Comments on: H.R. 915: UPS Pleads for an End to FedEx’s Special Status

By: E!! The True Conservative Story » Blog Archive » UPS and FedEx Continued

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:48:48 +0000

[...] Business, Congress, capitalism, labor unions I’ve blogged on the UPS / FedEx thing before. Here and [...]

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E!! The True Conservative Story » Blog Archive » Brilliant Move, Guys — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:41:24 +0000

[...] Not Good, OMG, Scandals, Washington D.C., labor unions Since writing about the Fed Ex/UPS dust-up here and here - and taking a fair amount of heat for it (see the Comments) – [...]

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:50:12 +0000

the solution to government interfering causing an imbalance, is not more government interference.

ups is going about this all wrong.

By: Thomas Dunville

Thomas Dunville — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:41:51 +0000

I see no reason to impose change on a system that seems fair and functional without government intrusion. The two companies do have different designs even if they perform the same services overall. And twice the government has ruled FedEx is correctly classified. If a change should be made I would give UPS the option of removing said restriction on them, reduce Federal regulation so it can compete in the market with FedEx. When given the choice, ALWAYS choose LESS Federal government intervention!

By: Raymond Newberry

Raymond Newberry — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:52:42 +0000

This is a clear case of Government attemting by force to extract extra dollars where it sees prey. Fed and UPS both perform outstanding services and both are reliable at twhat they do. One happens to be under more control of Gov. than the other. My take is for UPS to take notes and fight the fight to preserve what Fed/ex is trying to hold on to. Then I want UPS to fight the same fight to take back their dignity, why should the government want a piece of them? GREED.

Now that makes me FED/UP

By: Bob Beers

Bob Beers — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:09:18 +0000

Blast from the past! I haven’t heard about this for a couple of years, ever since UPS pulled its budget to secretly hire bloggers to make its case.

By: E!!

E!! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:04:09 +0000

Givemeliberty wrote: “How about allowing UPS to be reclassified under the Railway Act? Better yet, why not adopt national Right To Work law? And then repeal the Wagner Act altogether!”

I agree, wholeheartedly, but it’s been tried. As even FedEx notes on its anti-UPS website, “When UPS began to compete with Federal Express with airline-based services, ‘Big Brown’ too sought to operate under RLA status” but the change was blocked.

As for the other suggestions made here….fine. Put those those bills forward and I’ll support them. The reality, however, is that NONE of those changes were made even when Republicans were in charge.

The only field-leveling proposal on the table which has a chance to pass is HR 915.

By: E!!

E!! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:01:01 +0000

David Hinz wrote: “UPS and the TEAMSTERS union desperately wants the FEDEX money — FEDEX is not union and most employees do NOT want to become unionized.”

If this is true, and it probably is, then FedEx Express drivers would not be unionized by the Teamsters even if they ARE put under the same law as every other express delivery company.

In fact, none of FedEx’s other drivers who are currently/already under the same law as UPS drivers have unionized.

By: E!!

E!! — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:59:09 +0000

Mark Moran wrote: “Fed Ex should not be forced to be unionized, which appears to be the objective of this bill if I am reading it correctly. Govt. should take a hands off approach to private industry. Let Fed Ex do their thing, and UPS do theirs. There is room for both.”

But the bill does not force FedEx to “unionize.” It simply puts FedEx and UPS under the same law when it comes to any/all unionization issues and makes sure all the players are playing under the same rules. I’d love for government to keep its hands out of this altogether, but since the law as it exists gives one company an unfair advantage over its competitors, that law should be changed.

By: Steven Dexter

Steven Dexter — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:36:13 +0000

Thanks for this E. I work for UPS, and am heartened this info is getting out there. Both businesses are the same and should work under the same laws. We have the ninth largest airline in the world with a fleet of 266 aircraft, and we fly more than 1,900 flights a day into 800 airports in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Same kind of deal for FedEx, for whom I have a lot of respect. Same law for both though.