 / 1 / auto / span 3; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;">By <a class="AuthorName__author___1tcHiY" rel="author" style="color: inherit; display: inline; line-height: 1.5;">Jessica Dinapoli</a></div><div class="ArticleHeader__share___3GFHTV" style="grid-area: 4 / 1 / auto / -1; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><ul class="ShareButtons__container___dv78dm" style="display: flex; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="ShareButtons__item___1ToOOl ShareButtons__condensed___3dBuT0" style="margin-left: 0px;"><button aria-label="Share on Twitter" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__secondary___jc-Lu5 Button__round___1BK77J" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(208, 208, 208); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: flex; height: 42px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 42px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="Social__container___4Ddwig" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; width: 40px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="Social__symbol___1RyS6P" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 16 13" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M16 1.537a6.469 6.469 0 0 1-1.884.516A3.3 3.3 0 0 0 15.559.237a6.603 6.603 0 0 1-2.084.797A3.282 3.282 0 0 0 11.078 0a3.28 3.28 0 0 0-3.196 4.028A9.315 9.315 0 0 1 1.118.598a3.28 3.28 0 0 0-.444 1.65c0 1.137.578 2.143 1.46 2.73A3.281 3.281 0 0 1 .646 4.57v.04A3.282 3.282 0 0 0 3.28 7.83a3.286 3.286 0 0 1-1.483.055 3.294 3.294 0 0 0 3.065 2.282A6.583 6.583 0 0 1 0 11.526 9.281 9.281 0 0 0 5.034 13c6.036 0 9.338-5.003 9.338-9.34 0-.144-.003-.285-.01-.425A6.607 6.607 0 0 0 16 1.538z"></path></svg></div></div></button></li><li class="ShareButtons__item___1ToOOl ShareButtons__condensed___3dBuT0" style="margin-left: 8px;"><button aria-label="Share on Facebook" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__secondary___jc-Lu5 Button__round___1BK77J" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(208, 208, 208); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: flex; height: 42px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 42px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="Social__container___4Ddwig" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; width: 40px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="Social__symbol___1RyS6P" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M14.5 0h-13C.675 0 0 .675 0 1.5v13c0 .825.675 1.5 1.5 1.5H8V9H6V7h2V6c0-1.653 1.347-3 3-3h2v2h-2c-.55 0-1 .45-1 1v1h3l-.5 2H10v7h4.5c.825 0 1.5-.675 1.5-1.5v-13c0-.825-.675-1.5-1.5-1.5z"></path></svg></div></div></button></li><li class="ShareButtons__item___1ToOOl ShareButtons__condensed___3dBuT0" style="margin-left: 8px;"><button aria-label="Share on LinkedIn" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__secondary___jc-Lu5 Button__round___1BK77J" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(208, 208, 208); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: flex; height: 42px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 42px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="Social__container___4Ddwig" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; width: 40px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="Social__symbol___1RyS6P" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 21 21" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M19.031 0c1.034 0 1.888.807 1.964 1.822L21 1.97V19.03a1.975 1.975 0 0 1-1.822 1.964L19.03 21H1.97a1.975 1.975 0 0 1-1.964-1.822L0 19.03V1.97C0 .935.807.08 1.822.005L1.97 0H19.03zM6.3 7.875H3.15v10.063H6.3V7.874zm7.875-.175c-1.575 0-2.538.788-2.975 1.575v-1.4H8.225v10.063h3.15V12.95c0-1.313.175-2.537 1.838-2.537 1.575 0 1.575 1.487 1.575 2.624v4.9h3.15v-5.425c0-2.712-.613-4.812-3.763-4.812zM4.637 2.8c-1.05 0-1.837.875-1.837 1.838 0 1.05.875 1.837 1.838 1.837 1.05 0 1.837-.787 1.837-1.837 0-1.05-.875-1.838-1.837-1.838z"></path></svg></div></div></button></li><li class="ShareButtons__item___1ToOOl ShareButtons__condensed___3dBuT0" style="margin-left: 8px;"><button aria-label="Share on Email" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__secondary___jc-Lu5 Button__round___1BK77J" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(208, 208, 208); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: flex; height: 42px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 42px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="Social__container___4Ddwig" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; width: 40px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="Social__symbol___1RyS6P" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 21 18" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M20.125 9c.449 0 .819.347.87.795L21 9.9v5.4c0 1.438-1.093 2.613-2.47 2.695l-.155.005H2.625c-1.398 0-2.54-1.124-2.62-2.541L0 15.3V9.9c0-.497.392-.9.875-.9.449 0 .819.347.87.795l.005.105v5.4c0 .462.338.842.773.894l.102.006h15.75a.884.884 0 0 0 .87-.795l.005-.105V9.9c0-.497.392-.9.875-.9zm-1.75-9C19.825 0 21 1.209 21 2.7v2.7c0 .33-.175.632-.456.79l-9.625 5.4a.854.854 0 0 1-.838 0L.456 6.19A.904.904 0 0 1 0 5.4V2.7C0 1.209 1.175 0 2.625 0h15.75zm0 1.8H2.625a.888.888 0 0 0-.875.9v2.166l8.75 4.909 8.75-4.91V2.7a.892.892 0 0 0-.773-.894l-.102-.006z"></path></svg></div></div></button></li><li class="ShareButtons__item___1ToOOl ShareButtons__condensed___3dBuT0" style="margin-left: 8px;"><div class="CopyLinkButton__container___uuUKOm" style="position: relative;"><button aria-label="Copy" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__secondary___jc-Lu5 Button__round___1BK77J" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(208, 208, 208); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: flex; height: 42px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 42px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="Social__container___4Ddwig" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; width: 40px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="Social__symbol___1RyS6P" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M14.47 1.458a4.163 4.163 0 0 0-5.901 0l-1.28 1.209a.688.688 0 0 0 0 .995c.284.285.71.285.995 0l1.21-1.209a2.878 2.878 0 0 1 3.982 0c1.138 1.067 1.137 2.916.07 3.983l-2.133 2.133-.284.284c-1.28.925-3.058.711-3.982-.569-.214-.284-.711-.355-.996-.142-.285.213-.356.71-.142.996a4.242 4.242 0 0 0 3.413 1.706c.853 0 1.777-.284 2.56-.853.142-.142.284-.284.497-.427l2.134-2.133c1.636-1.636 1.564-4.41-.143-5.973z"></path><path d="m7.644 12.338-1.209 1.209a2.878 2.878 0 0 1-3.982 0c-1.138-1.067-1.138-2.916-.071-3.983l2.133-2.133.284-.284c.64-.427 1.351-.64 2.134-.57.782.143 1.422.498 1.849 