Maryland Courier Service - we won

We Won And You Won

Expedited Courier Group recently testified on a hearing at the House of Delegate Office of Economics & Matters in Annapolis along with the newly formed Maryland Courier and Messenger Association and their lobbyist Mr. Bruce Bereano in regards to its opposition to HB 819 and 1070 and Senate bill 909 and in regards to the independent contractor status and operation of parcel delivery and couriers under 150 pounds.

“If these bills would have passed without our combined lobbying efforts, the cost of courier services in Maryland would had increased as much as 3 times of what courier companies currently charge in order to stay in business and most of the independent contract drivers would had to be reclassified as employees” said Amir Miremadi the Executive Director of Expedited Courier Group.

The testifying process consisted of a presentation by our association and 2 more panels. The panel consisted of 5 drivers testifying in addition to a panel of 5 courier owners. The drivers testified on the facts of wanting to be able to be flexible as to when they want to work and for whom.  The owners testified on the difficulties of being a small business owner and the high cost of insurance and fuel and the fact that these bills would destroy the existence of  200 courier companies existing in Maryland.

Most House of delegate members had no idea of our business and the difference of us with the national overnight companies and the fact that independent contractors worked since the pony express and the post office has over 150,000 drivers that are independent contractors and carry parcel less than 150 pounds every day.

The Results:
The House of Delegate Office of Economic and Matters voted 19-4 to drop the parcel package delivery companies from the House bill 819 and 1070. The senate will most likely follow the same ruling but the Maryland Courier and Messenger Association lobbying efforts has to continue to make sure this bill is not reintroduced at a later date.

Please ask your courier company if they belong to the association if not urge them to join as it is not fair to the 12 companies who shared the expense to fight this bill and protect the preserve of the courier industry in the state of Maryland.

We shall keep you updated on our federal and national efforts in the future.
 
Expedited Courier Group launched the Next Day Service to certain Counties in Maryland

For companies with three or more nightly shipments from one pound to bulk packages of up to 200 pounds we launched our new NEXT DAY SERVICE. The service will cover Baltimore City and Baltimore County between 1:00pm and no later than 6:00pm to be delivered next day by noon.

This new service runs as low as $7.75 for Baltimore City and Baltimore County.

For more information or to get a quote, please contact Amir at 1866-956-1199 or email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

FEDEX Threatens to Cancel Jet Orders: From The Wall Street Journal:

FEDEX is threatening to cancel the purchase of billions of dollars of Boeing cargo planes if congress passes a law that would make it easier for unions to organize at the package and delivery companies. FedEx would cancel 30 new planes if congress pass bill that would remove truck drivers, couriers and other employees and contractors at FEDEX express unit from the jurisdiction of the labour act of 1926. For more news about the courier business please visit our newsletter section at http://www.expeditedcouriergroup.com/newsletter.php

To obtain more information about these services please contact: Amir Miremadi at 
  1-866-956-1199  email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Also visit our website http://www.expeditedcouriergroup.com to see our list of our current clients.

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