Coakley Plots to Destroy FedEx

Here's a great idea. Take a company that has run circles around the U.S. Postal Service and unionize it. Can't have a successful company here in America, right?

Amid a hard-fought Senate race, Democratic candidate Martha Coakley tried to rev up union support yesterday by pledging to support organizing efforts of FedEx carrier workers across the country.

Appearing at a Watertown rally with more than 100 Teamsters, Coakley promised to “level the playing field” for some FedEx workers now banned from unionizing under the federal Railway Labor Act.

Coakley expressed support for the so-called “Express Carrier Protection Act,” which would effectively pull thousands of workers out from under the railway act and allow them to join unions.

Sean O’Brien, president of Teamsters Local 25, said FedEx Corp. has used the railway act to unfairly classify many of its workers.

By the way, Coakley isn't the only unpopular Democrat in the state. The governor's elections hopes this year also appear doomed. It must be racist or something.

Patrick is viewed unfavorably by a whopping 63 percent of independents, who make up the largest bloc of voters in the state, the poll found. Most voters, 56 percent, disapprove of the job he’s doing, while only 35 percent approve, according to the poll, which surveyed 500 likely voters Monday through Wednesday.