FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL HEADS TO SENATE
As you may have heard in the news, the FAA reauthorization bill has been introduced in the Senate. The Senate bill does not contain the express carrier language which will remove non airline employees working for FedEx Express from the Railway Labor Act and put them under the more appropriate National Labor Relations Act. The version of the bill that passed the House of Representatives did contain the express carrier language. Because of that difference and several others, the two versions of the bill will have to be reconciled in what is called a Conference Committee, where Members from the House and Senate are appointed to work out these differences.
We fully expect that the final bill that is signed into law will have the express carrier language in it and FedEx will no longer be able to hide behind the wrong labor laws in order to keep its employees from exercising their rights. In order to make sure that this happens, it is extremely important that you and your members participate in the letter writing campaign to Congress and keep the pressure up.
Below is a suggested sample letter you may use .
Please send handwritten signed letters to:
[Date] Dear Senator _________: As a Teamster member, I am writing to ask for your support of the Express Carrier Employee Protection legislation attached to the FAA Reauthorization Bill. Most of the employees of FedEx Express have little to nothing to do with aircraft operations, but because of a legislative loophole that affects one company, FedEx, they are unfairly placed under the wrong labor laws. The result is that the employees are deprived of the right to join or form a union in the same manner as similarly situated employees working for other freight and package delivery companies. Over the years, FedEx Express has transformed itself into a multi-faceted transportation company that relies in large measure on trucks to delver its packages. Most of its employees – truck drivers, truck mechanics, package handlers, couriers, and other non FAA licensed employees – never touch an airplane, yet they are subject to the Railway Labor Act. If they worked for any other company in the United States, they would be subject to the National Labor Relations Act. I ask you to help to properly classify the FedEx workers so that they can exercise their right to organize under the appropriate laws; licensed air employees under the Railway Labor Act and all non-licensed employees under the National Labor Relations Act. No company should be able to hide behind a special deal just to prevent its workers from forming a union. In the interest in fairness in the package delivery industry and protecting the rights of workers to organize, I ask you to support the Express Carrier legislation and make sure it appears in the final version of the FAA Reauthorization bill. Sincerely, [Name] [Address] [Email address]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Department of Field and Political Action
25 Louisiana Ave NW
Washington DC, 20001
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