Since we couldn’t possibly put it any better, we’re reprinting the following column by Kevin L. Kearns, president of the U.S. Business and Industry Council, in its entirety:
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Archive for July, 2010
FedEx’s disingenuous “Brown Bailout” PR campaign has attempted to persuade Congress that a loophole in the nation’s labor law that benefits FedEx and only FedEx shouldn’t be closed by an amendment to the current FAA reauthorization bill. As such, it has accused rival UPS of holding up the bill when, in fact, it’s a veto threat on behalf of FedEx by the company’s home-state senators that is actually delaying final passage.
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From the Associated Press on Thursday:
“The Massachusetts attorney general says FedEx Ground has agreed to pay the state $3 million in a dispute over alleged misclassification of drivers as independent contractors. The state says the package delivery company’s actions denied the state payroll taxes as well as worker’s compensation and unemployment assistance contributions.
“The attorney general said the company also gained an unfair competitive advantage.”
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC) recently submitted a letter to the Senate about an amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill which would close the FedEx loophole. SBEC President Karen Kerrigan made an important point often overlooked in this debate; that there are express delivery companies which would be affected by this amendment other than FedEx and UPS.
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