herbs814, I am neither for nor against unions in general, but your statement is rather silly. Both unions and corporations agressively lobby for legislation to protect their interests against competition. The facts clearly show this. The truth is that employers spent decades treating employees like shit, and got away with it. Then, unions started following their example----- lying, cheating and exploiting workers. Neither unions NOR corporations NOR politicians give a shit about workers
You're a huge douchebag, with a virtual monopoly on YouTube ads, but, uh-oh! here comes a competitor. They've got satire that bites really deep.... They're entertaining, they're stealing your audience, and they're ruining your bullshit. So what do you do? Guess what, FedEx? I did NOT CARE about this issue until your obnoxious SPAM POISON pissed me off and made me your enemy for life. I dont' care if UPS is wrong, FedEx deserves to DIE DIE DIE
Why don't Unions become optional and pay for the "benefits" out of the union dues? That's right. they are progressives and are very generous... with other people's money.
@erniegasgnon Unions and the unskilled/outsourced: Too bad the Unions made it difficult to economize, allow management to help out, slowed down production (yes, I was working at the a delivery job and the union members told me to slow down because it was making them look bad).
RE Gov't taking jobs away: good reason to get rid of a lot of gov't there. And if I can start a delivery business with no unions and beat UPS and FedEx, why should the other two companies demand I unionize and lose?
@erniegasgnon RE "pizza shop": that would mean the pizza guy is either in the wrong place to sell pizzas or not doing something different enough to make his pizza better. Me being from NYC where there are pizza shops on every block doing fine without Trump or the unwashed buying.
UPS employee (worker? really?) gets his (her) $74k, but UPS has massive layoffs/bailouts. Now that employee gets $0. Could have saved his job at $45k. Oh well.
as a UPS pt supervisor, and former hourly, unions are the worst thing for everyone, if the people i supervise need help, i cant touch a box or i get 'filled on' for doing an hourly's job, so instead i get to watch these people i care about get ticked off at me for not doing anything to help... this is how things go wrong, and who suffers? the customer.
I agree, and UPS packages off arrive broken when they arrive, if they arrive. FEDEX is much higher quality and that is why they are winning. UPS knows it is beat so they want to change the rules of the game. What can brown do to you?
Erniegasgnon, you're the typical low-skilled simpleton, seven-day-a-week pizza scarfer who lives in his own esoteric lonely little world. You are THE poster boy for why unions blow chunks. UNIONS=pizza eaters; FEDEX=have real lives, invest prudently in the future.
Unions do NOT guarantee jobs. The only guarantee unions promise is to take your dues against your will and use them as THEY want to. UPS=constant layoffs...FedEx Express=no drivers laid off. Now; who REALLY runs the tightest ship in the shipping business??? Unions are novelty relics that need to be put out of their misery!!!
Why not instead of ups working with feds to try and destroy another company, just push to be put in the same category as fedex so both are not unionized. It isn't cost effect for ups to pay union wages for the grunt work people do so just kick the unions out instead of sucking fedex dry as well... thats like saying "well his business is next to the mall and mine is on the outskirts of town and he makes more than me, I want him to move farther out of town!" why not just move closer to the mall
You are yet another moron being brainwashed by the leftist agenda. Business is responsible for everything that is good. Big government is a THIEF that steals our rights. Big government is ALWAYS more of a threat than business will ever be. Business is always more to be trusted than big government.
The basic premise this shill presents us with is that FedEx=Air and UPS=Truck. Interestingly enough, UPS maintains an air fleet of over 300 aircraft. Also interesting, I've never had a FedEx Express package delivered to me by a pilot.
ReasonTV is apparently bought and paid for by FedEx Expresss. Check the facts before you believe this cartoon character...who happens to be drawing cartoons.
"The reason why (unions) have lost ground over the past 60 years is that work has become increasingly individualized..." Yes, perhaps for upper middle income execs and white collar workers. For the rest of us (ie, the vast majority of American workers), work is pretty much the same as it ever was. The fact that this guy never mentions the effects of globalization and capital flight on local economies tells me that this video is not intended for a knowledgeable audience.
Who is this guy trying to fool? These two companies are nearly idendical therefore they should be governed by the same laws. FedEx just wants to subcontract all their FedEx Ground work and pocket all the profits. Its slavery. FedEx had a loophole that is about to come to an end.
So basically.. you are telling me that UPS pays it's workers more and probably offers better health care- which seems like a good thing to me. I guess from now on, even if it turns out to be a little more expensive, I will use UPS... because I'd rather my money go to paying the actual workers than lining the pockets of CEOs. Thanks! :) (Oh- the fact that you call that 'contemptible' is rather contemptible. )
And why do we need all these labor laws anyway? This is an example of why our government needs to cut the regulations to a simpler standard; but, they won't we all know the government loves its ability to controll our lives too much to actually cut a law from the books.
First, I've never had a airplane deliver my Fed ex Package to my door. There drivers should fall under the same laws and regulations as every other trucking company. Fed ex wants to put out the propaganda Videos..... But facts are facts, And they Should have to follow the same rules as all the other Trucking companies.
This video is a little misleading when it comes to saying that UPS is trying to screw over Fedex and its customers. I work for UPS in their AIR division doing pickups in one of those famous brown trucks. A fedex driver doing the same work as I am doing is forced to work under completely different labor law which just flys in the face of common sense. Two competing companies in the same industry should play by the same rules, and that is what this is all about.
Fed ex Truck drivers are the only ones in the nation operating Under airline policy. Fed ex drivers are not Pilots, Fed ex Should have to follow the same rule as the rest of the trucking companies.
@stud19801978 You have no idea what you're talking about. Fedex starts you off around 10-12$ an hour. Get a forklift certification and you're making 16$ and still in highschool. If you go the pilot route, hello 6 figures. Or you can work at McDonalds and not be a dipshit. If you build yourself up the corporate ladder it's pretty easy to be making 6 figures in less then 10 years. A guy from my highschool did that, by 23 he's making more then I hope out of college, fuck him.
@stud19801978 Never said I worked there. But just saw your comment about working at UPS. So this will be a retarded fight as you're obviously one sided. And I call bullshit the part timers making 29 are in highschool. I was talking about straight STARTING wages, not what some are making. I don't know what UPS pays their pilots, but Fed-Ex pilots can easily make around 300,000 a year. Definitely wouldn't mind that lifestyle.
The problem is a democratic system that is tailored for extermists of both sides.
If we really want change that is beneficial to us, moderates have to take control. Unfortunately that will only happen when the Democrats and Republicans can no longer monopolize the system. That however is prevented by how the supports are easily swayed by bullshit topics in politics instead of real issues.
@rheacer16 FedEd Ground and FedEx Freight are separate subsidiaries from the parent FedEx Corporation, and, unlike the parent FedEx Corporation, they are governed by the Labor Relations Act just like UPS. Please research the facts before spreading anger over imaginary problems.