1.138.213.284.71.356.996.143.284-.214.355-.711.142-.996-.71-.924-1.707-1.493-2.773-1.636-1.067-.213-2.205.071-3.13.783l-.426.426L1.458 8.57c-1.636 1.706-1.565 4.409.07 6.044.854.782 1.92 1.209 2.987 1.209 1.067 0 2.134-.427 2.987-1.21l1.209-1.208a.688.688 0 0 0 0-.996c-.284-.285-.782-.356-1.067-.07z"></path></svg></div></div></button></div></li></ul></div><span class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__extra_small___3GR_6R Label__label___2Fe3cH Label__small___1kKu4y ArticleHeader__read-time___2ZgoYp" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; display: block; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; grid-area: 3 / 4 / auto / span 1; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; place-self: center end; white-space: nowrap;">3 minute read</span></div></header><div title="EXCLUSIVE FedEx faces labor union challenge over billionaire CEO's pay"><div class="ArticleBody__container___D-h4BJ" style="box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 4.26667vw; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); padding-left: 4.26667vw; padding-right: 4.26667vw; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="ArticleBody__primary-asset___Hw1EAg" data-testid="primary-gallery" style="grid-column: 1 / -1; margin-bottom: 1.66667vw; margin-left: -4.26667vw; margin-right: -4.26667vw;"><div class="PrimaryGallery__carousel-container___1593vg" style="height: 0px; padding-bottom: 251.844px; position: relative;"><div class="PrimaryGallery__carousel___1WUfMq" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 251.844px; position: absolute; width: 360px; z-index: 0;"><div class="Carousel__container___3aQi4d" style="height: 251.844px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;" tabindex="0"><div class="Carousel__swiper___3BLoeL" style="height: 251.844px; position: relative; touch-action: pan-y; transform: translateX(0%); width: 360px; will-change: transform;"><div class="Carousel__item___3M8qgk" style="height: 251.844px; left: -360px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transform: translateZ(0px); width: 360px;"><div class="StatefulImage__container___3eKU7h StatefulImage__light___q8woox PrimaryGallery__image___3PESAl" style="height: 251.844px; position: relative;"><div class="StatefulImage__image___zY1d5b" style="background: rgb(175, 175, 175); height: inherit;"><div class="Image__container___pml_bK Image__cover___2NcXyD Image__transition___1jK0Xa" style="height: inherit; position: relative;"><img alt="REUTERS/Mike Blake " class="Image__image___6wPcid" draggable="false" sizes="640px" src="https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg" srcset="https://www.reuters.com/resizer/U_nLEuL7UX98QiuEWNRRvNrVjaI=/480x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 480w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/3Qkq7-ENTph_0PZV6wif-_vyVPA=/960x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 960w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/KKZA8waNvoF-bOW5-yoiJXXGLQA=/1080x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 1080w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/n1UhlfpGDS6XlUTAd0EBpuBSzh0=/1200x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 1200w" style="animation: 0.8s ease 0s 1 normal both running Image__fadein___agl3Vr; display: block; height: inherit; object-fit: cover; width: 360px;" /></div></div></div></div><div class="Carousel__item___3M8qgk" style="height: 251.844px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transform: translateZ(0px); width: 360px;"><div class="StatefulImage__container___3eKU7h StatefulImage__light___q8woox PrimaryGallery__image___3PESAl" style="height: 251.844px; position: relative;"><div class="StatefulImage__image___zY1d5b" style="background: rgb(175, 175, 175); height: inherit;"><div class="Image__container___pml_bK Image__cover___2NcXyD Image__transition___1jK0Xa" style="height: inherit; position: relative;"><img alt="Fedex CEO Fred Smith is pictured at a business roundtable meeting of company leaders and U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Washington, June 13, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed" class="Image__image___6wPcid" draggable="false" sizes="640px" src="https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/64AWI2X7QJLNPGZRW3F55QXBSQ.jpg" srcset="https://www.reuters.com/resizer/dN1WLk6RAFGFYSsXT8K3i0Fl2jU=/480x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/64AWI2X7QJLNPGZRW3F55QXBSQ.jpg 480w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/w_S6hZkqCFq5WLaYVDqIyiac_sI=/960x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/64AWI2X7QJLNPGZRW3F55QXBSQ.jpg 960w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/c4p_s3ty7w6T91RhcQjfTfP6f4E=/1080x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/64AWI2X7QJLNPGZRW3F55QXBSQ.jpg 1080w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/rSJco33sJktbKSsvgDJFx9_6Gy4=/1200x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/64AWI2X7QJLNPGZRW3F55QXBSQ.jpg 1200w" style="animation: 0.8s ease 0s 1 normal both running Image__fadein___agl3Vr; display: block; height: inherit; object-fit: cover; width: 360px;" /></div></div></div></div><div class="Carousel__item___3M8qgk" style="height: 251.844px; left: 360px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transform: translateZ(0px); width: 360px;"><div class="StatefulImage__container___3eKU7h StatefulImage__light___q8woox PrimaryGallery__image___3PESAl" style="height: 251.844px; position: relative;"><div class="StatefulImage__image___zY1d5b" style="background: rgb(175, 175, 175); height: inherit;"><div class="Image__container___pml_bK Image__cover___2NcXyD Image__transition___1jK0Xa" style="height: inherit; position: relative;"><img alt="REUTERS/Mike Blake " class="Image__image___6wPcid" draggable="false" sizes="640px" src="https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg" srcset="https://www.reuters.com/resizer/U_nLEuL7UX98QiuEWNRRvNrVjaI=/480x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 480w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/3Qkq7-ENTph_0PZV6wif-_vyVPA=/960x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 960w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/KKZA8waNvoF-bOW5-yoiJXXGLQA=/1080x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 1080w,https://www.reuters.com/resizer/n1UhlfpGDS6XlUTAd0EBpuBSzh0=/1200x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/IZVDLXQDKRKXHJ7DOMS55YSVWE.jpg 1200w" style="animation: 0.8s ease 0s 1 normal both running Image__fadein___agl3Vr; display: block; height: inherit; object-fit: cover; width: 360px;" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><button aria-label="Scroll image backward" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__ghost___FEywA_ Button__round___1BK77J NavButton__button___1bOuVT NavButton__large___3OxmvA PrimaryGallery__prev-button___1rGMtz" style="appearance: none; background: rgb(64, 64, 64); border-color: initial; border-radius: 8px; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 48px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 125.922px; transform: translateY(-50%) translateZ(0px); vertical-align: top; width: 48px; z-index: 1;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: flex; height: 48px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="NavButton__arrow___2rQyLY" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 6 11" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="m1.76 5.134 3.887-3.887a.