UPS-FedEx Dispute Shows Labor’s Control Over the White House (Washington Post)
How does the Obama administration love organized labor? Let us count the ways it uses power to repay unions for helping to put it in power. More: continued here
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TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES NOW “PROTECTED”: FedEx expands non-discrimination policy. (Eurweb)
FedEx shipping company has extended special protection status to its transgender employees, covering them under the company’s non-discrimination policy. More: continued here
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FedEx widens policy on bias (The Tennessean)
MEMPHIS – FedEx has agreed to add gender identity to its corporate nondiscrimination policy, drawing praise from gay rights advocates. More: continued here
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FedEx to Send Ninety-Eight Drivers to National Truck Driving Championships (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—-Ninety-eight drivers from 42 states representing the FedEx Corp. operating companies will compete in the National Truck Driving Championships in Pittsburgh Aug. 18-22. More: continued here
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FedEx sending 98 to truck drivers’ ‘super bowl’ (Memphis Business Journal)
For truckers, the competition doesn’t get any bigger than the National Truck Driving Championships and this year FedEx Corp. will send a record 98 drivers. (FDX) More: continued here
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An Open Championship by any other name not same (AP via Yahoo! News)
In these parts of the world, the oldest major is known simply as “The Open Championship.” It’s not unusual for Americans to refer to it as the British Open, although one will rarely hear that from British and European players, or any players from South Africa, Australia and other parts of the world. More: continued…
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FedEx Deploys an Appistry Cloud (Linux)
FedEx has built a private cloud using Appistry, an early pioneer in cloud computing, and its CloudIQ application platform. Like most folks, FedEx integrated the cloud into its development and testing environment first to shorten test and deployment times and save money. According to FedEx senior technical architect Mike Rains, the company wanted to escape…
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Roundup: News From Around the Web (The Advocate via Yahoo! News)
FedEx adds gender identity to nondiscrimination policy: The Tennessee-based corporation has adopted protections for transgender employees. More: continued here
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FEDEX SPONSORS US$1 MLN FOR TRADE CHALLENGE EVENT (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SHAH ALAM, July 14 (Bernama) — FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, is sponsoring US$1 million over three years for the FedEx Express/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge. More: continued here
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Gender identity added to FedEx policy of nondiscrimination (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
FedEx has agreed to add gender identity to corporate nondiscrimination policy, drawing praise from gay rights advocates. More: continued here