The Teamsters withdrew a planned ballot at a Pennsylvania
facility of FedEx Corp's trucking unit, in a further blow to efforts to
unionize workers at FedEx Freight.
"We believe in our drivers and appreciate all they
do for the company," Mike Ducker, incoming president and chief executive
of FedEx Freight, said in a statement. "We are pleased with the recent
results and look forward to a bright future together."
The pulling of the ballot at FedEx Freight's Pocono
Summit facility marks the second such withdrawal in the past week. The
International Brotherhood of Teamsters did not immediately return a request for
comment and in the past has declined to comment on petition withdrawals or its
strategy for trying to unionize FedEx Freight.
After decades of failed attempts to unionize workers at
FedEx, the Teamsters since October have won their first three elections ever at
FedEx Freight facilities. Those three facilities employ a few hundred of the
trucking unit's 19,000 drivers.
But they have lost three more ballots and withdrawn
another five. The withdrawal of a ballot is generally thought to be a sign that
the union felt it is unlikely to win a vote.
The lack of union representation at Memphis-based FedEx is
often touted by analysts as a competitive advantage over its larger, unionized
rival, United Parcel Service Inc.
Source: The
Virginia Gazette
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