You dont work at Fedex or UPS so you dont know what its really about. its about fedex, its different divisons keeping unions out so that they can misuse their employees and contractors. Fedex as a whole, utilizes a trucking fleet larger than UPS. What you dont understand is Fedex corp is having you focus on their express division to avert you from their other divisons. UPS package workers get benefits and other forms of profit sharing, Fedex Ground's dont. thats what fedex doesnt want
what a bunch of crap...fedex is full of crap...they should be regulated by trucking laws...when was the last time a fedex plane delivered your package to your front door...I dont think so
Bullshit dude, Union workers tend to have better benefits, more rights as workers, and better living wages. I'll take union labor over the scab labor that you are a proponent of any day.
LOL, yea tell that to all the people at GM. The Unions demanded more and more so far past the point the company was paying out more than way they brought in. Unions today equals failed business. Unions do today what they fought for back YEARS ago, they bully and demonize perfectly good companies. We cant afford to fucking pay someone 60K a year to push a button on conveyor line. Do the math genius, it doesnt work. Why do you think we buy overseas? Unions are dead and killing us
More bullshit dude, GM has been investing heavily in outsourcing in the past 10 years. They could have been spending that money on R&D like Toyota, but instead put out the same old SUV's and gas guzzling trucks, while companies like Toyota, Honda, and the European companies truly put out innovative designs. I've got news for you guy, Germany and Japan are all Unionized countries. Unions gave you the 8 hour work day, and the weekend. You're a SCAB
I can already tell you are a tree hugging liberal by your talk of gas guzzling vehicles. Bottom line is people still continue to buy them and want them. The facts are their. UNIONS cause companies like GM to be in the position they are in. YOU tell me how when someone who works for GM goes to work, and they say sorry no work today, but you can go sit in a room, watch tv, play games, do whatever for your shift and earn 70% of their pay. Tell me how companies make money doing that?
@Diezelraccoon Oh boo hoo.. fuck your precious corporations dude. They don't need handouts. If you are so anti-worker.. go to China and see what it's like without unions.
FedEx is a terrible company to work for now. They got rid of all their old-timers for low-paying young workers. Also got rid of most their medical benefits and stole the retirement benefits in the process. They fired the older workers through intimidation and bogus accusations. The stress an old-timer was under was far too great to handle because of all the spying on and the watching of every single step they made. Hence, many quit to preserve their sanity.
@jillbert40 You are either ignorant or a goddamn liar!I retired from Fedex in November after 25 years.Our medical benefits remain the same,the best in the business.No one was EVER intimidated into quitting.And I have my pension check every month,which the Teamsters would love to get their greedy hands on since they squandered theirs years ago.You don't know a thing about working for Fedex,and I doubt they'd hire a delusional clown like you.Learn what you're talking about.
@herbs814 You're completely ignorant when it comes to American history. Prior to the advent of unions, there was no middle class. The vast majority of Americans lived in desperate poverty. The dream of prosperity for the average American could never have been realized without collective bargaining. Only a fool would want the US worker to return to his wretched 19th century condition.
YOU are completely ignorant of American history. The source of middle class wealth is self-employment. UNIONS ARE THE ENEMY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. Unions DESTROY business and subject people to poverty.
Collective bargaining IS THE PROBLEM. Only a FOOL would ever want to be part of a union.
Our son works for UPS in management. This is an EXCELLENT synopsis of one of the issues related to a unionized workforce. It's nearly IMPOSSIBLE to fire incompetent workers. This video is spot on re: WE MUST ELECT CONSERVATIVE, SMALL GOV'T, PRO-BUSINESS Congressmen and Senators this November!!
Hey if you have small government libertarian and pro-constitution inclinations check out the jeffersonian democrats channel and help an up and coming libertarian movement pick up some team! (PS - Nick is awesome!)
Dig the Eames lounge in the office scene. Modern Unions fail the worker, fail the consumer but empower and enriches Union officials and state actors.
um dude, i have to let you know, the government has the right to close down and interfere with businesses so that they dont become too powerful, an example would be if at&t bought out sprint, t-mobile, verizon etc. then at&t would be able to charge any amount for mobile services, and people would be forced to pay. the government needs to control such things, so that never happens.
@MichelisArchangeli Actually, the Federal Government only has the right to interfere with businesses if they impede upon the powers of the Federal Government to regulate interstate and international trade. That's what the Clayton and Sherman Acts are about, which is why Microshaft couldn't get nailed under Monopoly laws in the US. Labor wanting to have FedEx recognized under the same rules as UPS is just their way of trying to skirt around the Taft-Hartley Act.
UPS is not asking for a bailout. FedEx is trying to keep it's special provisions in the FAA bill. FedEx does not want to play under the same labor laws that ALL the other express delivery companies must follow.
All truck drivers should fall under the NLRB and not the RLA.
Anybody else wonder why the "brownbailout" video poster will not let you comment. It's because they are afraid of the truth.
@hwy666 lol--i like your usage of the word "ALL" here--what entities are you exactly referring to when you say ". . .same labor laws that ALL other express delivery. . ."
We're letting you go. Oh sure, it could be because that new guy in your dept. is willing to do the job for 4 bucks an hour less, but this is a 'Right to work' state, so I really don't need to give you a REASON we're letting you go.
Have any of you ever seen a FedEx plane land on your street to make a delivery? NO! It's done by trucks just like UPS. The bottom line is that FedEx is getting special treatment (yet is still way behind UPS) and it's not fair. It sucks but at least UPS is still the preferred shipper by the majority of consumers. Even with double the labor costs and a union. LOL! Screw it! Let them keep their exemption. It sounds like they really need it. LOL!
I think they used the blue on purpose to further spoof the UPS commercials. FedEx supported UPS when they tried to switch to the FedEx labor rules, but the unions stopped it. Now the unions are pulling gov. strings to manipulate the market. Smells bad to me.
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This moron doesn't have a clue. UPS is twice the size of FedEx. Their business models are totally alike...both deliver air/ground & should be treated equally by federal labor laws. UPS delivers 4.1 million air pkgs and 11.4 million ground pkgs per day. FedEx delivers 3.4 million air pkgs and approx 3.4 million ground pkgs per day. UPS pays good union wages while FedEx screws its drivers by calling them " independent contractors". The lawsuits have not ended for FedEx. Stay tuned.
FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery companies are Independent contractors, the person driving those trucks are most likely the owners of those trucks. The line haulers that pull the FedEx Ground trailers are owner operators aka Independent Contractors. Ditto for the FedEx Custom Critical drivers. FedEx used this business model to pickup the slack when the unionized UPS went on strike in 1997.
