Claim: Last month, FedEx launched a multimillion-dollar online campaign against longtime rival United Parcel Service over a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill making its way through Congress. FedEx says a provision of the bill, as passed in the House, amounts to a "bailout" for UPS. But that's an abuse of the term. The measure would bring drivers and other non-airline-based employees of FedEx's Express division, which handles "time-sensitive shipments," under the coverage of the National Labor Relations Act,
Fact-check: 'Brown Bailout'? Hardly - FactCheck.org
Verdict: last month, fedex launched a multimillion-dollar online campaign against longtime rival united parcel service over a federal aviation administration reauthorization bill making its way through congress. fedex says a provision of the bill, as passed in the house, amounts to a "bailout" for ups. but that's an abuse of the term. the measure would bring drivers and other non-airline-based employees of fedex's express division, which handles "time-sensitive shipments," under the coverage of the national labor relations act,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2009-07-20T21:10:59