FedEx Launches Campaign to Derail Proposed Legislation

FedEx announced a "multimillion-dollar" campaign to derail proposed federal legislation that would make it easier for the company's workers to organize. FedEx has been the sole beneficiary of a provision that its lobbyists quietly slipped into legislation in October 1996, making FedEx the only freight and package-delivery company in the United States whose non-FAA certified employees are regulated under the Railway Labor Act governing railways and airlines. The proposed language which would put FedEx under the same labor laws as other companies like UPS which provide the same services. The Teamsters have lobbied hard for this legislation.