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<blockquote data-quote="fdxsux" data-source="post: 4436102" data-attributes="member: 36946"><p>We can (and probably will) argue whether or not Fedex can afford better pay and benefits until the cows come home. The fact of the matter is they don’t HAVE to afford it. UPS has to pay their drivers more because they have negotiated a legally binding contract that says they will. My guess is that if Fedex HAD to pay their drivers more they would figure out how to afford it real quick. The “operate independently, compete collectively “ strategy would be gone in a heartbeat. They probably wouldn’t pay me $25/hr to punch stupid time codes into my powerpad, watch Frontline, or work on the am and pm sort. I wouldn’t be scanning and bagging every single one of the 500 docs at my bulk pickup. I’d just roll up, scan a cons tag they’ve printed off and throw them in my truck like the UPS guy does. I could give more examples but I’d be here all night. The real reason Fedex can’t afford to pay their drivers more is because they don’t have to.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="fdxsux, post: 4436102, member: 36946"] We can (and probably will) argue whether or not Fedex can afford better pay and benefits until the cows come home. The fact of the matter is they don’t HAVE to afford it. UPS has to pay their drivers more because they have negotiated a legally binding contract that says they will. My guess is that if Fedex HAD to pay their drivers more they would figure out how to afford it real quick. The “operate independently, compete collectively “ strategy would be gone in a heartbeat. They probably wouldn’t pay me $25/hr to punch stupid time codes into my powerpad, watch Frontline, or work on the am and pm sort. I wouldn’t be scanning and bagging every single one of the 500 docs at my bulk pickup. I’d just roll up, scan a cons tag they’ve printed off and throw them in my truck like the UPS guy does. I could give more examples but I’d be here all night. The real reason Fedex can’t afford to pay their drivers more is because they don’t have to. [/QUOTE]

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