http://www.memphisflyer.com/InTheBluff/archives/2010/05/19/local-economy-fun-fact Comments On: Local Economy Fun Fact by Mary Cashiola en-us Copyright 2013 Memphis Flyer. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Memphis Flyer readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Memphis Flyer. wil@desert.net (Memphis Flyer Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
The Ramp workers only get 20-30 hours a week sometime, and people can't live off that type of wage.

Busting unions is like outsourcing Apple products to China.
Posted by Turbo76]]> Sat, 22 May 2010 00:37:27 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Last October the 1.2 million member organization signed a agreement to work with the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation- a 120,000 worker-owned corporation. When the labor is both worker and owner a whole new dynamic is brought into play.

This may not be practical for FedEx or existing companies but is worth noting that other major unions are recognizing the need to evolve under the pressure of a global economy.

Here is the link to the USW agreement:


http://www.usw.org/media_center/releases_a…
Posted by airshafer]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 08:38:30 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 08:13:53 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Those are pretty blatant strongarm tactics, especially given that the legislation would provide a level playing field between FedEx and UPS (and the post office, which is also unionized), and give FedEx workers some means to redress grievances via collective bargaining.

The law itself is fairly outdated, a throwback to a time when the transportation infrastructure in the US was effectively nationalized and a workers strike could shut down a city or air transport entirely.
Posted by fancycwabs]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 07:56:07 -0500 Memphis Flyer
You make a fine argument and could even convince a few people to change their position. While I do agree that unions can and have been a positive force, I think that a lot of the criticism leveled at many of them is warranted.
Posted by mad_merc]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 07:42:54 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by M_Awesomeberg]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 00:11:40 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Doubting Thomas]]> Wed, 19 May 2010 16:56:30 -0500 Memphis Flyer