FedEx Ground has played hardball, and in so doing has tossed its most militant delivery driver contractor from the game.
Late Friday, the ground-delivery unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced it immediately ceased working with a group of delivery service providers controlled by Spencer Patton, a Nashville, Tennessee-based contractor engaged in an increasingly hostile fight with FedEx Ground over the financial condition of its 6,000-member contractor network.
In a statement late Friday, FedEx...