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027.709.709 0 0 0-1.027 0l-4.4 4.4a.71.71 0 0 0 0 1.027l4.4 4.4c.147.147.367.22.513.22a.79.79 0 0 0 .513-.22.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027L1.76 5.133z"></path></svg></div></button><button aria-label="Scroll image forward" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__ghost___FEywA_ Button__round___1BK77J NavButton__button___1bOuVT NavButton__large___3OxmvA PrimaryGallery__next-button___3YUVSA" style="appearance: none; background: rgb(64, 64, 64); border-color: initial; border-radius: 8px; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 125.922px; transform: translateY(-50%) translateZ(0px); vertical-align: top; width: 48px; z-index: 1;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: flex; height: 48px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="NavButton__arrow___2rQyLY" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 7 11" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="m6.013 4.987-4.4-4.4a.71.71 0 0 0-1.027 0 .709.709 0 0 0 0 1.027L4.473 5.5.586 9.387a.71.71 0 0 0 0 1.027c.147.147.293.22.513.22.22 0 .367-.073.514-.22l4.4-4.4a.71.71 0 0 0 0-1.027z"></path></svg></div></button></div><div class="PrimaryGallery__detail___2BT_-l" style="background: rgb(64, 64, 64); box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 4.26667vw; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); overflow: hidden; padding: 12px 0px 22px;"><span class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__muted-grey___3thQhs Text__light___2jF5Fx Text__heading_5___3obGkm Heading__base___1dDlXY Heading__heading_5_light___1MRNPG PrimaryGallery__pagination___43t7Xv" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #d0d0d0; display: block; font-family: knowledge-light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; grid-area: 1 / 1 / auto / span 1; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.26667vw; padding: 0px;">1/2</span><div class="Caption__caption_container___EQn2wz PrimaryGallery__caption___3OLymi" style="flex-direction: column; grid-area: 1 / 2 / auto / span 3; margin-right: 4.26667vw;"><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__muted-grey___3thQhs Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__small___MoVgdT Body__base___25kqPt Body__caption___1g8_ry Caption__caption_text___zghlXk Caption__collapsed___3-_67m" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; color: #d0d0d0; display: -webkit-box; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px 0px 2.13333vw; max-width: 720px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;">Fedex CEO Fred Smith is pictured at a business roundtable meeting of company leaders and U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Washington, June 13, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed</p><button class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__ghost___FEywA_ Button__round___1BK77J Caption__collapse_button___3XmdBX Caption__clamped___3e1p5f Caption__collapsed___3-_67m" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: flex; height: 34px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 117.651px;"><span class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__inherit-color___30vgWE Text__bold___2wRTrQ Text__default___1Xh7Yh TextButton__medium___1vp1Wy" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: inherit; font-family: knowledge-bold, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 20px;">Read More</span></div></button></div><div class="PrimaryGallery__toggle-container___1sJ7Wb" style="grid-area: 1 / 1 / auto / span 1; margin-left: 4.26667vw; margin-top: 4px; place-self: end start;"><button aria-label="Expand gallery in a modal window" class="Button__button___3FFWBE Button__ghost___FEywA_ Button__round___1BK77J toggle" style="appearance: none; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;" type="button"><div class="Button__container___2sgpri" style="--color: inherit; align-items: center; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: flex; height: 34px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px;"><div class="ToggleButton__container___2nQ3NY" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: 32px; justify-content: center; width: 32px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="ToggleButton__symbol___2BSDMo" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 20 20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M7.3 11.3c.4-.4 1-.4 1.4 0 .4.4.4 1 0 1.4L3.4 18H7c.6 0 1 .4 1 1s-.4 1-1 1H1c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.2-.1-.4-.3-.5-.5-.1-.1-.1-.3-.1-.4v-6c0-.6.4-1 1-1s1 .4 1 1v3.6l5.3-5.3zM19.071 0c.106.004.25.02.33.1.2.1.4.3.5.5C20 .7 20 .9 20 1v6c0 .6-.4 1-1 1s-1-.4-1-1V3.4l-5.3 5.3c-.2.2-.5.3-.7.3-.2 0-.5-.1-.7-.3-.4-.4-.4-1 0-1.4L16.6 2H13c-.6 0-1-.4-1-1s.4-1 1-1h6.071z"></path></svg></div></div></button></div></div></div><div class="ArticleBody__content___2gQno2 paywall-article" style="grid-column: 1 / span 4; min-width: 0px;"><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-0" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 4.26667vw; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">Sept 3 (Reuters) - FedEx Corp <a class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8" href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/FDX.N" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-medium, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">(FDX.N)</a> shareholders should reject founder and CEO Fred Smith's $54 million pay package because the logistics company gave him stock options after scrapping a cash bonus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to reinstate it later, the Teamsters labor union said on Friday.