Does anyone remember RPS? When RPS couldn't compete anymore and found themselves in some $ difficulties, FedEx saw an excellent opportunity at a low overhead, owner-operator based business model and cashed in BIG time! Smart move! FedEx cut their operating costs by millions AND gave the folks with contracts already active with RPS a great op to stay AND make more $. Folks driving for FedEx ground contractors also had and opportunity to become business owners as well. The fact still remans.
Wrong. While I like both companies, this video doesn't fairly portray the results. It may be less easier to unionize in the air travel / cargo sector... UPS net profits are increasing and FedEx net profits have dropped. Looking at year-to-year net income, UPS delivers (no pun intended)... while FedEx fluctuates.
I agree - hubby works for FedEx, and they don't want a union - there is no need for it!!! UPS drivers make more than FedEx drivers do, but after Union dues are taken out, it comes out about the same
LOL, this is kinda funny, what does your "hubby" make? 20 maybe 21 an hour if he's lucky? UPS top rate is 29.32 an hour, plus doesn't your husband have to pay for and maintain his own truck? and just so you are clear, union dues are 1.5 times the hourly rate A MONTH! so man, i think i would rather make 70,000 to 80,000 a year and pay a couple hundred dollars in union dues, but hey thats just me.
@MsAngel422 money talks insurance talks 401-k talks union pension talks stock purchase plan talks 4 weeks vacation talks 1 week sick days talk 1 week personal days talks overtime after 8 talks that 82 thousand i made last year realey talks go TEAMSTERS
Holy shit this is perfectly 100% true listen to 1:72 to END. The Federal Government created this problem by proliferating unions but now UPS looks like the bad guy when it tries to have its competitors on even ground. PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ reply if you agree or not i wanna see what people think about this.
@ s117godd.....its not 100% true UPS and FEDEX are not the same FEDEX is a CARGO AIRLINE co while UPS is a TRUCKING company the were founded this way. so now that you have some competition you want to flex your federal muscle to force the competition to play by your rules.....not fair.
Actually, I wouldn't say labour unions in *themselves* are evil: they are just getting perverse privelgies from government that allows them to carry out mobster tactics; not by putting-the-gun-to-the-head themselves, but by lobbying that the government shall do it for them.
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The author of this video is an idiot and has no clue about what UPS is trying to accomplish with the new FAA bill. Make it a level playing field. FedEx has been mis-using this classification to strong-arm its people for decades. I don' care which company gets reclassified, but let both operate under the same rules.
@DEEPGNOSTIC: You should be asking why should UPS be subject to the federal labor laws that it is. Not why shouldn't everyone else be subject to the same cost-increasing, anachronistic laws as UPS.
fed ex aka federal express (overnight air the original company) is different from fed ex-ground(formerly RPS) , fed ex-freight , fed ex-custom critical...etc.
this split allows them to use multiple systems. fed ex ground and fed ex custom critical are contracted employment, or owner operator. another way around the union and law.
furthermore you cant generalize your shipping experience, it is like any other service provider, careless people do hurt the system! whether it is ups or fedex...
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FedEx & this ad still haven't explained why they shouldn't be held under the same federal laws as UPS. They provide the exact same service in the same way as UPS does; UPS moves a very impressive amount of packages through the air as well. Simply because a majority of FedEx's packages are flown doesn't negate the fact that FedEx has undo advantages over UPS...Why shouldn't UPS ask for a level playing field in a competitive market?
Get fricken real. I demand now that all packages are shipped by UPS. FedEx didn't get the name FedUp for nothing.
UPS - on time, every day.
FedEx - Oh, you weren't in your office (um, yeah, I was), you can pick it up from us if you like, or we can reattempt delivery on Monday. You mean, attempt delivery. Assholes.
I'd say this not only applies to FEDEX and UPS, but other companies as well...
For example... look at for example, all the Global ... errr... what are we using now again? Cooling? Warming? Climate Change? They change it every week it seems..
Anyways. One of the biggest pushers aside from Al Gore (who's doing it so he can get some kick backs with "Carbon Credit" sellers): GE... huh I'm sure it has NOTHING to do with all of GE's new "Green" projects
Correct. But repealing Taft-Hartley would in effect eliminate current "regulations" on secondary strikes, secondary boycotts, sympathy strikes, etc. And the Employee Free Choice Act does NOT eliminate the secret ballot. It just puts the decision in the hands of the workers, where it belongs, as oppose to the boss as it is currently.
@Stark1010 Sad to admit, but it's true, and most people don't even get it.
I once told a guy that since labor markets have gone global, unions need to promote the productive strength of their workers (an idea I originally picked up in Reason magazine!). As a reluctant union supporter, his response was slightly despondent: "The unions have never done that."
This wasn't the only occasion I got that reaction!
How many workers are held back by careless unions!? Is there a better way to bargain?
See, I like what you're saying, but I wish Reason's message was more Pro-Business than Anti-Government. It's really less inviting when your message is negative rather than positive.
I think that it isn't so much being pro-business or anti-government as much as being pro-freedom and pro-free market. Big government is antithetical to a free society and unfortunately many big businesses love big government because it oftens protects favored businesses from the the rigors of unrestrained capitalism. Ayn Rand illustrates that via the " dog eat dog " regulation in Atlas Shrugged. And we can see that mentality ourselves in government's response to the financial crisis.
Reason is not Pro-Business, it's Pro-Free Markets. Here's why: There are many big businesses who don't want to compete in free markets, who therefore use their money to curry favor with the federal government. They want the federal government to enact laws and regulations that will harm their competitors. This YouTube video is an example of that. Reason's message is appropriately anti-Government because the federal government's only value is enlarging it's power and control.
The difference between FedEx and UPS is that the employees at FedEx continue to value their individualism over money, so they continue to vote AGAINST union organizing. The choice should be theirs and not swept aside to satisfy the power lust of union mob bosses and totalitarian Demorat politicians.
In America, every individual should have the freedom to decide for themselves if they want to exercise their RIGHT to ORGANIZE! Our Labor Creates All Wealth! Employee Free Choice Act Now! Deregulate the labor market! Repeal Taft-Hartley Now!
I agree that many unions have grown far too much power since their inception, much of gov't is in bed with special interests, and that gov't has the power to shape legislation at will much to the chagrin at the public at large.
But the point being missed is that none of this is new at all. The republicans were just as guilty of this from 2000 on and conservatives gave lobbies and special interests a free pass to do whatever they wanted without ever once complaining then at the time.
And what were the results of "conservatives" allowing unmitigated republican power: A bloated and wasteful military operation (thanks to the Defense contract lobby), a banking collapse (finance/bank lobby), soaring gasoline prices (Big Oil), and a doubling of health insurance costs (Insurance lobby/Big Pharma). I absolutely have no problem with this line of attack, so long as you are consistent in recognizing this crap exists on all sides.
