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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 816655" data-attributes="member: 9789">This subject is off topic and should probably be moved to another thread BUT...WK,Not sure how UPS copied FDX... I was talking about the air side.&nbsp; FDX started as air and their shipping book and COD tags were almost identical to UPS.&nbsp; UPS finally bought Flying Tiger because the cost was getting too high. As long as I was in management from 1978 on... UPS has been paranoid of being taken apart by anti-trust.&nbsp; UPS just wants to be on a level playing field with FDX so sure... they want to be part of the RLA just like FDX. FDX contention is they started out as air and are correctly covered and UPS started as ground and are correctly covered under the NLRA.&nbsp; The FDX drivers who post on this site say that they do the same job as UPS drivers.&nbsp; They are the best advocates for creating a level playing field! The RLA was made to protect interstate commerce from crippling the country during work stoppages so it also covers collective bargaining. UPS demonstrated that it crippled the economy during the 1997 strike so it seems to fit better under the RLA than NLRA.&nbsp; UPS also demonstrated that a union environment can work if both sides maintain an equal power base and settle disputes without a work stoppage, but it definitely puts FDX at an advantage to continue to quash union involvement creating an unfair advantage because their labor costs and flexibilities give them a much better advantage in lower pricing structure as well as attracting and keeping customers who feel the lack of a possible labor dispute is a condition they (customer) need to operate effectively.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 816655, member: 9789"] This subject is off topic and should probably be moved to another thread BUT... WK, Not sure how UPS copied FDX... I was talking about the air side. FDX started as air and their shipping book and COD tags were almost identical to UPS. UPS finally bought Flying Tiger because the cost was getting too high. As long as I was in management from 1978 on... UPS has been paranoid of being taken apart by anti-trust. UPS just wants to be on a level playing field with FDX so sure... they want to be part of the RLA just like FDX. FDX contention is they started out as air and are correctly covered and UPS started as ground and are correctly covered under the NLRA. The FDX drivers who post on this site say that they do the same job as UPS drivers. [B]They are the best advocates for creating a level playing field![/B] The RLA was made to protect interstate commerce from crippling the country during work stoppages so it also covers collective bargaining. UPS demonstrated that it crippled the economy during the 1997 strike so it seems to fit better under the RLA than NLRA. UPS also demonstrated that a union environment can work if both sides maintain an equal power base and settle disputes without a work stoppage, but it definitely puts FDX at an advantage to continue to quash union involvement creating an unfair advantage because their labor costs and[B] flexibilities[/B] give them a much better advantage in lower pricing structure as well as attracting and keeping customers who feel the lack of a possible labor dispute is a condition they (customer) need to operate effectively. [/QUOTE]

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