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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5906131" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>We(Express employees) were/are under the Railroad Labor Act which doesn't allow one terminal at a time.  Had a great Congressman from Michigan who got an attachment to an FAA bill called the Express Employees Relief Act.  Would have put us under the NLRA.  Fred S started handing out tens of millions in campaign contributions which caused the FAA bill to be kicked down the road.  When they finally voted on the FAA bill, which couldn't be delayed any longer, they got the Relief Act not only removed from the bill but they also changed the union voting rules for the Railroad Labor Act.  Went from 35% of the affected class signing union cards nationwide to force a union vote to 50%+ 1 nationwide.  The Teamsters stopped trying after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>