International: unions accuse DHL of violating fundamental social rights

About 80 union representatives from the DHL, UPS, TNT, FedEx, DPD and Geopost companies from all over the world discussed, on Monday and Tuesday, the difficulties faced by the sector’s employees regarding their working conditions and compliance with union rights.  The location (Frankfurt) and date of this meeting weren’t neutral, since on Wednesday, the head office of DHL (Deutsche Post subsidiary) was holding its annual shareholders’ meeting.  The German leader in transportation and logistics is being blamed by the trade unions, notably for using lie detectors on its employees in South Africa and Latin America.
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g conditions and compliance with union rights. The location (Frankfurt) and date of this meeting weren’t neutral, since on Wednesday, the head office of DHL (Deutsche Post subsidiary) was holding its annual shareholders’ meeting. The German leader in transportation and logistics is being blamed by the trade unions, notably for using lie detectors on its employees in South Africa and Latin America.

Lie detectors. Yesterday morning, unions came to protest against this practice in front of DHL’s

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