Amen! Violence is the ultimate evil, whether that be done to a person's property or body. The income tax is evil, but what is truly evil is the IRS physically putting you in prison for not paying it. By working hard one is producing for society in many ways, yet the soul-less bureaucrats/politicians have the audacity to take a large chunk of your hard earned money away and give it to people who did not earn it (including themselves). The day of reckoning is coming. A libertyrevolution is brewing
This video is trying to simplify a complex issue. If you are a person who was directly affected by the financial crisis and really believe that the banks did a bad job you would think twice about less regulation. The financial crisis was an example of how any industry can grid to a halt because the businesses involved can pretty much do what hey like with out worrying about consequences.
I work at FedEx :)
roughryder5 1 year ago
herbs814, I am neither for nor against unions in general, but your statement is rather silly. Both unions and corporations agressively lobby for legislation to protect their interests against competition. The facts clearly show this. The truth is that employers spent decades treating employees like shit, and got away with it. Then, unions started following their example----- lying, cheating and exploiting workers. Neither unions NOR corporations NOR politicians give a shit about workers
TheBearcat222 1 year ago
TheBearcat222 1 year ago
Why don't Unions become optional and pay for the "benefits" out of the union dues? That's right. they are progressives and are very generous... with other people's money.
bsabruzzo 1 year ago
@erniegasgnon Unions and the unskilled/outsourced: Too bad the Unions made it difficult to economize, allow management to help out, slowed down production (yes, I was working at the a delivery job and the union members told me to slow down because it was making them look bad).
RE Gov't taking jobs away: good reason to get rid of a lot of gov't there. And if I can start a delivery business with no unions and beat UPS and FedEx, why should the other two companies demand I unionize and lose?
bsabruzzo 1 year ago
@erniegasgnon RE "pizza shop": that would mean the pizza guy is either in the wrong place to sell pizzas or not doing something different enough to make his pizza better. Me being from NYC where there are pizza shops on every block doing fine without Trump or the unwashed buying.
UPS employee (worker? really?) gets his (her) $74k, but UPS has massive layoffs/bailouts. Now that employee gets $0. Could have saved his job at $45k. Oh well.
bsabruzzo 1 year ago
as a UPS pt supervisor, and former hourly, unions are the worst thing for everyone, if the people i supervise need help, i cant touch a box or i get 'filled on' for doing an hourly's job, so instead i get to watch these people i care about get ticked off at me for not doing anything to help... this is how things go wrong, and who suffers? the customer.
b1kerguy 1 year ago
So basically, that means, my government sux ?
1915nessa 1 year ago
ups es una mierda,chinguen su madre hijos de puta ,solo dan mas problemas de los que resuelven
daniel9246 1 year ago
I agree, and UPS packages off arrive broken when they arrive, if they arrive. FEDEX is much higher quality and that is why they are winning. UPS knows it is beat so they want to change the rules of the game. What can brown do to you?
paxout 1 year ago
only reason i like UPS is for the whiteboard drawging guy at the football comercials
skeetvvideos 1 year ago
nerds
acouchoud 1 year ago
Erniegasgnon, you're the typical low-skilled simpleton, seven-day-a-week pizza scarfer who lives in his own esoteric lonely little world. You are THE poster boy for why unions blow chunks. UNIONS=pizza eaters; FEDEX=have real lives, invest prudently in the future.
Thrive7 1 year ago
Unions do NOT guarantee jobs. The only guarantee unions promise is to take your dues against your will and use them as THEY want to. UPS=constant layoffs...FedEx Express=no drivers laid off. Now; who REALLY runs the tightest ship in the shipping business??? Unions are novelty relics that need to be put out of their misery!!!
Thrive7 1 year ago 3
Why not instead of ups working with feds to try and destroy another company, just push to be put in the same category as fedex so both are not unionized. It isn't cost effect for ups to pay union wages for the grunt work people do so just kick the unions out instead of sucking fedex dry as well... thats like saying "well his business is next to the mall and mine is on the outskirts of town and he makes more than me, I want him to move farther out of town!" why not just move closer to the mall
IPenguinTeethI 1 year ago
I wonder who paid for this ... possibly FedEx?
DevinMiller72 1 year ago
My local area is classified as a no-fly zone. I wonder how FedEx gets those packages to me? Possibly by truck?
LandMineHare 1 year ago
@erniegasgnon
You are yet another moron being brainwashed by the leftist agenda. Business is responsible for everything that is good. Big government is a THIEF that steals our rights. Big government is ALWAYS more of a threat than business will ever be. Business is always more to be trusted than big government.
herbs814 1 year ago
good except for the music sampling in the bg
otchacha 1 year ago
everyone should look up ups and temporary workers with the Michel moore
subwayesk 1 year ago
Did any look at the drawings the entire time.LOL!
Laker4life100 1 year ago
The basic premise this shill presents us with is that FedEx=Air and UPS=Truck. Interestingly enough, UPS maintains an air fleet of over 300 aircraft. Also interesting, I've never had a FedEx Express package delivered to me by a pilot.
ReasonTV is apparently bought and paid for by FedEx Expresss. Check the facts before you believe this cartoon character...who happens to be drawing cartoons.
totallyunderpowered 1 year ago
Fedex has airplanes that fly fast! LOL.
Turtleposer 1 year ago
"The reason why (unions) have lost ground over the past 60 years is that work has become increasingly individualized..." Yes, perhaps for upper middle income execs and white collar workers. For the rest of us (ie, the vast majority of American workers), work is pretty much the same as it ever was. The fact that this guy never mentions the effects of globalization and capital flight on local economies tells me that this video is not intended for a knowledgeable audience.
jumpoutatree 1 year ago
Who is this guy trying to fool? These two companies are nearly idendical therefore they should be governed by the same laws. FedEx just wants to subcontract all their FedEx Ground work and pocket all the profits. Its slavery. FedEx had a loophole that is about to come to an end.
denz351 1 year ago
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@denz351 Nope you are wrong, they are really different.
