Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
A Message From The FedEx Mechanics Website
Fellow FedEx Express Employee,
As we all already know, we keep hearing that the inclusion of our legislation into the final FAA reauthorization bill will most likely take place prior to the Congress's recess for the July 4th holiday. If this all bears true, June is the most important month to all of us.
The House and Senate are currently attempting to reconcile their two bills to attain the final bill. We all know we need our language included in the final legislation. It is paramount that we use this time to contact every legislator to make sure they are of the mindset to include our language, the Express Carrier Employee Protection provision. Encourage the decision-makers through phone calls, letters, emails, and personal contact to go to our newest website, www.FedExDriversArentPilots.com. Encourage them on behalf of all FedEx Express employees to include our legislation in the final FAA Reauthorization Bill.
Help the legislators to check out our FAA fact sheet which gives a common sense, but tongue in cheek comparison of training, licensing, qualifications and duties performed by pilots and drivers. This helps to point out how ludicrous Fred Smith's argument to keep all of FedEx Express under the RLA really is. The FAA fact sheet taken directly from our FedEx Drivers Aren't Pilots website, asks the million dollar question we are all waiting to hear answered:
Are FedEx Drivers.....Truckers or Airline Pilots?
In fact, download the FAA fact sheet by clicking on the underlined phrase and distribute it to our fellow employees, your legislator, your newspaper and anyone else you talk to, so they can decide for themselves whether FedEx Drivers are actually Pilots. We think not.
Keep up your great work and encourage your coworkers to do the same. Don't let it be said that "I did not do everything I could to get our legislation passed".
Fraternally,
Your Organizing Committee for Change at FedEx Express
Our website: www.fedxmx.com
As we all already know, we keep hearing that the inclusion of our legislation into the final FAA reauthorization bill will most likely take place prior to the Congress's recess for the July 4th holiday. If this all bears true, June is the most important month to all of us.
The House and Senate are currently attempting to reconcile their two bills to attain the final bill. We all know we need our language included in the final legislation. It is paramount that we use this time to contact every legislator to make sure they are of the mindset to include our language, the Express Carrier Employee Protection provision. Encourage the decision-makers through phone calls, letters, emails, and personal contact to go to our newest website, www.FedExDriversArentPilots.com. Encourage them on behalf of all FedEx Express employees to include our legislation in the final FAA Reauthorization Bill.
Help the legislators to check out our FAA fact sheet which gives a common sense, but tongue in cheek comparison of training, licensing, qualifications and duties performed by pilots and drivers. This helps to point out how ludicrous Fred Smith's argument to keep all of FedEx Express under the RLA really is. The FAA fact sheet taken directly from our FedEx Drivers Aren't Pilots website, asks the million dollar question we are all waiting to hear answered:
Are FedEx Drivers.....Truckers or Airline Pilots?
In fact, download the FAA fact sheet by clicking on the underlined phrase and distribute it to our fellow employees, your legislator, your newspaper and anyone else you talk to, so they can decide for themselves whether FedEx Drivers are actually Pilots. We think not.
Keep up your great work and encourage your coworkers to do the same. Don't let it be said that "I did not do everything I could to get our legislation passed".
Fraternally,
Your Organizing Committee for Change at FedEx Express
Our website: www.fedxmx.com
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Food for thought...
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I would like to recommend to all my brothers and sisters here at LTLboards to read Why Union Matter 2nd edition by Michael D. Yates. Because this is the kind of material that FedEx corporate or any other corporation from the U.S Chamber of Commerce doesn’t want you to read...
• Unions have been permanent features of capitalist economies.
Given the inherent conflict between workers and their employers, workers in most workplaces band together informally to improve their circumstances. However, unions provide workers with a more permanent and formal power at work.
• Unions benefits workers in many ways. Unionization has a positive independent effect on the wages and benefits of employees. Unions also give workers a voice in workplace decisions. Unions benefit all workers and not just those who are organized. Higher wages stimulate spending in the overall economy and this leads to more employment. Union reduces inequality in incomes and fight for things beneficial to all workers, such as unemployment compensation and universal health care. Nonunion employers frequently raise wages and provide workers with some voice just to avoid unionization.
• Unions in the United States usually operate under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Acts (or some similar federal or state statute). As amended and interpreted by the NRLB and the courts, the act makes it difficult to organize workers. However, unions that utilize aggressive organizing models can succeed in organizing workers and build strong unions despite the law. Unions can also be organized without using the act, and unions have begun to do so.
• Collective bargaining is one primary function of a union. Bargaining should be viewed as an extension of organizing and conducted as a militant and democratic campaign utilizing escalating pressure tactics, including work-to-rule, strikers, picketing, corporate campaigns, and civil disobedience. Collective bargaining agreements represent truces in the war between capital and labor.
Joe Nuno
I would like to recommend to all my brothers and sisters here at LTLboards to read Why Union Matter 2nd edition by Michael D. Yates. Because this is the kind of material that FedEx corporate or any other corporation from the U.S Chamber of Commerce doesn’t want you to read...
• Unions have been permanent features of capitalist economies.
Given the inherent conflict between workers and their employers, workers in most workplaces band together informally to improve their circumstances. However, unions provide workers with a more permanent and formal power at work.
• Unions benefits workers in many ways. Unionization has a positive independent effect on the wages and benefits of employees. Unions also give workers a voice in workplace decisions. Unions benefit all workers and not just those who are organized. Higher wages stimulate spending in the overall economy and this leads to more employment. Union reduces inequality in incomes and fight for things beneficial to all workers, such as unemployment compensation and universal health care. Nonunion employers frequently raise wages and provide workers with some voice just to avoid unionization.
• Unions in the United States usually operate under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Acts (or some similar federal or state statute). As amended and interpreted by the NRLB and the courts, the act makes it difficult to organize workers. However, unions that utilize aggressive organizing models can succeed in organizing workers and build strong unions despite the law. Unions can also be organized without using the act, and unions have begun to do so.
• Collective bargaining is one primary function of a union. Bargaining should be viewed as an extension of organizing and conducted as a militant and democratic campaign utilizing escalating pressure tactics, including work-to-rule, strikers, picketing, corporate campaigns, and civil disobedience. Collective bargaining agreements represent truces in the war between capital and labor.
Joe Nuno
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