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Old 10-24-2010, 05:20 PM
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Default Shout out to Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General of NY
I haven't been a fan of Andrew Cuomo, the Attorney General of NY who's running for Governor of NY, but as a retired member of the Teamsters Union I have to applaud his state lawsuit against FedEx.
FedEx has been classifying the drivers of their Home Delivery division as "independent contractors" and then utilizing them and controlling them as you would an "employee".
The purpose of this shell game is to deny the drivers their employee rights and medical benefits that would be due them.
The Teamsters Union has always been in the forefront of employee rights and at the urging of many FedEx Employees has been attempting to get them the working environment they deserve. Kudos to Andrew Cuomo for stepping up and taking this transportation giant on.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...ification.html