The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said late Wednesday FedEx Corp. intends to “blackmail Congress” by threatening to cancel a multi-billion dollar airplane contract order if its FedEx Express workers are allowed an easier path to unionization. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx threatens to cancel Boeing orders (Business Times (Malaysia))
BANGALORE: FedEx Corp is threatening to cancel the purchase of billions of dollars worth of new Boeing Co cargo planes if Congress passes a law that would make it easier for unions to organise at the company, the Wall Street Journal said. More: continued here
Read More »Fedex plays hardball (Stuff)
FedEx Corp will cancel an order to buy 15 Boeing Co jets, if Congress passes legislation that makes it easier for FedEx workers to organise under labour unions. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx coercing Congress over Boeing deal: unions (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The powerful US truckers union Wednesday accused delivery giant FedEx of blackmailing Congress by threatening to cancel an order for Boeing planes if changes to labor laws are adopted. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx may delay plane buys if union bill passes (Washington Post)
NEW YORK — FedEx Corp. is trying to play a little hardball with Congress. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx says Boeing orders depend on Congress (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
FedEx Corp will cancel an order to buy 15 Boeing Co jets, as well as an option for a further 15 planes, if Congress passes legislation that makes it easier for FedEx workers to organize under labor unions. More: continued here
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Read More »Global Aerospace led cover in FedEx crash in Japan (Business Insurance)
LONDON—Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd. was the lead insurer of the FedEx Corp. cargo jet that crashed on landing Monday at Tokyo’s Narita airport, killing the two pilots aboard. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx crash wreckage cleared; Tokyo’s Narita airport reopens (New York Daily News)
Investigators hauled away charred wreckage and planes began to land again Tuesday morning on the main runway of Japan’s largest international airport, where a day earlier a FedEx cargo flight crashed and exploded, killing its two pilots. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx threatens to cancel 777 order (Puget Sound Business Journal)
FedEx Corp. is dangling the possibility of canceling a multi-billion dollar order for new airplanes should Congress help its workers unionize. (BA) (FDX) More: continued here
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