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Deutsche Post DHL announced today it had increased its revenues during the third quarter to € 13.8 billion, up 5.7 percent ion the same period last year. This success highlights the growing gap between DPDHL’s profits and its poor treatment of its global workforce.



UNI Global Union Campaigns Director Alan Tate said, "The good news is Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) is making money despite the tough economic climate and that their employees in Germany share in some of that profit through collective bargaining. The bad news and what remains unacceptable is that DPDHL continues to violate workers rights all over the globe, including Turkey where workers were fired for supporting labour rights."

In Turkey rather than allowing workers to have the right to collective bargaining, DPDHL fired more than 20 workers and held meetings where workers were intimidated: “Either you are with us or against us, and if you are against us, you will be fired,” one member of management told a worker. One incident among many documented in ‘Aggressive and Unlawful: a report into Deutsche Post DHL Operations in Turkey’ by US academic John Logan. DPDHL chief executive Frank Appel has denied that company has acted illegally in Turkey over the dismissals but agreed to an investigation.

UNI stands with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) in calling for the reinstatement of these workers, ending the campaign of intimidation, and for DPDHL to respect its entire global workforce.

Read the full the Report here: www.itfglobal.org/files/seealsodocs/36752/JohnLoganReport.pdf