Drivers at DHL Express delivery vendors in Dallas join Teamsters union

The Teamsters has convinced 55 drivers at two parcel delivery subcontractors for DHL Express in the Dallas metropolitan area to join Local 745 as the union pushes to extend benefits and workforce protections enjoyed by a few thousand members at DHL Express. The union last week said its organizing drive had succeeded in getting 55 drivers at DeliverOL and Driven-Force Inc. , to vote unanimously to join its local division in Dallas. DHL Express and the Teamsters in the spring finalized a new four-year contract for package drivers and warehouse workers, which the union said included a 20% wage increase, higher health and welfare contributions, and critical job protections, according to the union. “We wear DHL uniforms, deliver DHL packages, and drive DHL trucks, but we are paid considerably less than DHL Teamsters,” said Malik Hathorn, a driver at Cartage Services by DeliverOL and a new member of Local 745, in a Teamsters news release.