Petitions opposing DHL deal (U.S)
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Monday, July 14, delivered petitions opposing plans by DHL to ally itself with United Parcel Service.
After emerging from DHL’s offices on July 14, Brown said he met briefly with Mike Schmitt, Director of Operations for DHL’s hub in Wilmington, and delivered the petitions to Schmitt after rallying outside the building with workers from DHL, ABX Air and ASTAR Air Cargo.
The senator also laid out steps being taken by the federal government to deal with a proposed plan by Deutsche Post, owner of DHL, to move at least DHL’s air-freight operations to UPS’ hub in Louisville, Ky. If DHL moved these operations, as well as ground transport and overseas packaging operations to Kentucky, it could cost the region 8,200 jobs.
Brown said his staff is working with that of Sen. Herb Kohl to investigate potential antitrust issues related to the deal. Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, chairs the Senate’s antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee. Lawmakers cannot hold hearings on the DHL situation until the company reaches a final agreement with UPS, Brown said. Federal officials are looking at DHL’s contracts with the U.S. government, the senator said.
Brown said he also has asked the Bush administration to help speed up a Justice Department review of the deal and also discussed potential uses of the facility by the federal government if DHL does leave.
Also on July 14, a coalition of workers and community leaders delivered the same petition to the state capitol. Mark Barbash, Chief Economic Development officer for the Ohio Department of Development, accepted the petition from members of Save The Jobs, said Keith Dailey, a spokesman for the governor.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Monday, July 14, delivered petitions opposing plans by the air cargo company DHL to ally itself with United Parcel Service.
After emerging from DHL’s offices on July 14, Brown said he met briefly with Mike Schmitt, director of operations for DHL’s hub in Wilmington, and delivered the petitions to Schmitt after rallying outside the building with workers from DHL, ABX Air and ASTAR Air Cargo.
The senator also laid out steps being taken by the federal government to deal with a proposed plan by Deutsche Post, owner of DHL, to move at least DHL’s air-freight operations to UPS’ hub in Louisville, Ky. If DHL moved these operations, as well as ground transport and overseas packaging operations to Kentucky, it could cost the region 8,200 jobs.
Brown said his staff is working with that of Sen. Herb Kohl to investigate potential antitrust issues related to the deal. Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, chairs the Senate’s antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee. Lawmakers cannot hold hearings on the DHL situation until the company reaches a final agreement with UPS, Brown said. Federal officials are looking at DHL’s contracts with the U.S. government, the senator said.
Brown said he also has asked the Bush administration to help speed up a Justice Department review of the deal and also discussed potential uses of the facility by the federal government if DHL does leave.
Also on July 14, a coalition of workers and community leaders delivered the same petition to the state capitol. Mark Barbash, chief economic development officer for the Ohio Department of Development, accepted the petition from members of Save The Jobs, said Keith Dailey, a spokesman for the governor.
