Last updated 01/06/2009 - 10:48am
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01/06/2009 - 10:48am

On January 4th the Memphis Commercial Appeal, an area newspaper, published the following story. We thought this was important to share with sisters and brothers in the Class and Craft.

-Richard


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12/23/2008 - 2:12pm

More Drastic Cuts in Workforce Compensation Fuels Drive for Teamster Representation
FedEx Corp. [NYSE: FDX] announced on 12/18 drastic cuts in pay and deferred compensation for most of its U.S. workforce. Salaried U.S. FedEx employees will take permanent 5 percent to 10 percent base salary reductions while FedEx founder, Chief Executive and Chairman Fred Smith will take a permanent 20 percent reduction in base salary. According to company statements, hourly employees will not see base wages impacted in this round of cost controls.

This piece first appeared on the Teamster website.


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12/17/2008 - 4:43pm

Workers Struggling to Stay in Middle Class Hope to Join Teamsters

FedEx workers in Los Angeles testified today before a Blue Ribbon Commission panel that they are on the verge of slipping from the middle class because of dwindling benefits, higher out-of-pocket medical costs and an overall decline in workplace conditions.

 

 


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12/15/2008 - 11:26am

The hearing starts at 3 PM Pacific Standard Time, 6 PM Eastern Time. For those of us that are not able to get out to the hearing in person, we are streaming the whole hearing right here. Click into the body of the story and watch with us.

Update: The hearing has ended. More details to follow tomorrow.

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What FedEx Has Taken

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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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Let's Hear From You!

I am tired of being harassed, coerced, intimidated, threatened with insubordination, and stuck in a favoritism atmosphere. 

We have been threatened with working mandatory 18 hour overtime on our time off.

We have been threatened with working overtime on a broke company airplane called a "company emergency" by the lowest level manager.

We have been sworn at, yelled at and intimidated to work when we don't have to.

We have some of the worst shifts in the system with clear opportunity for better days off.

Our suggestions go unheard and rejected. 

We are not treated with any type of respect at all:  Rude phone calls, poor communication, accusations without investigation, not following/ignoring rules and procedures, forgetting to call back, blowing off meetings.

Becoming a target for bringing up wrong doings.

No accountability from anyone.

Poor planning for manpower on regular shifts and for overtime. 

Making up shift base lines to deny vacation.

Holding all work to be done "in house" instead of asking other stations for help. 

Not getting the tooling we need or getting the wrong tooling to do the job.

Only listening to suggestions from the highest seniority people and people who do the managers job for him.

Keeping everything a secret even when it clearly is not.

To be answered with "just because I said so" and not a good explanation.

After 10 years service, the last 7 have been hell.

To all the outstations out there, do the right thing and let your voice be heard!