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">Smith, whose net worth is pegged by Forbes at $5.8 billion, was given a special option award "for motivation and retention purposes" in June 2020 after FedEx canceled a $3.4 million cash bonus for him, citing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-2" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">Those options were worth $6.4 million as of the end of May, the close of FedEx's fiscal year, more than doubling in value since Smith received them. As more people shipped and received items during the pandemic and FedEx's business rebounded, the Memphis, Tennessee-based company reinstated Smith's $3.4 million cash bonus in December, but also allowed him to keep the special stock options.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-3" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">This amounted to "double-dipping" that undercuts the pay-for-performance structure of Smith's compensation, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which is bargaining on behalf of FedEx employees at a freight facility and is an investor in FedEx through pension and benefit funds, argued in a letter to shareholders on Friday, which was seen by Reuters.</p><div class="SpacingContainer__container___2kvuUN SpacingContainer__max-width___1aBoiA" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1440px; width: 329.281px;"><div class="AdSlot__container___vv9J1U" style="--height: 266px; min-height: var(--height);"><div class="AdSlot__inner___1TrdcP AdSlot__others___2ACz-1" style="font-size: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="AdSlot__slot___1GI9_W" data-google-query-id="CIr1mZ-v4_ICFbkXrQYdMvgNAw" id="reuters_mobile_mpu_1" name="reuters_mobile_mpu_1" style="display: inline-block; max-width: 100%;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/business/article_1__container__" style="border: 0pt none; display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" data-google-container-id="3" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/business/article_1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://45bd4b4b1e9761a1238cbaf8ecb08da0.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" style="background: white !important; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe><div class="__fs-ancillary" style="--childheight: 16px; --childwidth: 300px; -webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 6; -webkit-box-pack: end; align-items: center; display: flex; height: var(--childHeight); justify-content: flex-end; margin: 0px auto; order: 5; visibility: visible; width: var(--childWidth);"><div id="__fs-reportThisAd-reuters_mobile_mpu_1"><div class="adl-report-ad-container "><button id="btn-reuters_mobile_mpu_1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #a6a6a6; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-size: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 8px;">Report ad</button></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">"Having founded the company, been chief executive since 1998 and holding an 8% equity stake, surely CEO Smith has the appropriate incentives to drive shareholder value," the Teamsters general secretary-treasurer, Ken Hall, wrote in the letter.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">The union is urging shareholders to vote against the company's executive pay plan at the company's annual meeting on Sept. 27. As with most companies, the vote at FedEx is non-binding.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-6" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">FedEx declined to comment beyond what it has disclosed on executive pay in securities filings. In its informational disclosure to investors, FedEx said a significant portion of executive compensation is "at risk" and dependent on the company hitting performance goals and share price targets.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-7" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">FedEx Chief Operating Officer Rajesh Subramaniam, the company's highest paid executive after Smith, also had his $2 million cash bonus reinstated after he received a similar special option award and stock grant worth approximately $6 million at the end of May.</p><div class="SpacingContainer__container___2kvuUN SpacingContainer__max-width___1aBoiA" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1440px; width: 329.281px;"><div class="AdSlot__container___vv9J1U" style="--height: 266px; min-height: var(--height);"><div class="AdSlot__inner___1TrdcP AdSlot__others___2ACz-1" style="font-size: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="AdSlot__slot___1GI9_W" data-google-query-id="CNiCw42v4_ICFS4prQYdz4YGwg" id="reuters_mobile_mpu_2" name="reuters_mobile_mpu_2" style="display: inline-block; max-width: 100%;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/business/article_2__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" data-google-container-id="2" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/business/article_2" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/4735792/reuters.com/business/article_2" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-pointer-lock allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" style="background: white !important; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe><div class="__fs-ancillary" style="--childheight: 16px; --childwidth: 300px; -webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 6; -webkit-box-pack: end; align-items: center; display: flex; height: var(--childHeight); justify-content: flex-end; margin: 0px auto; order: 5; visibility: visible; width: var(--childWidth);"><div id="__fs-reportThisAd-reuters_mobile_mpu_2"><div class="adl-report-ad-container "><button id="btn-reuters_mobile_mpu_2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #a6a6a6; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-size: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 8px;">Report ad</button></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-8" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">Many U.S. companies tweaked the pay of executives during the pandemic, easing performance targets and even giving them pay rises. Investors then voted down a record number of CEO pay packages at their annual shareholder meetings earlier this year. L2N2NL2O2</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-9" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">Although most shareholder votes on pay are non-binding, some companies have tweaked executive pay when faced with investor opposition. For example, in 2018 Walt Disney Co <a class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8" href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/DIS.N" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-medium, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">(DIS.N)</a> renegotiated the compensation of its chief executive at the time, Bob Iger, to toughen performance targets after shareholders voted down his pay.