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Originally Posted by feederfred
If it is "sour grapes" on Brown's part like you say, then why does FedEx LOSE every court case ? Brown does not have anything to do with FedEx, nor do we care. It was FedEx contractors who approached the courts in every circumstance. FedEx just wants the control, without the union. They can't have it both ways. You cannot tell a person: "Buy this particular vehicle-Run this particular route-Pay for all maintenance-Wear my uniforms-Deliver my brand of freight ONLY to MY customers ONLY" and then deny he is an employee. Even the courts thought that was ridiculous.
For starters, who the heck is Brown? Is UPS too hard to spell?
FedEx has not lost every court case, they have successfully defended their choice to use IC's instead of employees on numerous occasions. Don't take my word for it, look it up. I also don't mean to look it up on a law firm website such as the one referenced in this thread. Yeah, that's some unbiased information there, huh?
As I stated earlier, the move was made to create two totally seperate entities. I remember it very well and I also remember several folks from all levels of UPS from corporate leaders to account managers to drivers complaining about it.
There have been a handful of drivers, out of thousands, who have filed suit. My guess is that most are happy with the contract that they signed. They are living up to the terms that they agreed to and FedEx is paying them fairly decently for the services they provide. What's wrong with people living up to a contract that they signed and agreed to in this day and age? I guess folks can just claim ignorance and "woe is me" and a judge somewhere will eventually agree with them.