Spencer Patton

Is FedEx Ground looking to zero out 3rd-party influence?

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The FedEx Ground model is a low-margin business with little tolerance for spendthrift behavior. Yet...

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FedEx Ground corta los lazos con un contratista de conductores militantes 

FedEx Ground ha jugado duro, y al hacerlo ha echado del juego a su conductor de reparto más militante. 

A última hora del viernes, la unidad de entrega terrestre de FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) anunció que dejó de trabajar inmediatamente con un grupo de proveedores de servicios de entrega controlados por Spencer Patton, un contratista con sede en Nashville, Tennessee, comprometido en una lucha cada vez más hostil con FedEx Ground sobre la situación financiera de su red de 6.000 contratistas. 

En un...

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FedEx Ground cuts ties with militant driver contractor

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...

FedEx Ground sues delivery contractor for creating ‘fictionalized crisis’

FedEx Ground has sued one of its largest delivery contractors, claiming he is spreading false and misleading information about the company and its relationships with contractors to boost the fortunes of his web of businesses.

In a filing early Friday, the U.S. ground-delivery unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) accused Spencer Patton of “creating a fictionalized crisis” between FedEx Ground and its approximately 6,000 contractors so he could drive contractor business to his companies. According to...

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FedEx Ground contractor forms advocacy trade group

The driver contractor for FedEx Corp.’s ground-delivery unit who is spearheading an effort to improve the economic conditions of the unit’s 6,000 contractors said Wednesday he has formed a trade group to represent all independent contractors in the logistics segment.

The group, called the Trade Association for Logistics Professionals (TALP), will be open to all contractors who work in the logistics field. Its primary focus, though, will be to “promote the common interests” for about 6,000...

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