January 23, 2008: Bargaining at DHL is set to restart in February and the International Union is softening up members in advance for concessions. The Hoffa administration’s latest DHL update plays up Wall Street concerns about DHL’s financial losses in its U.S. operations and warns that “there is immense pressure on them to turn around operations.” Here are few things Hoffa’s PR Department forgot to mention: DHL’s parent company, Deutsche Post, is the world’s largest...

January 29, 2008: A majority of workers at terminals employing more than 3,200 UPS Freight employees have signed Teamster cards. UPS Freight workers in Georgia, New York, Kentucky, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Detroit, Memphis, New England, Southern California, Oakland and Seattle have all submitted union cards. These new Teamsters join the 125 UPS Freight employees who now have a union contract in Indianapolis. Ken Hall, the Parcel and Small Package Division Director for the Teamsters, will head...