FedEx Freight Drivers Reject Teamsters in W. Va.

FedEx Freight, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX), announced that union representation elections were held at its locations in Parkersburg and Charleston, West Virginia, last week and drivers in both locations voted against representation by the Teamsters union.

The Teamsters union also withdrew another election petition the day before the scheduled vote, this time at the Clarksburg, West Virginia, location.

The Teamsters have lost the vote or withdrawn their petition in 11 scheduled elections. In addition to Parkersburg and Charleston, West Virginia, FedEx Freight drivers have voted against the union in Cinnaminson and Newark, New Jersey, and Louisville, Kentucky.

In addition to the Clarksburg withdrawal, the union has withdrawn petitions before the scheduled elections in Nashville, Tennessee, North Harrisburg and Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, South Newark, New Jersey, and Richmond, Virginia.

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