Unions warn Deutsche Post DHL
Unions around the world are telling Deutsche Post DHL to stop putting the squeeze on its workers, reports Cargo News Asia. The article continues:
The global campaign for DHL workers has been organised by UNI Global Union and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
“We are asking DHL to stick to its own key words: respect and results,” said UNI general secretary Philip Jennings. “If the company respects its workers it will see far better results than if it joins the global race to the bottom on pay, conditions and trade union rights.”
The unions maintain that in dozens of cases in over 20 countries, DHL has sacked, harassed and intimidated workers for union activities.
The attacks on workers’ rights and unions started long before the financial crisis but the unions accuse DHL management of latching onto the crisis as an excuse for drastic cost cutting and victimising its employees, according to a statement distributed by PR Newswire.
In Germany, workers at the new Leipzig hub are paid so little they are entitled to government income subsidies. In South Africa, DHL has lost three court cases for wrongful sackings of union stewards
The statement said this week DHL employees and their unions were standing up to the company and demanding respect for their rights in the “Don’t put the squeeze on workers” campaign.
