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We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit FedEx Watch.Even though they wear FedEx uniforms and drive FedEx trucks to FedEx customers, the men and women who work for FedEx's Ground and Home Delivery subsidiaries are not FedEx employees. Before being allowed to work, these drivers must sign “Operating Agreements” that identify them as “independent contractors.”
As independent contractors, the drivers must bear the burden of a number of expenses that by all rights FedEx should cover, such as maintaining their trucks. When a Ground or Home Delivery driver is injured and files for workers’ compensation or files for unemployment benefits, the company challenges the driver’s claim. And FedEx has the right to change or terminate contracts as it sees fit.
The drivers who are fed up with the FedEx bait and switch are challenging the company in court and in complaints filed with state and federal agencies. And the drivers are winning. But more must be done. Complete the form on the right to forward the email below to your governor. Ask that these legally questionable agreements be investigated.