News / FedEx pilots win ‘tentative agreement’ on new contract after strike threat

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The threat of strike action by its pilots appears to have wrung concessions out of FedEx Express, which has announced a “tentative agreement”.

Details are scant, as they are still subject to a final deal between pilots’ union the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and FedEx, as well as a ratification vote by the members.

In May, those FedEx pilots which were union members voted overwhelmingly to allow a strike, with 97% participating in the vote and of those, ...