FedEx Lawsuit

For those of you who are wondering just what all the hubbub is about regarding the Fedex employee v. contractor issue, The New Standard, an independent, non-profit publication recently put out a report of the issues that are involved with this controversy.  This report appears to be quite objective, as The New Standard is akin to Consumer Reports, in that it does not accept advertiser money, and therefore appears to have no agenda regarding this story.

The article points out that one driver, Jerry Ferguson of

However, it turned out to be anything but the independence that

Work where and when he was told to by Fedex;

1. Had to wear an official company uniform;

2. Restrict the driving of his own trucks that were bearing the required Fedex logo.