</p><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-10" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">The Teamsters acknowledged in the letter that Smith's options had yet to vest and that there was still uncertainty over the value of that grant. Smith also accepted a 91% cut in his annual salary during some of the last fiscal year. His salary was $966,125.</p><div class="ArticleBody__content___2gQno2" style="grid-column: 1 / span 4; min-width: 0px;"><span class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__default___1Xh7Yh SignOff__text___2onKdN" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reporting by Jessica DiNapoli in New York Editing by Greg Roumeliotis and Leslie Adler</span></div><p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 4.26667vw 0px 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;">Our Standards: <a class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8" href="https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; font-family: knowledge-medium, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a></p></div></div></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-61821665399177039542021-08-28T23:43:00.002-07:002021-08-28T23:49:59.818-07:00XPO to stop hauling inbound LTL traffic to Amazon locations<header class="amp-wp-article-header"><h2 class="amp-wp-sub-title">Move, effective Monday, seen as reaction to Amazon diverting too much of XPO’s trailer capacity</h2><div class="amp-wp-meta amp-wp-byline"><amp-img alt="Mark Solomon" class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" height="24" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" layout="fixed" lightbox="i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-0" src="https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g" srcset="https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w39/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g 39w, https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w56/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g 56w, https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w82/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g 82w" width="24"><img alt="Mark Solomon" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 24px, 24px" src="https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g" srcset="https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w39/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g 39w, https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w56/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g 56w, https://secure-gravatar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w82/s/secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cdd8a051921363a8443b71363e6e50c?s=24&d=mm&r=g 82w" /></amp-img> <span class="amp-wp-author author vcard">Mark Solomon</span></div><div class="amp-wp-meta amp-wp-posted-on"><time datetime="2021-08-27T22:29:00+00:00">20 hours ago</time></div></header><div class="amp-wp-article-content"><div class="amp-featured"><amp-img alt="" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-layout-intrinsic i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" data-hero-candidate="" data-hero="" disable-inline-width="" height="675" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" i-amphtml-layout="intrinsic" i-amphtml-ssr="" layout="intrinsic" lightbox="i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-1" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://s29755-pcdn-co.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/s29755.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/XPO_Logistics_layoffs_San-Antonio.jpeg" srcset="https://s29755-pcdn-co.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/s29755.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/XPO_Logistics_layoffs_San-Antonio.jpeg 1200w, https://s29755-pcdn-co.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/s29755.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/XPO_Logistics_layoffs_San-Antonio-600x338.jpeg 600w, https://s29755-pcdn-co.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/s29755.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/XPO_Logistics_layoffs_San-Antonio-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://s29755-pcdn-co.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/s29755.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/XPO_Logistics_layoffs_San-Antonio-390x220.jpeg 390w" width="1200">As of Monday, XPO Logistics Inc. will no longer accept inbound LTL shipments destined for Amazon.com Inc. warehouses, XPO said Friday.</amp-img></div><p>In a memo obtained by FreightWaves, XPO instructed its employees to stop directing “Amazon-routed freight” through the carrier’s LTL network. The memo came from Mario A. Garza, XPO’s <a href="https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quotes/XPO/overview" target="_top">(NYSE:XPO)</a> LTL national 3PL account executive, a sign that XPO’s action is directed at third-party logistics providers that consolidate shipper traffic and tender it to XPO for delivery to Amazon’s (<a>NASDAQ:AMZN)</a> warehouses.</p><p>The XPO decision affects the “middle-mile” of Amazon’s transportation infrastructure, where goods move from supplier facilities to an intermediate point to await outbound distribution on the final mile leg, which is handled by Amazon and its delivery partners.</p><p>LTL carriers like XPO move a large amount of freight to Amazon’s distribution centers. However, the process sucks up a lot of LTL trailer capacity, and equipment can sit for days at Amazon’s locations before it’s unloaded, according to an industry executive who requested anonymity. </p><p>The issue is not foreign to shippers and carriers hauling inbound freight to Amazon locations, the executive said. At this point, though, the practice has disrupted XPO’s LTL network to the extent that it felt it necessary to pull the plug.</p><p>Neither company responded to requests for comment. </p><p>In an operation such as this, which is common in the retail supply chain, shippers may pre-pay the freight charges directly to the carrier, or retailers will compensate the carrier. Typically, a direct pre-pay from the shipper is more profitable for the carrier, the executive said. </p><p>However, 3PLs may be using their volume clout to dilute XPO’s margins, which may have led to Friday’s decision, the executive said.</p><p>The timing of XPO’s decision could blindside shippers used to the carrier trucking their goods to Amazon locations. “Basically what XPO is saying to shippers, and particularly to 3PLs because that’s who this is directed at, is to find another carrier to ship inbound to Amazon,” the executive said.