FAIL
dabadon5 1 year ago
So basically.. you are telling me that UPS pays it's workers more and probably offers better health care- which seems like a good thing to me. I guess from now on, even if it turns out to be a little more expensive, I will use UPS... because I'd rather my money go to paying the actual workers than lining the pockets of CEOs. Thanks! :) (Oh- the fact that you call that 'contemptible' is rather contemptible. )
Wonderplant 1 year ago
I LOL
Mostdef 1 year ago
And why do we need all these labor laws anyway? This is an example of why our government needs to cut the regulations to a simpler standard; but, they won't we all know the government loves its ability to controll our lives too much to actually cut a law from the books.
megaripcord 1 year ago
@megaripcord Well if you don't like labor laws, maybe you should move to China.
zapatista512 1 year ago
Why would anyone want to pay more for their Fed Ex delivery? Toadlicker, your name is spot on.
megaripcord 1 year ago
First, I've never had a airplane deliver my Fed ex Package to my door. There drivers should fall under the same laws and regulations as every other trucking company. Fed ex wants to put out the propaganda Videos..... But facts are facts, And they Should have to follow the same rules as all the other Trucking companies.
toadlicker114 1 year ago
@toadlicker114 please tell me the "I've never had a airplane deliver my fedex package" thing was sarcasm
Mostdef 1 year ago
UPS is waaaaaay better than fedex (( Ima UPS vederant ))
2FaceRapStar 1 year ago
ROFL...your all soooooo mad....not the makers of the vid but the butthurt commenters
fruitnfiber 1 year ago
This video is a little misleading when it comes to saying that UPS is trying to screw over Fedex and its customers. I work for UPS in their AIR division doing pickups in one of those famous brown trucks. A fedex driver doing the same work as I am doing is forced to work under completely different labor law which just flys in the face of common sense. Two competing companies in the same industry should play by the same rules, and that is what this is all about.
Brett636 1 year ago
@Brett636 Why not just have a single labour law for the whole nation regardless of industry?
kawaiigardiner 1 year ago
@Brett636
So, why not have UPS operate under the same laws as Fedex, instead of forcing Fedex to use UPS' legal apparatus?
RogerOnTheRight 1 year ago
@RogerOnTheRight
Fed ex Truck drivers are the only ones in the nation operating Under airline policy. Fed ex drivers are not Pilots, Fed ex Should have to follow the same rule as the rest of the trucking companies.
toadlicker114 1 year ago
@toadlicker114
My point is, why do we have those rules to begin with? Why do we have laws designed specifically to favour unions? What is wrong with freedom?
RogerOnTheRight 1 year ago
Hope and change you can believe in.
Can we start shooting yet...?
fuzzypeach777 1 year ago
i guess fed x is happy making same wages as mcdonalds
stud19801978 1 year ago
@stud19801978
I assure you, I make more money on the bottom rung at FedEx than probably 95% of the people you see working at a McDonald's.
RedShiftedAnthony 1 year ago
@RedShiftedAnthony ha ha doubt it ha ha
stud19801978 1 year ago
@stud19801978 You have no idea what you're talking about. Fedex starts you off around 10-12$ an hour. Get a forklift certification and you're making 16$ and still in highschool. If you go the pilot route, hello 6 figures. Or you can work at McDonalds and not be a dipshit. If you build yourself up the corporate ladder it's pretty easy to be making 6 figures in less then 10 years. A guy from my highschool did that, by 23 he's making more then I hope out of college, fuck him.
NiederSD 1 year ago
@NiederSD thats funny i made more than that part time some of our part timers make 29 plus a hour hope u enjoy your 16
stud19801978 1 year ago
@stud19801978 Never said I worked there. But just saw your comment about working at UPS. So this will be a retarded fight as you're obviously one sided. And I call bullshit the part timers making 29 are in highschool. I was talking about straight STARTING wages, not what some are making. I don't know what UPS pays their pilots, but Fed-Ex pilots can easily make around 300,000 a year. Definitely wouldn't mind that lifestyle.
NiederSD 1 year ago
@NiederSD
AAHAHAHA! Show me proof a Fedex pilot makes $300,000 a year. I fucking dare you!
finlandia420 1 year ago
:) - Package Devilry Czar!
OneWingedShark 1 year ago
The problem is a democratic system that is tailored for extermists of both sides.
If we really want change that is beneficial to us, moderates have to take control. Unfortunately that will only happen when the Democrats and Republicans can no longer monopolize the system. That however is prevented by how the supports are easily swayed by bullshit topics in politics instead of real issues.
OMG, he's not a Christian!
OMG, he's a muslim!
OMG, he cheated on his wife!
To name a few.
anubis9109 1 year ago
if Fedex labor cost are less than half that of UPS, why in the hell does it cost more money to send the same packages via Fedex Ground than UPS?
denvermadame 1 year ago
Love it. I want my Reason TV!
mattcarolan 1 year ago
More of Obama's pay back to the unions.
brianlugen 1 year ago
Frded Smith is wasting his money to keep his workers down.
thebrownguy79 1 year ago
Anyone else notice he was using a blue marker?
CoolBeansStudios 1 year ago
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rheacer16 1 year ago
@rheacer16 FedEd Ground and FedEx Freight are separate subsidiaries from the parent FedEx Corporation, and, unlike the parent FedEx Corporation, they are governed by the Labor Relations Act just like UPS. Please research the facts before spreading anger over imaginary problems.
ClarkWise 1 year ago
Almost all monopolies are at the governments behest.
Gyrode 1 year ago
You dont work at Fedex or UPS so you dont know what its really about. its about fedex, its different divisons keeping unions out so that they can misuse their employees and contractors. Fedex as a whole, utilizes a trucking fleet larger than UPS. What you dont understand is Fedex corp is having you focus on their express division to avert you from their other divisons. UPS package workers get benefits and other forms of profit sharing, Fedex Ground's dont. thats what fedex doesnt want
tmoore2010 1 year ago
what a bunch of crap...fedex is full of crap...they should be regulated by trucking laws...when was the last time a fedex plane delivered your package to your front door...I dont think so
larman189 1 year ago
ups has been better than fedex forever and all ways will. but fedex is pretty good.
iizzy45 1 year ago
Bullshit dude, Union workers tend to have better benefits, more rights as workers, and better living wages. I'll take union labor over the scab labor that you are a proponent of any day.
zapatista512 1 year ago
@zapatista512
LOL, yea tell that to all the people at GM. The Unions demanded more and more so far past the point the company was paying out more than way they brought in. Unions today equals failed business. Unions do today what they fought for back YEARS ago, they bully and demonize perfectly good companies. We cant afford to fucking pay someone 60K a year to push a button on conveyor line. Do the math genius, it doesnt work. Why do you think we buy overseas? Unions are dead and killing us
Diezelraccoon 1 year ago
@Diezelraccoon
More bullshit dude, GM has been investing heavily in outsourcing in the past 10 years. They could have been spending that money on R&D like Toyota, but instead put out the same old SUV's and gas guzzling trucks, while companies like Toyota, Honda, and the European companies truly put out innovative designs. I've got news for you guy, Germany and Japan are all Unionized countries. Unions gave you the 8 hour work day, and the weekend. You're a SCAB
zapatista512 1 year ago
@zapatista512
I can already tell you are a tree hugging liberal by your talk of gas guzzling vehicles. Bottom line is people still continue to buy them and want them. The facts are their. UNIONS cause companies like GM to be in the position they are in. YOU tell me how when someone who works for GM goes to work, and they say sorry no work today, but you can go sit in a room, watch tv, play games, do whatever for your shift and earn 70% of their pay. Tell me how companies make money doing that?
