FedEx sued one of its largest delivery contractors in the U.S., saying the businessman has orchestrated a campaign to promote his own consultancy by disparaging the delivery giant.
Spencer Patton, a FedEx contractor based in Brentwood, Tenn., recently hosted a conference for FedEx contractors and has posted videos on YouTube calling for contractors to join a trade association he created. He has called on FedEx to renegotiate agreements with its contractors and threatened to stop delivering packages on Black Friday, a key time for e-commerce orders.