</p><p>XPO’s move parallels, albeit indirectly, <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-freight-customer-dump-shows-ltl-carriers-in-drivers-seat" target="_top">a mid-June decision by FedEx Freight, </a>the LTL unit of FedEx Corp. <a href="https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quotes/FDX/overview" target="_top">(NYSE:FDX)</a> to abruptly stop truck pickups at many locations in order to restore normal productivity levels at overwhelmed terminals. </p><p>LTL networks have been buffeted by soaring domestic demand as well as knock-on effects of the escalating congestion problems at U.S. ports, particularly on the West Coast. XPO, like FedEx Freight before it, is looking for ways to resolve LTL network challenges. “This is like what (FedEx Freight) did,” said the executive, referring to XPO’s action. “It’s just worded differently.”</p></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-74292670332073687342021-07-31T22:13:00.002-07:002021-07-31T22:25:05.624-07:00The Struggle is Real!<p>First, I like to congratulate the very brave and persistent XPO employees of Florida and New Jersey on their new Teamster contract! </p><p>It has been a very long time coming. But with this victory more will come.</p><p>Our struggles at FedEx Freight were very difficult. With their anti union tactics of everything from, one on ones, anti-union propaganda and firing of pro union employee, using " constructive terminal" tactics and just outright lies. FedEx had deterred most of our terminals from moving forward. Except for our Stockton Teamsters.Who still haven't negotiated a contract, because of FedEx's not keeping their promise of "if a terminal would vote for representation we will negotiated". But have won several unfair labor charges against FedEx. They are alone.</p><p>XPO Teamsters beware! Though you are getting contracts,which is a very good thing, yes. But don't underestimate XPO's attempts to find some of their loyal employees to try to decertify or undermine your successful campaign.</p><p>With your success, courage and will. You may have paved the way for others to follow your lead. Are you listening FedEx Freight employees!</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Brother from FedEx Freight</p><p><br /></p><p>Rudy Hernandez / aka irudedog </p><p>P and D driver</p><p>San Bernardino Ca.</p>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-63725354763176929242021-07-29T19:49:00.001-07:002021-07-29T19:49:46.225-07:00<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146gd_tbl_wrap" style="font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: 639px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146container-fill" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 639px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146table" id="yiv9992339146gd_ab_header" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 19px; padding-top: 10px; width: 600px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" class="yiv9992339146headerbg" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146table" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 600px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" valign="middle"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; word-break: break-word;"><img alt="Wage and Hour Division" class="yiv9992339146govd_template_image" height="112" id="ymail_ctr_id_-766297-1" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F03%2F801914%2F840990%2Femail-header_crop.jpg&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=S4pgAlfCwbkDoRjuj7IIvA--~D" style="height: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 600px; word-break: initial;" width="600" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#f4f4f4" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146table" id="yiv9992339146gd_ab_main_body" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 15px 19px 20px 20px; width: 600px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146table" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 561px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mZWRlcmFscmVnaXN0ZXIuZ292L3B1YmxpYy1pbnNwZWN0aW9uLzIwMjEtMTUzMTYvcmVzY2lzc2lvbi1vZi1qb2ludC1lbXBsb3llci1zdGF0dXMtdW5kZXItdGhlLWZhaXItbGFib3Itc3RhbmRhcmRzLWFjdC1ydWxlIn0.bHfJ1rXS66LoIhPmXOGQ5Y109ObksvIN_Oq6HZWUWEo/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">final rule</a> to rescind an earlier rule, “Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act” that took effect in March 2020. By rescinding that rule, the Department will ensure more workers receive minimum wage amind overtime protections of the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5kb2wuZ292L2FnZW5jaWVzL3doZC9mbHNhIn0.mJgmXRRIevxqMeaUGRhEN7xLweHR22mIRUZzeGQtYew/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Fair Labor Standards Act</a>.</p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">The rescinded rule included a description of joint employment contrary to statutory language and Congressional intent. The rule also failed to take into account the department’s prior joint employment guidance. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated most of the rule in 2020.</p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Under the FLSA, an employee can have more than one employer for the work they perform. Joint employment applies when – for the purposes of minimum wage and overtime requirements – the department considers two separate companies to be a worker’s employer for the same work. For example, a joint employer relationship could occur where a hotel contracts with a staffing agency to provide cleaning staff, which the hotel directly controls. If the agency and the hotel are joint employers, they are both responsible for worker protections.</p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">A strong joint employer standard is critical because FLSA responsibilities and liability for worker protections do not apply to a business that does not meet the definition of employer.</p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">The final rule becomes effective September 28, 2021.</p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="color: #4e4d4e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">For more information about the FLSA or other laws it enforces, visit the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRvbC5nb3YvYWdlbmNpZXMvd2hkIn0.uEGrJjhZvqWA5O8TTfpYZVxGHIK7XAZ4rObNg69oHmU/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Wage and Hour Division</a>, or call toll-free 1-866-4US-WAGE.