Workers at four of DHL's independent carriers join Teamsters
About 70 workers at four independent carriers that serve DHL joined the Teamsters, a union official said Friday.
Workers at E.D. Express and Supreme Delivery Service voted for the move this week, while employees last week ratified the union’s presence at Jennings and Associates, according to Dennis Hower, vice president of Teamsters Local 773 in Allentown.
At a fourth company, Northeastern Express, the employer voluntarily recognized the workers’ right to unionize, Hower said.
The four businesses are on Marcon Boulevard in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.
Meanwhile, about 400 workers at DHL’s distribution center in Upper Macungie Township have been stymied in efforts to unionize.
The American Postal Workers Union organized a news conference July 12 to call attention to the issue and what the union calls the unjust firing of an employee and labor organizer, Eliana Rios.
The Teamsters, which represents about 12,000 workers either at DHL or affiliated contractors, is also attempting to organize workers at the DHL facility in Lehigh County, Hower said Friday.
