Thursday, November 20, 2014

Teamsters back out of second FedEx Freight union vote



For the second time in less than three weeks, the Teamsters union has withdrawn a petition for a unionization vote at a FedEx Freight facility.


Teamsters on Wednesday pulled the petition for the vote at FedEx's South Newark, N.J. service center after losing a vote elsewhere in the state earlier this month.

As FedEx Freight, a division of Memphis-based FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), pointed out in a prepared statement, the union also withdrew a petition at its North Harrisburg service center in Middletown, PA, on Oct. 30, also the day before its election.

"Union officials generally withdraw election petitions when they believe they are going to lose," FedEx blithely stated.

Teamsters, which have recently targeted FedEx for a unionization push, have so far scored two victories and three defeats, and have withdrawn two petitions.

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