Republican Senators Crusade Against a FedEx Union

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from In These Times:



Republican Senators Crusade Against a FedEx Union

Thursday
March 11
4:15 pm

By Lindsay Beyerstein


Two Republican senators from Tennesse are doing a big favor for a big company from their home state by fighting unionization rights for drivers at the Memphis-based courier FedEx.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has pledged to use "every right and privilege I have" to prevent FedEx drivers from organizing. The only reason FedEx can't organize now is because of a legal double stanard.

Other shipping companies like UPS are governed by the National Labor Relations Act, like the vast majority of employers in the United States. Whereas FedEx is subject to the Railway Labor Act, which denies them the basic organizing rights most employees take for granted.

The Railway Labor Act (RLA) is a old piece of union-busting legislation designed to curb the power of railroad unions by taking away their right to strike during an era when the rails were the backbone of the economy. As the airline industry became more important to the U.S., the RLA was extended to cover airlines. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/5672/republican_senators_crusade_against_a_fedex_union/

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1. I hate republicans, especially anti-union republicans.

why are these evil dirtbags usually from the South or Sunbelt states? Does too much heat and sun turn a person into a right-wing asshole?

[midnight armadillo]

2. it's not the heat

it's the humidity!

[demosincebirth]

3. The majority of them are from the South...we have them all over the U.S.

I don't understand why workers keep voting them in, year after year. It befuddles me.
Vote against your best intersts...sigh.

[Bluebear]

4. What's worse is anti-union Democrats!

[demosincebirth]

7. Those are not Democrats. Those are resurrected Dixiecrats

[TexasObserver]

5. recommend

[EFerrari]

6. Scumbuckets.