December 27, 2007: The Internal Revenue Service is expected to fine FedEx Corp., of Memphis, Tenn., $319 million because the company's delivery drivers should have been classified as employees for federal employment tax purposes, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Dec. 21. In FedEx's Form 10-Q, filed quarterly with SEC, the company reported that an IRS audit team has "tentatively concluded, subject to further discussion," that FedEx delivery operators should be...

December 18, 2007: The UPS national contract is moving toward being officially ratified as Teamsters in New York and Pennsylvania have voted to approve their supplements. UPS Teamsters in metro New York voted to approve the Local 804 Supplement by a 1,367 to 854 margin after UPS took several pension concessions off of the table. Click here to read the full story at MakeUPSDeliver.org.

December 5, 2007: UPS Teamsters were not able to defeat givebacks this time. An analysis of voting results shows what it will take for us to succeed in the future. UPS entered contract talks making record profits of more than $4 billion and under pressure from stockholders to settle the contract early. Our chief negotiators James Hoffa and Ken Hall had the leverage to make UPS deliver. Instead, they gave the company the early deal...