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• Latte Links (11/11)

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 140
  Here’s some miscellany for this fine Wednesday evening. Gallup: Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats in 2010 Vote The Page: What’s In Sarah Palin’s Book by Mark Halperin (I love the picture he has, it’s hilarious). Big Government: Using Unions As Weapons: UPS v. FedEx by Nick Gillespie The ...
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• No Penalty for FedEx Over Contract Drivers

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The company is also contesting a federal lawsuit that says ground-unit drivers should be classified as full-time employees.
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• FedEx Upbeat Holiday Forecast

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 644
  “And in what could be viewed as another positive for the economy, FedEx says its busiest day this year will also be its busiest day ever. They expect to ship more than 13 million packages on December 14th. The company says it will add 14,000 part-time workers to handle the holiday rush. Shares have...
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• Using Unions As Weapons: UPS v. FedEx

  
  Big Government — Authority: 805
  You may have heard the UPS is in quite the political fight with FEDEX. Though both are package-delivery companies, they’re governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS’s workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX’s-and more than twice as expensive. So now UPS is trying to ...
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• Reason TV: UPS’ War on Fed Ex

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 592
  Reason TV ’s Nick Gillespie explains the contemptible attempt by UPS to screw over FedEx. You may have heard the UPS is in quite the political fight with FEDEX. Though both are package-delivery companies, they’re governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS’s workforce is much more ...
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• Azure Dynamics gets FedEx order for 51 hybrid vans

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 685
  Filed under: Hybrid Things are looking up for Azure Dynamics these days. After inking a deal to help Ford with the development and production of the Transit Connect BEV next year, the company has a new order for its hybrid delivery vans. FedEx has signed up to take on another 51 of the vans based on Fords E450 ...
  2 days ago

• FedEx Delivers Holiday Cheer to U.S. Armed Services Members and Their Families

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 153
  For the fifth consecutive year, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation are teaming up for Trees for Troops, a program created to deliver support and cheer ... read more More...
  2 days ago

• FedEx Further Expands its Environmentally-Friendly Vehicle Fleet With Order of 51

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 153
  FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), today announced it will purchase 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD). The FedEx fleet of ... read more More...
  2 days ago

• First All-Hybrid FedEx Facility Established

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 625
  The Bronx, New York, operation of FedEx will become the company’s first to exclusively use hybrid delivery vans. The addition of 51 new delivery vehicles brings the facility’s total to about 100 hybrid trucks.After the new vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corp. are added, FedEx’s hybrid fleet will total 325 ...
  2 days ago

• Employee Thefts Are Way Up

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 153
  FedEx is very good about keeping anything negative out of the news, but I know that employee theft is skyrocketing. In my district, corporate security has recently given several employees a very public escort from the building for stealing IPods or cell phones. Our local ramp was missing a bunch of laptops, and Ive ...
  3 days ago

• Unsafe Vehicles

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 153
  As the recession drags on, I see vehicle safety becoming less of a priority at FedEx. Our station mechanics seem less willing or able to fix stuff that used to get taken care of quickly. Im guessing this is another way of saving money....at the expense of our safety and comfort. This has become enough of a concern ...
  4 days ago

• Discuss: FedEx: Theyre Employees. No, Theyre Not

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 153
  FedEx: Theyre Employees. No, Theyre Not - Business Week For years, shipping giant FedEx ( FDX ) has been at the center of this fracas because it treats 12,000 package deliverers in its FedEx Ground Div. as contractors. The companys current situation illustrates how murky the legal waters on this issue can get. ...
  5 days ago

• Postal strike – whats postal?

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Culture Blog — Authority: 629
  I see that Royal Mail’s strike has been called off – weeks of uncertainty and disruption, weeks of soaring FedEx profits.But this morning I had another kind of postal annoyance at my hotel here in Dallas.  I wanted to write a letter on headed paper and there didn’t seem to be such a thing.  In [...]
  5 days ago

• iRise User Group – Washington D.C. Meeting Highlights

  
  The iRise Blog — Authority: 108
  The Washington D.C. User Group meeting was held at the CSC Executive Briefing Center in Falls Church, Virginia.  Many thanks to CSC for hosting the final meeting of the 2009 User Group series.  It was a terrific setting for the packed house of iRise users.  Michael Schrage, Research Fellow with the Sloan School of ...
  6 days ago

• PGA Tour Not Changing Fed Ex Cup Playoffs in 2010

  
  Game Under Repair by Robert Bruce — Authority: 112
  The PGA Tour’s version of the crappy BCS will not be changing in 2010. Awesome! I always have  a blast getting out the calculator during the Tour Championship to find out how many decimal points a missed four-foot putt will cost Phil Mickelson. This is the first time since 2006 that the Tour hasn’t changed the ...
  6 days ago

• Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Doughnuts

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 153
  Do you ever get tired of being "rewarded" for your hard work with cheap food items like pizza and hot dogs? Whenever we reach some sort of milestone or hit a targeted goal, out come the crappy Costco-sourced burgers and dogs for a "spirited" station BBQ that nobody could give a fart about. Wowee!! We bust our humps ...
  1 week ago

• The Human “Fire Snyder” Sign at FedEx Field

  
  FamousDC — Authority: 595
  If somehow the good people of DC and the surrounding area can pull this off, it’ll be the greatest achievement at FedEx field all year. [finally, a reason to go to a game]Daniel Snyder wants to ban signs at FedEx Field? Then let’s turn the stadium itself into a sign he can’t ban.Everyone sitting in [...]Related ...
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• BCS Breathes Sigh: FedEx Cup To Retain Goofy Point System

  
  GeoffShackelford.com — Authority: 554
  Love this quote from Doug Fergusons story on the PGA Tour retaining the FedEx Cup points system:
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• No change in FedEx Cup point system

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 963
  -- The PGA Tour is leaving the FedEx Cup just as it is with the playoff schedule and points system.
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• AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers

  
  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation - — Authority: 419
  AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers National Right to Work opposes union officials’ quiet efforts to grease the skids to impose forced unionism at non-union workplaces read more
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