FedEx Freight Workers Vote for Union in Pennsylvania
Source: TT News
FedEx Freight drivers at a Philadelphia terminal voted in favor of Teamsters representation, becoming the first workers at the less-than-truckload carrier to become union members.
The vote by a reported 26-18 margin came four days after drivers at the Cinnaminson, New Jersey, terminal voted against becoming Teamsters. The New Jersey vote was the first-ever unionization balloting at the nation’s largest less-than-truckload company. No vote count was disclosed for the New Jersey vote.
“A smaller group of city and road drivers at our service center in Croydon, Pennsylvania, voted for union representation,” FedEx spokeswoman Michele Ehrhart said in a statement. “This vote impacts only city and road drivers at the Croydon facility. We believe our open and thriving work environment provides a more flexible, team-oriented and customer-focused work model than the union offers.”
“The drivers are fed up with FedEx Freight,” Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said in a statement. “These workers are tired of management talking down to them at every chance, and they want decent benefits, including more affordable health insurance. They also want consistent and fair working conditions and a more hopeful future.”
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The first workers at the less-than-truckload carrier to become union members, but not the last! FedEx spent a boat load of $ and still LOST!!!
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FedUp: First (Of Many?) FedEx Freight Driver Unit Votes to Unionize With Teamsters
At the FedEx Freight Terminal in East Philadelphia, a group of 47 drivers have made history by voting to join Teamsters Local 107. The final result of the vote was 26-18 in favor of joining the union. Several similar campaigns are underway in other cities, but this was the first successful Fedex Freight worker vote.
In a statement, Teamsters General president James Hoffa said:
“The drivers are fed up with FedEx Freight. These workers are tired of management talking down to them at every chance, and they want decent benefits, including more affordable health insurance. They also want consistent and fair working conditions and a more hopeful future. This is why thousands of freight workers at FedEx Freight and Con-way are turning to the Teamsters Union.”
One of the East Philadelphia drivers, Gary Loftus, explained why the drivers were in favor of the union, saying, “We are tired of getting treated with disrespect and dealing with constantly changing unfair and unwritten work rules. We also want job security and to be valued for the work we do making FedEx Freight successful.”
The movement to unionize at FedEx Freight and Con-Way has already yielded positive results for the drivers involved. Just days after the Local 107 organizing campaign was announced the company gave its drivers an 80 cent-per-hour raise and got rid of punitive scorecards which the drivers had complained about. At Con-Way the announcement of an organizing campaign caused the company to announce it would increase truck driver pay by $60 million in 2015 and meet other driver demands.
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