Release #: 14.FDX7
September 22, 2014
FedEx Pilots to Conduct Informational Picketing
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Air Line Pilots Association, International FDX Master Executive Council 1770 Kirby Parkway, Suite 300 | Memphis, TN 38138 Ph: 901.752.8749 | 1.866.FDX.ALPA | Fax: 901.752.9097 |
MEMPHIS—FedEx pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), will conduct informational picketing on Tuesday, September 23, in three cities to show their continuing frustration with ongoing contract negotiations and their resolute support of their Negotiating Committee.
Informational picketing will take place on Tuesday, September 23, at the following locations and times (all times are local):
| City | Location | Time |
| Anchorage | Outside FedEx sorting facility at Ted Stevens Anchorage Int’l Airport, corner of Postmark Drive and Rockwell Avenue | 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
| Los Angeles | Maguire Gardens (South Flower Street and West 5th Street) | 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
| Memphis | Outside FedEx Air Operations Center (3131 Democrat Road) | Noon to 12:30 p.m. |
FedEx Express and its pilot group came to a historic collective bargaining agreement in 2011. What made this agreement historic was the commitment to continue bargaining so as to foster a more efficient negotiating climate when formal negotiations commenced in 2013 despite having achieved a contract. “There was a real opportunity to fix some difficult problems with well-developed long-term solutions and without the pressure that comes with traditional bargaining. Unfortunately, management chose a different route,” said Captain Scott Stratton, chairman of the ALPA FedEx Master Executive Council. “We should have had a new contract by now, but instead we have spent too much time mired in a ‘traditional’ bargaining situation that does not promote good labor-management relations. In spite of management’s actions, the pilots remain committed to achieving a responsible negotiated agreement that recognizes our contributions to FedEx’s remarkable profitability.”
Day and night and 365 days a year, the 4,200 professional FedEx pilots—representing the air division of the FedEx brand and helping generate nearly two-thirds of FedEx Corporation’s annual revenue—fly to cities on five continents, making FedEx among the largest and most profitable airlines by any measure.
Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world’s largest pilot union, representing more than 51,000 pilots at 31 airlines in the United States and Canada. Visit the ALPA website at www.alpa.org.
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SOURCE: Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l
CONTACT: FDX ALPA, Courtney Bland, 901-842-2220 or Courtney.Bland@alpa.org
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