FedEx Freight drivers in Charlotte, N.C., voted to decertify the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 71 on July 7, FedEx said in a statement.
Neither the company nor the union would discuss the decertification, but one observer told Bloomberg BNA the exit may be a sign of future trends.
“The labor board is an extremely politicized federal agency,” Eric Fink, an associate law professor at Elon University, said of the National Labor Relations Board. “Under Democratic administrations, it’s more favorable toward unions. With Republicans it’s more favorable toward employers.”
Fink anticipates an increase in the amount of petitions for decertification ...
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