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#f4f4f4" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146table" id="yiv9992339146gd_ab_footer" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 15px 19px 20px 20px; width: 600px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146table" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 561px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="yiv9992339146mail_footer" style="font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td bgcolor="#224687" style="background: rgb(34, 70, 135); margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: 639px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9992339146mobile-footer" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px auto; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" valign="top"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 15px 0px 20px;" valign="top"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vZGVwYXJ0bWVudG9mbGFib3IifQ.sFHQxFypewGvzoqKxFRpBxVXWt-sd3IGGYEomutFVsI/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="facebook" height="56" id="ymail_ctr_id_-224246-2" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F02%2F755684%2Ffacebook_original.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=jmCp5FK_om9QR86fiIa5dg--~D" style="border: none; min-height: 56px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 56px; word-break: initial;" width="56" /></a><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3R3aXR0ZXIuY29tL3VzZG9sIn0.eucsl_1zgwwdNWXyHyGHAX8C9pFH1yqquvGw_Cv8t-8/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="twitter" height="56" id="ymail_ctr_id_-89110-3" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F02%2F755675%2Ftwitter_original.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=0IJQPS8MRTpnDcN4G0Sf6Q--~D" style="border: none; min-height: 56px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 56px; word-break: initial;" width="56" /></a><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tL1VTRE9MLyJ9.AAaKNe3R0vvdpYFDSk1kV7QZpgnjOz09QrH39epqPdI/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="instagram" height="56" id="ymail_ctr_id_-536189-4" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F02%2F755674%2Finstagram_original.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=Vf6VIbhWR.UZjm9KBMxd6Q--~D" style="border: none; min-height: 56px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 56px; word-break: initial;" width="56" /></a><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5saW5rZWRpbi5jb20vY29tcGFueS91LXMtLWRlcGFydG1lbnQtb2YtbGFib3IvIn0.22LzAqjMJims8XdRenISmmc52IzzreLmkcxkgfRBN28/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="linkedin" height="56" id="ymail_ctr_id_-232813-5" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F02%2F755686%2Flinkedin_original.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=egSSq5pTQreLbXdG3UFofA--~D" style="border: none; min-height: 56px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 56px; word-break: initial;" width="56" /></a><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5kb2wuZ292L3JzcyJ9.V7QHSSjV7mEg_zIeEXsTIi1kxSCJz-O7dD06A-RXzPo/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="rss feed" height="56" id="ymail_ctr_id_-843340-6" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F02%2F755687%2Frss_original.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=enYopOyzo0kD2YKl_KiKeQ--~D" style="border: none; min-height: 56px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 56px; word-break: initial;" width="56" /></a><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS91c2VyL1VTRGVwYXJ0bWVudG9mTGFib3IifQ.gRNQb9snts0_QI4OTUyoomkFicQ0do8IGjMf_0zLtCg/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="youtube" height="56" id="ymail_ctr_id_-701303-7" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FUSDOL%2F2016%2F02%2F755688%2Fyoutube_original.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=TD2HDlKtMVsfHQ.SvQhZBA--~D" style="border: none; min-height: 56px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 56px; word-break: initial;" width="56" /></a></td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="center" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 360px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td align="left" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 30px 10px;"><p align="left" class="yiv9992339146gd_p" style="color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3B1YmxpYy5nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeS5jb20vYWNjb3VudHMvVVNET0wvc3Vic2NyaWJlci90b3BpY3M_cXNwPVVTRE9MXzI1ODcifQ.Im0TafzwBt_-AV_lD4DKEuZbZp0HnXncSjilcJayJDM/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: initial;">SUBSCRIBE</strong></a> <a href="mailto:webmaster@dol.gov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:webmaster@dol.gov"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: initial;">SEND FEEDBACK</strong></a></p><p class="yiv9992339146gd_p" style="color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">U.S. Department of Labor</p><p class="yiv9992339146gd_p" style="color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">200 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20210</p><p class="yiv9992339146gd_p" style="color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRvbC5nb3YifQ.wDp-AbpRLg44HBj8BpuWsA6Qrn2fikhT1mlh4_fS-uU/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: initial;">www.dol.gov</strong></a> | 1-866-4-USA-DOL (1-866-487-2365)</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 25px;"><p align="left" class="yiv9992339146gd_p" style="color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">Don't want to get emails from us? You can <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTEsInF1ZXJ5X3BhcmFtcyI6WyJ2ZXJpZmljYXRpb24iLCJkZXN0aW5hdGlvbiJdLCJ1cmkiOiJicDI6Y2xpY2siLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjEwNzI5LjQzODQyMTExIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWJsaWMuZ292ZGVsaXZlcnkuY29tL2FjY291bnRzL1VTRE9ML3N1YnNjcmliZXIvb25lX2NsaWNrX3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlIn0.inLjUNCIuz4Q5F2eWWhijvFgSqY6qgjZYSOo8Hjn5JI/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l?verification=5.b1905fb345ae3e0163ac941ccf032556&destination=changefedextowin%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: initial;">unsubscribe here</strong></a>. (We'll miss you!)</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="yiv9992339146tagline" style="font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><hr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 639px;"><tbody style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><td style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" width="89%">This email was sent to changefedextowin@yahoo.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: United States Department of Labor · <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">200 Constitution Ave NW · Washington, DC 20210 · 1-866-4-USA-DOL (1-866-487-2365)</span></td><td align="right" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" width="11%"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N1YnNjcmliZXJoZWxwLmdyYW5pY3VzLmNvbS8ifQ.