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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 4673224" data-attributes="member: 12508">I always love to see the victims of Fred come on here and essentially defend everything he does that is anti-union and anti-labor. Dano is paid to be a corporate apologist, but the rest of them aren&#039;t. They seem genuinely conflicted, defending the 1% (Fred), and every successful attempt to oppress unionization, yet wanting quicker top-outs, better pay and benefits etc. Kind of like Stockholm Syndrome. &quot;FedEx can&#039;t afford union wages&quot; etc. Ask the pilots about union wages, OK?Way back when, Federal Express probably didn&#039;t need a union, because Fred paid great wages that were about $1 less per hour than UPS, had profit sharing, great insurance, and other great perks like jumpseat, ESPP, etc. Oh, and top-out took a whopping 2 years. All of that is gone, and Fred and his minions successfully gutted the job while instilling an extremely strong anti-union program of policies, procedures, and corporate rhetoric that made unions &quot;bad&quot; and anyone who advocated for one, an immediate corporate target. All of the P&amp;P helped bolster efforts to get rid of anyone who spoke of the Teamsters.Now, FedEx is making money hand over fist, mainly due to Covid-19, not sound management. Workers need to leverage the employee and skill shortage to their advantage. The presidential transition and a possibly even Senate( 50/48 now, but maybe 50/50) make the climate right to bend Fred over a barrel and make him negotiate, just like the pilots did....successfully.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 4673224, member: 12508"] I always love to see the victims of Fred come on here and essentially defend everything he does that is anti-union and anti-labor. Dano is paid to be a corporate apologist, but the rest of them aren't. They seem genuinely conflicted, defending the 1% (Fred), and every successful attempt to oppress unionization, yet wanting quicker top-outs, better pay and benefits etc. Kind of like Stockholm Syndrome. "FedEx can't afford union wages" etc. Ask the pilots about union wages, OK? Way back when, Federal Express probably didn't need a union, because Fred paid great wages that were about $1 less per hour than UPS, had profit sharing, great insurance, and other great perks like jumpseat, ESPP, etc. Oh, and top-out took a whopping 2 years. All of that is gone, and Fred and his minions successfully gutted the job while instilling an extremely strong anti-union program of policies, procedures, and corporate rhetoric that made unions "bad" and anyone who advocated for one, an immediate corporate target. All of the P&P helped bolster efforts to get rid of anyone who spoke of the Teamsters. Now, FedEx is making money hand over fist, mainly due to Covid-19, not sound management. Workers need to leverage the employee and skill shortage to their advantage. The presidential transition and a possibly even Senate( 50/48 now, but maybe 50/50) make the climate right to bend Fred over a barrel and make him negotiate, just like the pilots did....successfully. [/QUOTE]

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