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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by dzlobin on Thursday April 24, 2014 @03:32PM (#7642417)
I'm not disagreeing, but what would UPS/USPS/unions fight them on? Is starting a delivery service regulated in some way?
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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by aggronn on Thursday April 24, 2014 @03:41PM (#7642470)
The IBT is one of the last powerful private sector unions out there. It has significant lobbying power (its the 11th largest donator to political campaigns in the US), and would join with UPS/Fedex to help resist any outside company that does not acquiesce and subject itself to the IBT.

I don't know to what extent that industry is regulated, but there is a very long history of teamsters getting their way.

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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by smackfu on Thursday April 24, 2014 @03:43PM (#7642487)
Not yet.
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