FedExcess

In editorial after editorial, FedEx Express spokesmen warn of all manner of economic and other catastrophes should Congress approve an amendment in the House version of the FAA Reauthorization Act which would place their express delivery drivers under the same labor law as UPS drivers.
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Open Memo to United States Senate:

As a limited-government/free market grassroots advocacy organization, Citizen Outreach RARELY finds itself on the same side of public policy issues as organized labor. We oppose EFCA, support right-to-work, oppose prevailing wage, support paycheck protection, oppose project labor agreements, and support worker replacement during strikes.
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Recently, FedEx’s “Brown Bailout” ghost-writers urged their supporters and employees to write their legislators and urge Congress to strip out a provision in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill which would end a legal advantage that FedEx Express and only FedEx Express enjoys.
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It’s a new year, but the same old FedEx disinformation campaign. Here’s what the anonymous writers for the “Brown Bailout” project wrote on Tuesday:
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Turns out the Albuquerque (NM) Chamber of Commerce did, in fact, issue a written position paper siding with FedEx Express in that company’s effort to retain a corporate welfare subsidy from the federal government which gives it a competitive advantage over its rivals in the express package delivery biz.
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FedEx’s ghost-writers over at BrownBailout.com issued a breathless news release yesterday titled “Senate Extends FAA Funding Authorization; Does Not Contain UPS Bailout Provision,” and which began:
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FedEx continued its “Brown Bailout” disinformation campaign on Friday with an email claiming the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce has taken its side on the issue of leveling the playing field with UPS by subjecting FedEx Express’ package delivery drivers to the same labor laws as UPS’ package delivery drivers.

“The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, one of New Mexico’s leading business organizations, yesterday came out in support of FedEx’s efforts to preserve its labor regulation and opposed UPS’ attempt to receive a legislative bailout,” FedEx ghost-wrote in the new “Brown Bailout” email. “The Chamber agrees that Congress should leave what is working well alone as FedEx Express continues to promote ‘cost-effective and quality service.’”

Couple of problems here:
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In a column published in the October 2009 issue of Reason magazine, Veronique de Rugy writes:
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Representatives of FedEx and UPS squared off in what has been reported as their first head-to-head debate in New Mexico this week at an Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce meeting. The argument was over a bill pending Senate action which would put FedEx’s delivery drivers under the same U.S. labor law as all other delivery drivers in the United States.
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In the most recent edition of FedEx’s absurdly misnamed “The Brown Bailout Newsletter,” the company’s ghost-writer asks:
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