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FedEx Corporation

Harassing and Firing Workers Engaging in Union Activity

Date: 10/12/2007 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: NLRB

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $253,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: FedEx Home Delivery and the National Labor Relations Board reached an agreement awarding $253,000 to five present and former drivers in Northboro, Massachusetts who claimed FedEx harassed and/or fired them for engaging in a union organizing effort with the Teamsters. The NLRB brought the complaint in June 2007 after determining the workers were company employees, not independent contractors, and were eligible to unionize.