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Old 10-26-2010, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by RichieLion View Post
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
My Dad owned a drugstore in Hollis, Queens for many years and Mario Cuomo and his wife Matilda were regular customers. Their son Andrew worked as a delivery boy for us for a brief time. I remember making deliveries to their home in Jamaica Estates....they were good tippers. A very nice family with a well developed sense of right and wrong.