FedEx Lawsuit

Given all of the controversy that surround the delivery drivers for Fedex Ground, it’s easy to forget that Fedex Ground is merely one portion of the overall corporate giant that is Fedex Corp.  However, all of these problems that center on the classification of Fedex Ground drivers as independent contractors could affect the company’s bottom […]

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In a somewhat stunning turn of events and after years of heated denials and refusals to agree with courts, the NLRB and labor unions, Fedex Ground announced that it will be abandoning its current independent contractor model in California.  The announcement was published on CNN Money, and comes on the heels of several negative results […]

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As one would expect, Fedex Ground did not react favorably to the recent California Court of Appeals decision that held that Fedex Ground drivers should have been classified as full time employees as opposed to independent contractors at Fedex.  The brief story appeared recently in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and the reaction appears below:
“FedEx Ground said […]

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