Fedex Siding With Nra

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Fedex siding with nra.

Find instructions for how to pack get resources and more. The shipping company confirmed to reuters on tuesday that it is ending its. The move is also significant as fedex did. It s a quiet reversal.

Online shipping made easy trust the speed and reliability of fedex. The decision comes three days after a gunman entered a pittsburgh synagogue and shot and killed 11 people and wounded several others. Shipping group is ending a program that offers discounts for business members of the national rifle association the company confirmed to breakingviews. Fedex offers nra members discounts from 18 percent to 26 percent on domestic and international shipping.

Fedex said on tuesday that it will stop providing discounts to members of the national rifle association eight months after thinkprogress reported that the shipping company was helping the gun lobby entice members. We provide all the tools and resources for your shipping needs. I encourage you not to use fedex so long as it s comfortable siding with the n r a new york times columnist david leonhardt wrote this week. As more and more companies decide to end their nra partnerships fedex has found itself singled out and threatened with boycotts.

In an expanded statement posted tuesday fedex even attempted to link the nra to its rival ups noting that the gun group used ups for shipping merchandise from its online store. But fedex s decision to stand by the nra probably has less to do with shipping nra polo shirts than a much more profitable business. The company said monday in a statement that it doesn t agree with the organization s views on assault rifles and large capacity magazines but that it won t eliminate its discount for nra members. Fedex refuses to bow to pressure won t discriminate against nra members.

Fedex remains committed to all our customers and the pricing we provide them independent of their political affiliations and views. Fedex is part of the nra business alliance and offers discounts through its fedex advantage program for shipping by fedex ground and fedex express and some services at fedex office according to. While dozens of companies bowed to media pressure over the weekend many severing ties in part or in whole with the nra or simply eliminating long standing price discounts with the association s members among them avis hertz delta united metlife and others fedex refused to bend to demands to discriminate against nra members.