FedEx Pilots to Conduct Nationwide Informational Picketing

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Now in their 20th month of contract negotiations, FedEx pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), will conduct informational picketing on Friday, November 11, in 12 cities across the United States to show their continuing frustration with management's inability to legitimately address the pilots' issues in negotiations. The pilots have been working without a new contract for more than a year and this week the two sides began negotiations under the auspices of the National Mediation Board (NMB).

"Instead of legitimately negotiating with the pilots, FedEx management has chosen to request the NMB's assistance and bring us closer to a potential confrontation," said Captain David Webb, chairman of the FedEx unit of ALPA. "In spite of management's actions, the pilots have been and will remain committed to achieving a responsible negotiated agreement that recognizes our contributions to FedEx's remarkable profitability."

Informational picketing will take place at the following locations and times (all times are local):

  City            Location                                Time

  Anchorage       Outside FedEx sorting facility
                  at Ted Stevens Anchorage Int'l          11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
                  Airport, corner of Postmark
                  Drive and Rockwell Avenue

  Atlanta         Along Peachtree Street                  11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
                  at Peachtree Center downtown

  Chicago         Outside FedEx Kinko's                   Noon to 2 p.m.
                  29 S. LaSalle Street

  Dallas          Outside FedEx Kinko's                   Noon to 2 p.m.
                  1999 Bryan Street

  Denver          Outside FedEx Kinko's                   Noon to 2 p.m.
                  555 S. 17th Street

  Indianapolis    Outside FedEx Kinko's                   2 to 4 p.m.
                  120 Monument Circle

  Los Angeles     Outside FedEx facility at LAX           1 to 3 p.m.
                  5927 W. Imperial Highway

  Miami           Outside FedEx Kinko's                   11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
                  150 Alhambra Circle, Coral
                  Gables

  New York        Outside FedEx Kinko's                   11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
                  1 Penn Plaza

  San Francisco   Outside FedEx Kinko's                   1 to 3 p.m.
                  369 Pine Street

  Seattle         Outside FedEx Kinko's                   1 to 3 p.m.
                  816 Third Avenue

  Washington      Outside FedEx Kinko's                   11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
                  1019 15th Street NW

More information on the pilots' ongoing negotiations can be found at http://www.fedexlabortalks.com/.

Day and night and 365 days a year, the 4,300 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 represents 63,000 pilots at 40 airlines in the U.S. and Canada. Visit the ALPA website at http://www.alpa.org/.