Our culture at FedEx, built and tested over 50 years, is based on the philosophy that if we take care of our people, they will deliver outstanding service for our customers, which will drive business results for our company. This approach is reflected in the competitive wages and benefits we provide our team members around the world and the superior service they deliver every day for our customers and communities.

We support a safe and equitable workplace and prioritize a work environment that complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Federal Express Corporation operates the world’s largest all-cargo airline with over 600 aircraft, picks up and delivers in every ZIP code of the U.S. and serves customers in 220 countries and territories worldwide. As an air carrier with a fully integrated air and ground express network, Federal Express Corporation, and all its employees, are covered by the Railway Labor Act, a status which has been consistently reaffirmed by Congress, federal agencies, and courts over the past 50 years.

About the law: The Railway Labor Act states that airlines, railroads, and express companies as well as their employees should pursue a “prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes” to avert potentially disastrous disruptions to U.S. commerce.

• Enacted in 1926, The Railway Labor Act (RLA) came on the heels of numerous devastating railroad strikes from the late 1870s forward. It was designed to prevent local labor disputes from disrupting national transportation networks that could financially injure the economy. The RLA was amended in 1936 to cover airlines as the modes through which critical commerce moved expanded beyond rail.
• Federal Express Corporation is covered under the RLA as an airline and an express company with a fully integrated air and ground network.
• The RLA protects the rights of workers to organize and bargain while helping ensure the flow of national commerce. 

FedEx is correctly classified under the Railway Labor Act. UPS should, in its entirety, be placed under the Railway Labor Act which UPS has strongly supported in the past.

Just last summer, the U.S. economy narrowly escaped devastation when the International Brotherhood of Teamsters almost struck UPS in 2023. As such, any work stoppage in the express transportation industry would create massive disruptions to the economy and critical supply chains like healthcare, national defense, and technology. That is the precise reason the RLA was put in place in 1926 to cover railroads and express companies to keep “the arteries of commerce moving” and what gave the federal government authority to prevent strikes and lockdowns through the National Mediation Board.