NLRB Also Requires Union Election as Part of Settlement WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) subsidiary FedEx Home Delivery has agreed to pay five former and present drivers a total $253,000 to settle a series of unfair labor charges brought by the National Labor Relations Board against the company. The five drivers - four former and one present driver - all worked in the Northboro, Massachusetts Home Delivery terminal and were union supporters in a unionization drive in 2005 and 2006 by Teamster Local Union 170. The NLRB also ordered an election in Northboro for February 2008. "FedEx has delayed this process long enough and the Northboro drivers will get their right to vote," said IBT General President Jim Hoffa. "I'm outraged at FedEx's treatment of these workers. This small amount of compensation is not enough to undo the damage that FedEx has done to their lives." The unionization effort centered on the employee status of the drivers in the Northboro facility. The drivers gave sworn testimony to the NLRB that FedEx Home Delivery controlled their daily work like employees but called them "independent contractors." The NLRB ruled that the drivers were employees and ordered an election that was to take place in January 2006. FedEx Home Delivery then illegally harassed, intimidated and terminated the four former drivers to prevent a legal union election. The NLRB charged FedEx in a June 2007 consolidated complaint with numerous unfair labor practice charges for the illegal acts. The October 25 settlement between the drivers and the company came out of the NLRB charges. "We backed the company right against the wall because we stood up to management and had all the answers when it came to their anti-union meetings," said driver Richard Lacina. "FedEx paid me thousands of dollars because they violated my rights and I am still employed as a driver. This shows everybody the power of the Teamsters Union and what it can do for you." Teamster Local Union 170 and the company also agreed to schedule an election at the Northboro facility as a result of NLRB charges. The election is to occur on February 1, 2008. "The Teamsters have stuck by these workers and the five drivers at least got some degree of justice," said Teamster Local Union 170 Secretary-Treasurer Mike Hogan. "The Northboro drivers have seen the worst that FedEx can throw at them, and in the end the workers will have their vote to take control of their lives and their future." FedEx Home Delivery drivers at three facilities in Wilmington, Massachusetts and Windsor, Connecticut already voted for Teamster representation in 2006 and 2007. FedEx ignored NLRB orders to bargain and appealed previous NLRB rulings to the U.S. Court of Appeal District of Columbia Circuit. A recent report by American Rights at Work and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights document the anti-union campaign and patterns of discrimination at FedEx Ground and Home Delivery in Northboro and elsewhere. That report is online at: http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/fedex/ Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States and Canada. DATASOURCE: International Brotherhood of Teamsters CONTACT: Galen Munroe of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911, Web Site: http://http//www.americanrightsatwork.org/fedex

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