-9mO3Ap20VYl9lnj5K15CaaM8MPxE_UVDV1W3nWHac8/s/604745593/br/110081524950-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><img alt="GovDelivery logo" border="0" id="ymail_ctr_id_-628790-8" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fimages%2Fgovd-logo-dark.png&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=tf3crSR7NsbWOoJKsoqe5A--~D" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: initial;" width="115" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><img alt="" height="1" id="ymail_ctr_id_-138122-9" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks.govdelivery.com%2Ftrack%3Fenid%3DZWFzPTEmYnVsbGV0aW5yZWNpcGllbnRpZD0xMTAwODE1MjQ5NTAtbCZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9NjA0NzQ1NTkzJm1zaWQ9JmF1aWQ9Jm1haWxpbmdpZD0yMDIxMDcyOS40Mzg0MjExMSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9TURCLVBSRC1CVUwtMjAyMTA3MjkuNDM4NDIxMTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnR5cGU9b3BlbiZzZXJpYWw9MTY4MzgxMjYmZW1haWxpZD1jaGFuZ2VmZWRleHRvd2luQHlhaG9vLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2hhbmdlZmVkZXh0b3dpbkB5YWhvby5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY%3D&t=1627613183&ymreqid=e4dbd2a6-938b-1881-2269-9f000e015900&sig=2NZcV7U5P5yURY4bTjIMVw--~D" style="border-style: hidden; border-width: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word;" width="1" />irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659871782252984937.post-26424267128609447402021-07-19T16:35:00.001-07:002021-07-19T16:35:22.313-07:00WORKERS AT XPO LOGISTICS IN MIAMI MAKE HISTORY, RATIFY FIRST CONTRACT<p> </p><header class="single__hed" style="align-items: center; background: rgb(245, 245, 245); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010d50; display: flex; flex-flow: column nowrap; flex: 0 0 100%; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; justify-content: flex-start; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-height: 265px; max-width: 100%; order: -1; padding: 30px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 class="single__hed--meta" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><time class="single__hed--sub" datetime="2021-07-13T17:41:02+00:00" style="border: 0px; color: #828282; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">2021.07.13</time></h4></header><div class="single__entry" style="align-items: center; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010d50; display: flex; flex-flow: column; flex: 0 1 100%; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 876px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 360px;"><picture class="single__entry--grfx" style="display: flex; margin: 0px -55px 25px -15px; max-width: 876px; min-width: 100%; order: -1;"><img alt="XPO-Banner-071321" data-cfsrc="https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-1264x711.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 500px), (max-width: 980px), (min-width: 980px)" src="https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-1264x711.jpg" srcset="https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-406x228.jpg 406w, https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-812x457.jpg 812w, https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-632x356.jpg 632w, https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-865x487.jpg 865w, https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/XPO-Banner-071321-1730x973.jpg 1730w" style="border: 0px; flex: 0 0 100%; font: inherit; margin: 0px; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 360px;" /></picture><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">(MIAMI LAKES, FL) – Following a six-year battle, from organizing to completed contract, workers at XPO Logistics in Miami made history on Saturday, July 10 when they voted unanimously to ratify the first Teamsters contract at the transportation and logistics giant, which puts the workers’ rights and work lives in a legally binding written contract for the first time.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">“XPO management said workers in the U.S. would never ratify a contract, but never is now,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “I applaud the workers who stood strong and united over the past six years, despite the company’s horrific anti-worker actions and delays.”</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">“This historic event is the result of nearly six years of bargaining, company law breaking, and delays by XPO, which purchased Con-way Freight in late 2015,” said Ernie Soehl, Director of the Teamsters National Freight Division.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">The drivers and dockworkers at the former Con-way Freight voted to join Local 769 in December 2014. While thousands of workers at XPO in Europe belong to unions, this is the first ever Teamster contract at the company and paves the way for more to come.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">“Workers have picketed, leafletted, filed labor charges, testified in court, filed lawsuits, conducted a ULP strike and more to win justice, and now that justice is here with the ratification of their first contract,” said Josh Zivalich, President of Teamsters Local 769 in Miami.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">“We remained strong, united and focused here in Miami and we never quit our fight for justice,” said Mike Zangrillo, a driver. “I urge my coworkers in other locations to fight for a fair contract and to not give up.”</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">The contract includes “just-cause” protections, a grievance process, successorship language, job protection language and retirement protections, among other improvements.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px auto 1.2em; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;">Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit <a href="http://www.teamster.org/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #1c4483; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.1667px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">www.teamster.org</a> for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and “like” us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/teamsters" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #1c4483; font-family: inherit; font-size: 22.1667px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">www.facebook.com/teamsters</a>.</p></div>irudedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14331843617243336819noreply@blogger.com1