Diezelraccoon 1 year ago
@Diezelraccoon Oh boo hoo.. fuck your precious corporations dude. They don't need handouts. If you are so anti-worker.. go to China and see what it's like without unions.
zapatista512 1 year ago
FedEx is a terrible company to work for now. They got rid of all their old-timers for low-paying young workers. Also got rid of most their medical benefits and stole the retirement benefits in the process. They fired the older workers through intimidation and bogus accusations. The stress an old-timer was under was far too great to handle because of all the spying on and the watching of every single step they made. Hence, many quit to preserve their sanity.
jillbert40 1 year ago
@jillbert40 You are either ignorant or a goddamn liar!I retired from Fedex in November after 25 years.Our medical benefits remain the same,the best in the business.No one was EVER intimidated into quitting.And I have my pension check every month,which the Teamsters would love to get their greedy hands on since they squandered theirs years ago.You don't know a thing about working for Fedex,and I doubt they'd hire a delusional clown like you.Learn what you're talking about.
cropperz 1 year ago
nothing is ever completely justifiable
MrFrankandEvan 1 year ago
Over-glorified racketeering outfits
QuartuvLarry 1 year ago
i work for fedex as a contractor (slave) they treat everybody like shit,they don't care about us we are just numbers .
toporpepsi 1 year ago
@toporpepsi So quit.
QuartuvLarry 1 year ago 2
Excellent!
sraike 1 year ago
The numbers don't lie. Unionization is the very cause of uncompetitiveness. Unionization is destructive to our liberty and prosperity.
herbs814 1 year ago 13
@herbs814 You're completely ignorant when it comes to American history. Prior to the advent of unions, there was no middle class. The vast majority of Americans lived in desperate poverty. The dream of prosperity for the average American could never have been realized without collective bargaining. Only a fool would want the US worker to return to his wretched 19th century condition.
jumpoutatree 1 year ago
@jumpoutatree
YOU are completely ignorant of American history. The source of middle class wealth is self-employment. UNIONS ARE THE ENEMY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. Unions DESTROY business and subject people to poverty.
Collective bargaining IS THE PROBLEM. Only a FOOL would ever want to be part of a union.
herbs814 1 year ago
@herbs814 wow ya that make sense.... unions protect workers rights...
jdbasq 1 year ago
Classic! Thank You Reason TV for,well reason.
irisojects 1 year ago
Our son works for UPS in management. This is an EXCELLENT synopsis of one of the issues related to a unionized workforce. It's nearly IMPOSSIBLE to fire incompetent workers. This video is spot on re: WE MUST ELECT CONSERVATIVE, SMALL GOV'T, PRO-BUSINESS Congressmen and Senators this November!!
thankfl 1 year ago 3
Type "The Patriot Act: Unconstitutional" in the youtube search and check out the Jeffersonian Democrats!
ThePrinceofRabbits 1 year ago
I like not having to pay a union........
codymo32791 1 year ago 2
Hey if you have small government libertarian and pro-constitution inclinations check out the jeffersonian democrats channel and help an up and coming libertarian movement pick up some team! (PS - Nick is awesome!)
ThePrinceofRabbits 1 year ago
Dig the Eames lounge in the office scene. Modern Unions fail the worker, fail the consumer but empower and enriches Union officials and state actors.
XaqFixx 1 year ago
um dude, i have to let you know, the government has the right to close down and interfere with businesses so that they dont become too powerful, an example would be if at&t bought out sprint, t-mobile, verizon etc. then at&t would be able to charge any amount for mobile services, and people would be forced to pay. the government needs to control such things, so that never happens.
MichelisArchangeli 1 year ago
@MichelisArchangeli If that happened, what would stop another phone company from starting and charging less?
reason285 1 year ago
@MichelisArchangeli Where does the Federal Gov't assert this right? I'd like to know, because this is news to me.
Swervin309 1 year ago
@MichelisArchangeli Actually, the Federal Government only has the right to interfere with businesses if they impede upon the powers of the Federal Government to regulate interstate and international trade. That's what the Clayton and Sherman Acts are about, which is why Microshaft couldn't get nailed under Monopoly laws in the US. Labor wanting to have FedEx recognized under the same rules as UPS is just their way of trying to skirt around the Taft-Hartley Act.
aerostar77 1 year ago 2
100 side represent
dabadon5 1 year ago
Cry me a river
truba4321 1 year ago
Uh oh. Since I am directly responsible for choosing the method of shipping in my office, guess I'm pro Fedex now.
LadybugsTX 1 year ago
So this is what that Brown Bailout was?
Wow, Fed Ex really stretched the truth I think.
jaredgroshen 1 year ago
UPS is not asking for a bailout. FedEx is trying to keep it's special provisions in the FAA bill. FedEx does not want to play under the same labor laws that ALL the other express delivery companies must follow.
All truck drivers should fall under the NLRB and not the RLA.
Anybody else wonder why the "brownbailout" video poster will not let you comment. It's because they are afraid of the truth.
hwy666 1 year ago
@hwy666 lol--i like your usage of the word "ALL" here--what entities are you exactly referring to when you say ". . .same labor laws that ALL other express delivery. . ."
oopalonga 1 year ago
Unions: safety blankets for the skill-less.
Sundog79 1 year ago 18
@Sundog79 That is the best way to put it !
dabadon5 1 year ago
@Sundog79
We're letting you go. Oh sure, it could be because that new guy in your dept. is willing to do the job for 4 bucks an hour less, but this is a 'Right to work' state, so I really don't need to give you a REASON we're letting you go.
Napalmdog 1 year ago
@Sundog79
Sounds like a butthurt response from some one who does the same job as a Union umployee, but gets paid far less.
finlandia420 1 year ago
@Sundog79 wow you are an idiot
jdbasq 1 year ago
Have any of you ever seen a FedEx plane land on your street to make a delivery? NO! It's done by trucks just like UPS. The bottom line is that FedEx is getting special treatment (yet is still way behind UPS) and it's not fair. It sucks but at least UPS is still the preferred shipper by the majority of consumers. Even with double the labor costs and a union. LOL! Screw it! Let them keep their exemption. It sounds like they really need it. LOL!
UPSGregg 1 year ago 3
Do the same trucks that bring in your mail from outside make the same delivery to your house?
blahanon 1 year ago
SCREW UNIONS! They're nothing but legalized thug mobsters. Piss on them all.
mmaier2112 1 year ago 5
both must be at same union labor laws if i had a bussiness they would force me to be under the labor of government
TheELPIMPful 1 year ago
mmm FEDEX # 1
maurito661 1 year ago
FedEx is faster
conflictcommando 1 year ago
I think they used the blue on purpose to further spoof the UPS commercials. FedEx supported UPS when they tried to switch to the FedEx labor rules, but the unions stopped it. Now the unions are pulling gov. strings to manipulate the market. Smells bad to me.
