Whether or not FedEx Ground contractors agree with Patton Logistics and Route Consultant founder Spencer Patton, thousands listened to his argument on how the delivery giant must change this past weekend in Las Vegas.
Since he sent a letter on contractors’ struggles to FedEx leadership in July, Patton, an operator of 225 Ground routes in 10 states, has become the public face of a movement pushing for better compensation to offset raging inflation. Sixty percent of Ground’s 6,000 contractors, which provide delivery, pickup and linehaul services for the FedEx operating company, attended Route Consultant’s 2022 Contractor Expo, where Patton pushed Ground to end Sunday deliveries and limit short-notice changes.
