Comments on: FedEx’s Brown Bailout: How Big Companies Shouldn’t Use Social Media

By: Stonevalleyimports

Stonevalleyimports — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:57:54 +0000

Look, this is an issue that goes right to the root of politics. You are either Conservative or Liberal. If your conservative you know that union contracts strangle U.S. companies ability to compete in the market place. Which is why so many of our manufacturers move plants overseas rather than keeping them here so WE have jobs. If your Liberal you feel that Unions are great and that socialism is the way of the future even through socialism has proven a epic disaster in every country thats ever tried it. Oh…except North Korea who's doing just fine with its poor populace and starving masses.

By: MJWilson

MJWilson — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:32:14 +0000

I almost signed up for this anti-Brown Bailout gimmick, but once I saw that it was only a smokescreen to fight the unionization of Fed-Ex I backed off. I even wrote to the only person on my “friend” list who was listed as “liking” it to warn him off as well.

Don't know how this could be more disengenious. Their lies and hypocrisy has oozed into social media. I guess we should have expected it.

By: T. J. Smith

T. J. Smith — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:41:09 +0000

Unionize or not unionize is a choice that Federal Express drivers should decide themselves. While we respect companies like UPS, we don't the fact that they are sticking their noses in someone else's business. This matter is an internal matter and only those affected by its outcome should decide!!!….most distasteful is the use of lobbyists hired by UPS and the manner used to decide something that is going to affect all of us one way or another. If we need to have a law changed to form a union or not is OUR business…period.. and I am sure UPS is not going out of the way to help what they think is a brotherly gesture but to put money and lots of it in their pockets. So in the most respectful manner I say the choice, the concern, the direction that Fedex should take is the business of its employees and NO ONE ELSE's, in the mean time the respect that I used to feel for a company like UPS is no longer there (as if they care!!)

By: Jacobi Criswell

Jacobi Criswell — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:32:41 +0000

I agree so much I had to pull up several different sites to actually find out want is the truth they tell you to go to this specific site(www.brownbailout.com) and hear what they got to say but always remember their are two sides to every story and maybe Fed Ex feels like they would loose control of their drivers if something happens because they want control of everyone

By: brian78

brian78 — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:44:59 +0000

FedEx got themselves into this mess -

by trying to compete in the ground marketplace and doing it back-handedly by using an independent contractor design.

FedEx: "We are primarily an air operation. Our ground service really isn't FedEx after all, it's independently owned and operated"

I have no problem with FedEx "Express" design operating under the RLA and dismissing local unionizing, however with FedEx going into the ground business, they have clouded their own purpose and certainly tainted their RLA

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:30:37 +0000

Perhaps the statistics I've read are off, but they state that the vast majority (85% and up) of FedEx's shipping is done via air. The stats for UPS are almost the reverse (85% are ground-shipped). If it's possible to have different union standards for different company divisions (RLA for air-related, NRLA for ground), maybe that's the solution. If not though, I can't see it being fair to FedEX to force their air freight-dominated company to play by ground-union rules.

By: redsword

redsword — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:33:00 +0000

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By: BoMan

BoMan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:56:21 +0000

Please elaborate cory. I don't think you have any idea what this could do to the small to medium business if UPS succeeds. .

By: cory

cory — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:09:22 +0000

kinda seems like fedex is looking for a bailout

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:28 +0000

Huh? So what's your point? This doesn't have anything to do with a government bailout, nor would anyone think it does.

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