MRKNIGHT 1 year ago 2
FedEx is Gangster
ToneysWorld 2 years ago 2
Unions are the gangsters.
mmaier2112 1 year ago 9
Fuck big labor.
DrPhucker 2 years ago 4
pero lo que no dice qes que fedex abre los paquetes que mandas ya que no les conviene
mauriilio81 2 years ago
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This moron doesn't have a clue. UPS is twice the size of FedEx. Their business models are totally alike...both deliver air/ground & should be treated equally by federal labor laws. UPS delivers 4.1 million air pkgs and 11.4 million ground pkgs per day. FedEx delivers 3.4 million air pkgs and approx 3.4 million ground pkgs per day. UPS pays good union wages while FedEx screws its drivers by calling them " independent contractors". The lawsuits have not ended for FedEx. Stay tuned.
john19300 2 years ago
FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery companies are Independent contractors, the person driving those trucks are most likely the owners of those trucks. The line haulers that pull the FedEx Ground trailers are owner operators aka Independent Contractors. Ditto for the FedEx Custom Critical drivers. FedEx used this business model to pickup the slack when the unionized UPS went on strike in 1997.
barry34785 2 years ago 4
Does anyone remember RPS? When RPS couldn't compete anymore and found themselves in some $ difficulties, FedEx saw an excellent opportunity at a low overhead, owner-operator based business model and cashed in BIG time! Smart move! FedEx cut their operating costs by millions AND gave the folks with contracts already active with RPS a great op to stay AND make more $. Folks driving for FedEx ground contractors also had and opportunity to become business owners as well. The fact still remans.
LampLightCarriers 1 year ago 2
ups sucks! Half of the stuffs I sent with ups got broken. You can always count on fedex though
sexyzeeboy 2 years ago
Wrong. While I like both companies, this video doesn't fairly portray the results. It may be less easier to unionize in the air travel / cargo sector... UPS net profits are increasing and FedEx net profits have dropped. Looking at year-to-year net income, UPS delivers (no pun intended)... while FedEx fluctuates.
f15pilotaf 2 years ago
I just switched to FedEx and the rates are 1/2 UPS.
helpendthefed 2 years ago 3
I agree - hubby works for FedEx, and they don't want a union - there is no need for it!!! UPS drivers make more than FedEx drivers do, but after Union dues are taken out, it comes out about the same
MsAngel422 2 years ago 3
LOL, this is kinda funny, what does your "hubby" make? 20 maybe 21 an hour if he's lucky? UPS top rate is 29.32 an hour, plus doesn't your husband have to pay for and maintain his own truck? and just so you are clear, union dues are 1.5 times the hourly rate A MONTH! so man, i think i would rather make 70,000 to 80,000 a year and pay a couple hundred dollars in union dues, but hey thats just me.
cguild1086 2 years ago
@MsAngel422 money talks insurance talks 401-k talks union pension talks stock purchase plan talks 4 weeks vacation talks 1 week sick days talk 1 week personal days talks overtime after 8 talks that 82 thousand i made last year realey talks go TEAMSTERS
stud19801978 1 year ago
What can government do for you?
~UPS, the new slogan
jathan001 2 years ago
Holy shit this is perfectly 100% true listen to 1:72 to END. The Federal Government created this problem by proliferating unions but now UPS looks like the bad guy when it tries to have its competitors on even ground. PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ reply if you agree or not i wanna see what people think about this.
s117godd 2 years ago
@s117godd
i agree. big government = bad
TheMoge2 2 years ago
@ s117godd.....its not 100% true UPS and FEDEX are not the same FEDEX is a CARGO AIRLINE co while UPS is a TRUCKING company the were founded this way. so now that you have some competition you want to flex your federal muscle to force the competition to play by your rules.....not fair.
rictenwheel25 2 years ago
I LOVE IT
MOSS4PRESIDENT 2 years ago
Corporate manipulation of government and regulation do not constitute capitalism. They constitute fascism.
Wormtail81 2 years ago 2
@Wormtail81 || I'm pretty sure it started as the other way around, man.
s117godd 2 years ago
Sometimes it is hard to tell.
Wormtail81 2 years ago
But don't worry, I am definitely pro-capitalism. I'm just talking capture theory.
Wormtail81 2 years ago
LOL "bitchfight" :P
ArtistTyrant 2 years ago 4
The drawings would have been totally believable if it hadn't been for the blue marker.
Coribec 2 years ago
i like how clearly hes using a blue marker yet everything is brown...ha!.... sad but that made my day
rg3519 2 years ago 2
hahaha i totally noticed that too
MichaelMusic1 2 years ago
The best political hook I've ever heard and liked, "How can government screw you? visit..." LOL LOVE IT!
TheShnuz 2 years ago 6
Actually, I wouldn't say labour unions in *themselves* are evil: they are just getting perverse privelgies from government that allows them to carry out mobster tactics; not by putting-the-gun-to-the-head themselves, but by lobbying that the government shall do it for them.
It's all quite the disgrace.
Wejer3 2 years ago 2
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The author of this video is an idiot and has no clue about what UPS is trying to accomplish with the new FAA bill. Make it a level playing field. FedEx has been mis-using this classification to strong-arm its people for decades. I don' care which company gets reclassified, but let both operate under the same rules.
bamamc66 2 years ago
You're wrong- using the law to PUNISH competitors is never justifiable.
littlebier8 2 years ago 22
"let both operate under the same rules"
Yes, Market rules! (pun intended)
Wejer3 2 years ago 3
Wow, funny, ex Fedex couriers working at UPS got fired from fedex, exUPS couriers working at fedex quit UPS, so, im thinking life must suck at UPS
melasa13 2 years ago
I'm with you.
jx14aby 2 years ago
Great Video.
@DEEPGNOSTIC: You should be asking why should UPS be subject to the federal labor laws that it is. Not why shouldn't everyone else be subject to the same cost-increasing, anachronistic laws as UPS.
baboojackal 2 years ago 2
fed ex aka federal express (overnight air the original company) is different from fed ex-ground(formerly RPS) , fed ex-freight , fed ex-custom critical...etc.
this split allows them to use multiple systems. fed ex ground and fed ex custom critical are contracted employment, or owner operator. another way around the union and law.
furthermore you cant generalize your shipping experience, it is like any other service provider, careless people do hurt the system! whether it is ups or fedex...
wjacksonthree 2 years ago 4
what song is playing in the background?!
comboevan 2 years ago
such great heights by the postal service
talijf 2 years ago
ironically, this video is about the postal service lol
hellofaname 2 years ago
Informative and funny video, but quit waving your arms around dude.
cmstyz 2 years ago
Don't be such a faggot. He's making fun of the guy that does the commercial.
nmckeown101 2 years ago
Owieeee - you hurt my wittle feewings.
