On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
let me just say this is being painted as a union vote, and it seems incredible to me that it could be cast in those terms. It is simply correcting a technical error that was made when the ICC Regulation Termination Act was passed. Someone having firsthand knowledge of this, actually having facts in this case, will understand that while Federal Express was under the Railway Labor Act, that in fact its pilots did unionize. So I am not sure I understand the facts that this is an antiunion vote. I might also cite the national statistics on this, that folks under the National Labor Relations Act in the private sector are unionized about 11 percent, whereas under the Railway Labor Act they are unionized 65 to 70 percent. So, again, I fail to see how this could possibly be, under any circumstances, an antiunion or a union vote. I urge my colleagues to do the right thing to correct this mistake and give the relief sought.
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