Teamsters Expand Organizing Drive at DHL Express Delivery Vendors in Dallas

## Teamsters Expand Organizing Drive at DHL Express Delivery Vendors in Dallas The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has added 55 drivers from two parcel delivery subcontractors serving DHL Express in the Dallas metropolitan area to its Local 745 chapter, according to FreightWaves. The move represents the latest step in the union's broader campaign to extend workforce protections and benefits to workers throughout DHL Express's contractor-dependent delivery network. The newly organized drivers work for vendors that operate as subcontractors within DHL Express's last-mile delivery infrastructure — a model increasingly common across the express freight and e-commerce logistics sector. The Teamsters have argued that workers in these arrangements are often denied the wages, benefits, and job security protections that direct employees enjoy. The union already represents several thousand members at DHL Express, and the Dallas organizing effort signals an intent to close the gap between directly employed union workers and those operating under subcontractor arrangements. Local 745, which covers the Dallas-Fort Worth region, has been active in freight and logistics organizing across the area. The development carries broader significance for the freight and logistics industry, where the use of owner-operators and third-party delivery vendors has become a central point of labor contention. Similar disputes have played out at UPS, Amazon Logistics, and other major parcel carriers in recent years, with unions arguing that subcontracting structures are used to circumvent collective bargaining obligations. For DHL Express, which operates one of the world's largest international express freight networks, the organizing activity at its vendor partners adds to the labor relations pressures facing the wider express delivery sector. The company has faced union activity at various points across its U.S. operations as the Teamsters have pursued an aggressive expansion strategy in the logistics space. The freight and logistics labor landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with unionization efforts gaining momentum in the post-pandemic environment amid heightened awareness of supply chain vulnerabilities and worker leverage in tight labor markets. *Source: FreightWaves*