Workers at the international delivery company DHL’s new Upper Macungie shipping hub voted against forming a union early this morning.
The employees, who help sort packages shipped around the Northeast, voted 217 to 135 against union representation, according to sources with DHL and the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU, which led the union campaign.
Mark Dimondstein, lead field organizer for the union, said the union would challenge the election results, charging that the company engaged in “psychological warfare” against its workers’ rights to organize a union.
“It’s very clear to us that injustice was done, and we intend to work with the workers to fix it,” he said. “We’re going to defend the workers’ rights to a fair election, and this was not a fair election.”
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-n-l-dhl-union-091307-cn,0,3168741.story
I worked at a post office in Albany NY and left the service to persue another career. I was a union member for that ten years and I must admit that I never saw an organization (union) that did so little for the workers on the work room floor. Based on my experience I would not recommend joining a union until you have some time to see what your unions reps really do.
Could we say the Union used’psychological warfare is they voted for representation? APWU sucks
Why would they want anything to do with any postal union? Ask them about the Teamsters and watch the numbers change.