Conservative Organization Sought Fee to Support FedEx
July 20, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
The American Conservative Union, a nonprofit advocacy organization, offered to rally support for FedEx in a legislative battle for a multimillion-dollar fee, The Los Angeles Times reports, citing letters published last week by Politico, a newspaper that covers Washington.
In a June 30 letter to a FedEx lobbyist, Dennis Whitfield, vice president of the advocacy group, offered to back the delivery service in its battle against legislation that would loosen restrictions on union organization at FedEx, in exchange for a payment of $2.1-million to $3.4-million.
FedEx rejected the offer, and on July 15 David Keene, president of the advocacy group, joined other conservative leaders in signing a letter saying that FedEx had made “false and disingenuous” statements about its competitor, UPS, which backs the bill.
The nonprofit group said it still supported FedEx’s stand on the legislation and that Mr. Keene had signed the letter as an individual.
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