FedEx Freight Must Recognize Drivers-Only Bargaining Unit

FedEx Freight Inc. must recognize a Teamsters local as the bargaining representative of its drivers at a California facility, a federal appeals court decided (FedEx Freight, Inc. v. NLRB, 2016 BL 339525, 7th Cir., No. 16-1360, 10/12/16).

The Seventh Circuit became the third federal appeals court to reject FedEx Freight’s invitation to strike down the National Labor Relations Board’s standard for determining appropriate bargaining units.

In each case, FedEx Freight unsuccessfully contended that its drivers and dockworkers must be combined in the same unit because they share the same employment interests and concerns.

The Third Circuit ...