Purple Promise Now Officially Broken for FedEx Employees

A group of FedEx Express aircraft mechanics had a chance to ask questions of Fred Smith at the FedEx Corp’s recent shareholder meeting.  After being asked about promises made to employees through the years now broken with the cap and ending of the pension plan at Express, Fred Smith said something shocking to these long loyal employees: “The Purple Promise applies to customers. I will make every FedEx customer experience outstanding. Unfortunately it’s not within my power to make every life experience for YOU outstanding.” Read more at the IBT’s Fedxmx.com web site.

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FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change Newsletter Iss 5 Online

FedEx Express employees in the mechanics class and craft have launched a campaign to form a union with the Teamsters.  This newsletter is written by us and highlights issues we believe are important to all of us. - FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change

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EEOC vs FedEx Corporation Division | Express | Federal Litigation | National | Race Discrimination | |

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated a complaint of a FedEx Express employee filed in 2005.  The employee complaint centered on the use of a “Basic Skills Test” at FedEx Express.  The EEOC issued FedEx subpoenas for information on the types of FedEx computerized human resource files. FedEx resisted the subpoena and ultimately did not answer the request for information.  The EEOC took FedEx to federal court In June 2006 to enforce the administrative subpoena.

Foster vs FedEx Express Division | Express | Class Action | Wage Hour | State Litigation | Off The Clock | California | |

This case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2002.  The plaintiffs alleged the FedEx Express routinely underpaid its couriers, handlers and service agents in California in violation of the states wage and hour law.  The case was certified as a class action in 2004 and the trial date was set for Spring 2006. In February 2006, FedEx settled the lawsuit for $30 million.  Settlement notice letters were sent in May 2006.

Satchell et al vs FedEx Express Division | Express | Class Action | Federal Litigation | National | Race Discrimination | |

This case was filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California in 2003.  The class of plaintiffs allege that the FedEx Express Western Region discriminates against hourly employees and certain managers due to race and ethnicity in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.  Two separate classes - for hourly employees and for certain managers - were certified by the court in September 2005.  In April 2007, the workers’ lawyers and FedEx Express announced a settlement to the charges in this lawsuit.