Last updated 02/02/2010 - 11:36am
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02/02/2010 - 11:36am

Alerted by a brake warning light in the cockpit, the captain on a U.S. airline flight last August warned passengers he was making an emergency landing and called for firetrucks to be standing by.


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01/29/2010 - 11:39am

Nearly one in five Americans who want a full-time job can't find one. That is a serious, serious problem. It's why the blue-collar voters of Massachusetts, who are suffering a 20 percent unemployment rate, sent Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate.


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01/20/2010 - 4:49pm

Take a look at this interesting article on the express carrier legislation that is currently posted on the website of the Frontiers of Freedom Institute, a conservative think tank in Virginia. The article does a good job of laying out the issue and explains why EVERYONE in Congress should be in favor of the express carrier legislation.


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01/19/2010 - 1:40pm

Amid a hard-fought Senate race, Democratic candidate Martha Coakley tried to rev up union support yesterday by pledging to support organizing efforts of FedEx carrier workers across the country.


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01/15/2010 - 11:04am

The Teamsters’ fight for a level playing field for workers in the freight and package delivery industry received a major boost today when Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley signed on to support the Express Carrier Employee Protection Act.


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01/07/2010 - 9:57am

The latest issue of our Nuts and Bolts newsletter is now available. It contains important information on Canadian organizing at FedEx, the ongoing commitment of UPS Teamsters to organizing workers at FedEx Express, and an update on our Express Carrier Employee Protection Act legislation. Among the highlights of this issue is a review of our work in 2009; and a lot happened; and the Teamster involvement in proposing upcoming changes to the National Mediation Board voting process for all airline workers.

Please take the time to read this issue carefully and tell your co-workers about it.
 

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12/10/2008 - 6:25pm

This is a picture that is being passed around that we all thought was too perfect words, and deserved to be on the front page of the FedEx site dedicated to the Class and Craft.


09/15/2008 - 1:09pm

Managers’ cups are already full…

FedEx managers regularly speak out of both sides of their mouth. You can hear them say, "All these cuts – the pension cuts, the benefit cuts, the wage cuts, the personnel cuts – are because of how hard things are out there."

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Michael Henderson

“I support forming a union with the Teamsters for better benefits and stable pay.”