FedEx Fights Back

UPS-Supported Bill Could Raise FedEx Labor Costs

• By Anna Palmer
• Roll Call Staff
• June 8, 2009, Midnight

FedEx is expected to launch a multimillion-dollar lobbying offensive as early as Tuesday to thwart legislation that would put the Memphis, Tenn.-based package delivery company under the same labor laws as its main competitor, United Parcel Service Inc.