:(
cmstyz 2 years ago
I own that same orange shirt :)
israelandersonvideo 2 years ago
Why not repeal the UPS law instead of the other way around?
cellspotbiz 2 years ago 2
@cellspotbiz Reason would be fine with that, and in the long term, so would UPS.
james3v1 2 years ago
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FedEx & this ad still haven't explained why they shouldn't be held under the same federal laws as UPS. They provide the exact same service in the same way as UPS does; UPS moves a very impressive amount of packages through the air as well. Simply because a majority of FedEx's packages are flown doesn't negate the fact that FedEx has undo advantages over UPS...Why shouldn't UPS ask for a level playing field in a competitive market?
DEEPGNOSTIC 2 years ago
Great video
TheMarketAssassin 2 years ago
This is a great video, I am a FEDEX customer, they are so much better than UPS.
bittergunowner12 2 years ago 3
Get fricken real. I demand now that all packages are shipped by UPS. FedEx didn't get the name FedUp for nothing.
UPS - on time, every day.
FedEx - Oh, you weren't in your office (um, yeah, I was), you can pick it up from us if you like, or we can reattempt delivery on Monday. You mean, attempt delivery. Assholes.
Screw FedEx!
israelandersonvideo 2 years ago
I'd say this not only applies to FEDEX and UPS, but other companies as well...
For example... look at for example, all the Global ... errr... what are we using now again? Cooling? Warming? Climate Change? They change it every week it seems..
Anyways. One of the biggest pushers aside from Al Gore (who's doing it so he can get some kick backs with "Carbon Credit" sellers): GE... huh I'm sure it has NOTHING to do with all of GE's new "Green" projects
Razgriez1 2 years ago
That guy on fire made my day.
ilieklolcatz 2 years ago 2
Superb!
pinegrove33 2 years ago
Correct. But repealing Taft-Hartley would in effect eliminate current "regulations" on secondary strikes, secondary boycotts, sympathy strikes, etc. And the Employee Free Choice Act does NOT eliminate the secret ballot. It just puts the decision in the hands of the workers, where it belongs, as oppose to the boss as it is currently.
FlintPublic 2 years ago
"Stroke of the pen...Law of the land (Begala, 1998).
pulpBleacher 2 years ago
Can't get any clearer than that. Unions are out dated.
Stark1010 2 years ago 4
@Stark1010 Sad to admit, but it's true, and most people don't even get it.
I once told a guy that since labor markets have gone global, unions need to promote the productive strength of their workers (an idea I originally picked up in Reason magazine!). As a reluctant union supporter, his response was slightly despondent: "The unions have never done that."
This wasn't the only occasion I got that reaction!
How many workers are held back by careless unions!? Is there a better way to bargain?
eksortso 2 years ago 3
See, I like what you're saying, but I wish Reason's message was more Pro-Business than Anti-Government. It's really less inviting when your message is negative rather than positive.
chopsky 2 years ago
I think that it isn't so much being pro-business or anti-government as much as being pro-freedom and pro-free market. Big government is antithetical to a free society and unfortunately many big businesses love big government because it oftens protects favored businesses from the the rigors of unrestrained capitalism. Ayn Rand illustrates that via the " dog eat dog " regulation in Atlas Shrugged. And we can see that mentality ourselves in government's response to the financial crisis.
sleedolfine15 2 years ago 3
Reason is not Pro-Business, it's Pro-Free Markets. Here's why: There are many big businesses who don't want to compete in free markets, who therefore use their money to curry favor with the federal government. They want the federal government to enact laws and regulations that will harm their competitors. This YouTube video is an example of that. Reason's message is appropriately anti-Government because the federal government's only value is enlarging it's power and control.
DSelwyn21 2 years ago 7
Brilliant guys, just brilliant. Keep up the great work!!!
PEinHK 2 years ago
Beck and Rush are right when they call Union Members MARXISTS.
Union Members need to be booted out of the Republican Party.
DillonX 2 years ago
The difference between FedEx and UPS is that the employees at FedEx continue to value their individualism over money, so they continue to vote AGAINST union organizing. The choice should be theirs and not swept aside to satisfy the power lust of union mob bosses and totalitarian Demorat politicians.
MarkBuse 2 years ago 4
In America, every individual should have the freedom to decide for themselves if they want to exercise their RIGHT to ORGANIZE! Our Labor Creates All Wealth! Employee Free Choice Act Now! Deregulate the labor market! Repeal Taft-Hartley Now!
FlintPublic 2 years ago
I love this interactive whiteboard presentation style! Humorous and short, albeit informative bit. Keep 'em comin'. n_n
antag9 2 years ago 6
I agree that many unions have grown far too much power since their inception, much of gov't is in bed with special interests, and that gov't has the power to shape legislation at will much to the chagrin at the public at large.
But the point being missed is that none of this is new at all. The republicans were just as guilty of this from 2000 on and conservatives gave lobbies and special interests a free pass to do whatever they wanted without ever once complaining then at the time.
thrillhouse1980 2 years ago 2
And what were the results of "conservatives" allowing unmitigated republican power: A bloated and wasteful military operation (thanks to the Defense contract lobby), a banking collapse (finance/bank lobby), soaring gasoline prices (Big Oil), and a doubling of health insurance costs (Insurance lobby/Big Pharma). I absolutely have no problem with this line of attack, so long as you are consistent in recognizing this crap exists on all sides.
thrillhouse1980 2 years ago 2
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right wing thought process:
Law allows workers to organize = government interference
Law regulating barriers to unionizing = free market
...let freedumb ring.
bombonyou 2 years ago
i'm not sure freedom means what you think it means....
when labor unions use government guns to prevent employers from hiring others... that is anti-freedom.
Current labor laws are anti-freeedom.
This video is in support of freedom, which would allow workers to "organize" but employers can hire whoever they want.
libertyplayground 2 years ago 29
Amen! Violence is the ultimate evil, whether that be done to a person's property or body. The income tax is evil, but what is truly evil is the IRS physically putting you in prison for not paying it. By working hard one is producing for society in many ways, yet the soul-less bureaucrats/politicians have the audacity to take a large chunk of your hard earned money away and give it to people who did not earn it (including themselves). The day of reckoning is coming. A libertyrevolution is brewing
BikiniBabe1985 2 years ago 5
This video is trying to simplify a complex issue. If you are a person who was directly affected by the financial crisis and really believe that the banks did a bad job you would think twice about less regulation. The financial crisis was an example of how any industry can grid to a halt because the businesses involved can pretty much do what hey like with out worrying about consequences.
thundavolt 2 years ago