FedEx mounts big-money push to head off unionization by US workers

[bacha29]

I dunno, I'd consult with bacha first.

He doesn't need me. He's a big now and hopefully someday you'll become one too.

 

[DorkHead]

Ups exploits part-time labor...the union is complicit in that.there are guys doing 15 hrs a week at $9 an hr so a driver can make 36 an hr. the guy that made 95k above was doing tons of extra hrs. idk if he volunteered or not. Ups has an more efficient operation unlike fedex. ups takes advantage every tax loophole or break. for example ups managers/supervisors are effectively required to donate a % of their monthly salary to the united way. FedEx can afford the rates if they can consolidate n retain good package volume

The guy making 95k a year is a feeder driver if you look at his sig. That is normal for feeder drivers, 50 to 59 hrs a week

 

[DorkHead]

I love that one.

I'm currently paying over $200 a month for my "pension" and benefits. Spoke with one of the UPS guys on my route and he pays $80 a month in union dues and gets company sponsored benefits as well as a company sponsored pension. I would be saving over $120/ month in that scenario.

But we still have guys at my sta that don't get it. "Well, I can claim my pension contributions and benefits on my taxes." Hey, dummy! You can claim union dues on your taxes and still be coming out far ahead.

You are mostly correct with your statement with the exception of "company sponsored benefits and pension. Those negotiated monies are contributed but it`s the Union`s health and pension plans. UPS has no say or sponsorship of how the Union spends or invests that money.

 

[fatboy33]

CURRENT PAY RATE 37.64 TAXES
- REGULAR 37.640 40.00 1,505.60 FICA 140.01 6,031.47
- OVERTIME 56.460 13.33 752.61 FICA MEDICARE 32.75 1,410.59
- FEDERAL TAX 237.91 8,732.93
- CURRENT TOTALS 2,258.21 ST TAX- NC 98.00 4,156.00
- Y-T-D TOTALS 2,440.31 97,281.80 TOTALS 508.67
- DEDUCTIONS
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- UNIONDUE 23.00 1,078.00
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last check of year avg 43 hrs wk

Yes. The UPS drivers in my area have been pulling 6 figures for a few years now.

 

[olroadbeech]

seems like a no brainer to me. our Fed Ex driver works for slave wages. I depressed the hell out of him one day when I told him about our pay and bennies.

either stand up for yourselves or continue to suffer.

 

[Ou812fu]

seems like a no brainer to me. our Fed Ex driver works for slave wages. I depressed the hell out of him one day when I told him about our pay and bennies.

either stand up for yourselves or continue to suffer.

Figures you are a person that would brag about what you are paid.

 

[Gone fishin]

Figures you are a person that would brag about what you are paid.

That dude lives in his truck , never sees his family and will be broke down by fifty. I’ll stick to my situation.
p.s ... the wife makes more than him in 40 hours. Hope he doesn’t get depressed

 

[zeev]

seems like a no brainer to me. our Fed Ex driver works for slave wages. I depressed the hell out of him one day when I told him about our pay and bennies.

either stand up for yourselves or continue to suffer.

All these whinny Express drivers will be looking at Ground next year they will not continue to pay unorganized labor anything when they can move it to slave labor at Ground.

 

[olroadbeech]

All these whinny Express drivers will be looking at Ground next year they will not continue to pay unorganized labor anything when they can move it to slave labor at Ground.

ireally feelfor you guys. trying tomake an honest living and being treated this poorly. i worked non union driving jobs for about 13-14years and just got lucky getting on with UPS.

organizing would be a tough long uphill battle but it would be worth it in the long run.

 

[Operational needs]

ireally feelfor you guys. trying tomake an honest living and being treated this poorly. i worked non union driving jobs for about 13-14years and just got lucky getting on with UPS.

organizing would be a tough long uphill battle but it would be worth it in the long run.

If you bothered to research things, before commenting, you’d realize it’s impossible for FedEx Express to unionize as the law stands.

 

[Operational needs]

seems like a no brainer to me. our Fed Ex driver works for slave wages. I depressed the hell out of him one day when I told him about our pay and bennies.

either stand up for yourselves or continue to suffer.

 

[Working4the1%]

If you bothered to research things, before commenting, you’d realize it’s impossible for FedEx Express to unionize as the law stands.

“As the law stands”. Get back to me in 2021..especially if GA senate goes DEM