FedEx pilots to vote on strike

The FedEx Express master executive council of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) has unanimously backed the union’s pilots holding a strike authorisation vote. The vote decision comes after contract negotiations between the pilots and FedEx management stalled after nine months of discussions, with no future talks scheduled. “The decision to move closer to a strike authorisation vote is the result of nearly six months of federally mediated negotiations that has led to our disappointment with FedEx management’s actions at the bargaining table,” said Captain Chris Norman, head of the FedEx pilots’ union.