We all know that FedEx believes that it is an airline company. This article is further proof.

FedEx’s decision to misclassify its Ground drivers as independent contractors rather than full-time employees continues to give them a ton of legal trouble. Read the latest stories on this issue here.

Here is the schedule for the U.S. Senate for the remainder of the year. Let’s keep plugging away to convince Senators to support Express Carrier!

Looks like FedEx’s bottom line is profitable enough to buy Boeing 777s. Read the story here.

(WASHINGTON) — FedEx must stop blocking passage of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill so that key airline safety provisions and an important measure that would close the loophole that gives FedEx Express (NYSE:FDX) a special status are enacted, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said today.

WASHINGTON – Facing a looming Sunday deadline and a recess until Sept. 14, the House is expected to pass yet another extension of the existing Federal Aviation Administration bill this afternoon.

In this blog posted on the Huffington Post, the head of the U.S. Business and Industry Council says the U.S. Senate should not let FedEx sway them on the issue of the Express Carrier Employee Act Provision. Let’s hope the Senate will see through FedEx’s shameless act and do the right thing.
 

July 20 (Bloomberg) -- FedEx Corp., trying to defeat legislation that would make it easier for its employees to unionize, almost doubled its lobbying spending in the first six months of this year compared with the same period a year ago.

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced today that it has reached a settlement with FedEx Ground concerning its workers. Read the release here.

This op-ed in The New York Times really gets to the heart of FedEx’s ‘shameless’ behavior on stalling the FAA Reauthorization Bill. Read the op-ed here.