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Workers keep up pressure on DHL

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI Global Union harangued express carrier DHL over global workers rights outside London Fashion Week on 15 February. Two models dressed in high fashion clothes crafted out of packaging materials, and made up to match, paraded outside the DHL-sponsored event -at London's Somerset House. The two unions says that there have repeated abuses in many countries where DHL operates. [+]

Unions take DHL fight to Fashion Week

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and UNI Global Union harangued express carrier DHL over global workers rights outside London Fashion Week on 15 February. Two models dressed in high fashion clothes crafted out of packaging materials, and made up to match, will parade outside the DHL-sponsored event -at London's ... [+]

Exports are tonic for small firms, says survey

Smaller firms involved in international markets are twice as likely to be successful as those that only operate domestically, says a new report by IHS and DHL Express report: Internationalisation – a driver for business performance (www.dp-dhl.com/content/dam/presse/pdf/2013/sme-competitiveness-study.pdf) The macro-economic analysis and survey of 410 directors in developed and developing countries ... [+]

Recession takes its toll on globalisation

The world is less globally connected than it was in 2007, says the second DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI). The index, which analyses international flows of trade, capital, information and people, grew robustly from the report’s baseline year of 2005 to 2007, but then dropped sharply at the onset of ... [+]

Union exposes DHL’s ‘shameful secret’

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) presented DHL with “a catalogue of shame” on 2 November – evidence, it said, that the global delivery company was turning a blind eye to illegal and punitive anti-union, anti-worker campaigns at its Turkish subsidiary. To back up its allegations ITF also unveiled the results ... [+]

Turkish workers support DHL strikers

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) will hand deliver a message of support from Turkish DHL workers to their colleagues in Neasden who are locked in a dispute over pay differentials. Members of the RMT union are due to strike in Neasden on Monday 22 October in protest at being ... [+]

The distribution centre at the end of the runway

DHL Supply Chain has opened an 'end of runway' logistics hub close to its main European air hub at Leipzig airport. The 14,000sq m, €14m facility is aimed at customers who want to centralise stocks of high value or urgently required parts while gaining later cut off times and earlier ... [+]

DHL signs new deal with Unilever

DHL Supply Chain has signed a new agreement with Unilever to increase the manufacturer's speed to market and efficiency, reduce costs and boost sustainablity. They also plan to extend the geographical footprint of existing services offered particularly in developing and emerging markets including Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico. Plans ... [+]

DHL strong despite VAT charge

Deutsche Post DHL said its growth remained firmly in place during the second quarter of 2012, up 13.7% to €13.7 billion. Revenues generated between April and June rose 7.3% above the previous year and, supported by favorable exchange rate effects this increase exceeded the growth rate produced in the first ... [+]

DHL to produce logistics plan for Chengdu

DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation unit is to produce a City Logistics Master Plan for Chengdu, China’s fourth largest city. Deutsche Post DHL’s CEO Frank Appel signed a memorandum of understanding with the mayor of Chengdu on a recent visit to the city. The plan will analyse the supply chain ... [+]

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