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By JS

June 20, 2009 4:47 PM | Link to this

Dhl help employees, what…. you know the woman said good things happen to good people, and I believe her. But then again, what goes around comes around, and bad things happen to bad people who throw their long term employees to the wind because they didn’t like the way they looked.

By ryan

January 7, 2009 4:55 PM | Link to this

it don’t matter now! as of 1/07/2009, 9,500 people who used to work for dhl, are standing in unemployment and food bank lines,f*in sks,so does the nafta

By Ellen

July 22, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

I agree with Kathy, we will be next to be gone. I really don’t think DHL will last past either Labor day weekend or Nov. 1st. Need I remind anyone what happened in 2003 over Labor day?

By Rob

July 15, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

I think what everyone is forgetting is that DHL is only the little guy here in the US, globally they dwarf UPS and FedEX, or even the combination of the two. The company is profitable everywhere but in the US, where they lose something like a billion dollars a year. Yeah its sad that so many people will be left without jobs but in the end no company can not keep losing that much cash and expect to stay afloat.

By Wow

July 5, 2008 1:26 AM | Link to this

Other people who have left messages have it right. No amount of protesting or otherwise will stop this. The politicians have no legs to stand on, they are just putting on a show for their own sakes/jobs. ABX Air and Astar should blame themselves for not diversifying. DHL should be blamed for not being successful in the USA, and we should be blamed for letting the government and big business flush our jobs away to other countries all for the bottom line: The Almight Dollar and corporate greed…

By Wow

July 5, 2008 1:18 AM | Link to this

Wow, I rarely leave comments or blogs, but I love listening to some of the ignorance on this board by some really friggin uneducated people. Who cares about Arizona? Everyone should. Fact of the matter is take a look at the news lately. This country is losing jobs incredibly fast, with no end in site. Then we get Joe Redneck in southern Ohio going “Hoooey…who care about everyone else!” Nice way to represent humanity…or being American as far as that goes.

By JIMMY

July 2, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this

I think that John guy from Local 299 DETROIT is a distant relative of JAMES R HOFFA. What a bunch of clowns.

By DHL

July 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

I think that john guy from local 299 DETROIT is a long distant relative of JAMES R HOFFA. Listen to these clowns!

By Sherry

July 2, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

To Ross, Tom and other DHL Employees…. Here’s the reality. If DHl merges with UPS it won’t be long until UPS takes all of DHL’s customers away from them and they leave the US. If DHL stays in Wilmington at least we all have a better chance at having a job. Surprisingly, UPS is much dirtier than DHL and they will do whatever it takes to get rid of any and ALL competition. Look at what they have done in the past…EMERY—closed…Yellow Freight—closed. Now they want to shut down ABX then DHL.

By Larry

July 2, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

DHL blows dead bears!

By Larry

July 2, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

DHL blows dead bears!

By WI Worker

July 2, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

My heart goes out to all of the workers and families affected by this “business deal”, not that it will help you much.

Here in southern WI and northern IL we too have experienced large corporations shutting their doors leaving many unemployeed.

By john

July 2, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

I could care less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I work for dhl in detroit mi were backed by the strongest union in the united states the TEAMSTERS they cant get reed of our jobs if they wanted to. Unless they want to buy us out lets not forget get who started our great union JAMES R HOFFA (LOCAL 299)IN DETROIT

By sdc

July 2, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this

I have worked for Airborne/DHL for more than 20 years and if you people couldn’t see the writing on the wall you are crazy. The first mistake DHL/DPWN made was to trust the fact that Joe Hete and ABX could actually sort freight. For more years than I can count ILN has always had sorting issues and has never taken any resopsibilty for the problems. Hete chose not to take the buy out from ASTAR. He then sealled the deal for Wilmington. If you want to point a finger;DPWN firgured it out & fixed it.

By ABX Employee

July 1, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

I am the wife of an ABX Air employee. This whole deal is hurting everyone involved. I am sorry that it is going to affect the town of WIlmington. But guess what. It is going to put my family out of our home, out of our town. I am sorry if I hurt someones feelings here, but everyone involved is going to lose here. I am so sick of hearing about the town.

By hey shane

July 1, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this

Shane needs to take his uneducated comments off of the board! DHL was not ready for the volume of business when they started advertising because the express unit in sort was not done. THAT was a DHL, NOT ABX decision. Add to the fact that Hete wasn’t know for playing well with DHL and company and as a result we are all being screwed while Hete is taken care of with his golden parachute!

By ross

July 1, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

i’m not the one losing my job… HA!

By Kathy

July 1, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

DHL is foreign entity so can’t own Amer. Airline by Fed law. Fault of AStar/ABX? Even if right,those responsible for ‘bad’ contract & DHLs ADMITTED mismanagement will NOT suffer. The workers who have worked hard 4 ABX which was like family-many for over 30 years-will pay for mistakes made in SEA/Bonn. Severence pkg? DHL has agreed to NOTHING & per contract must provide the $. ABX legally cannot present a pkg it doesnt have. We r Selling the US to non Americans in small bites. IT MUST STOP!!!!

By shane

July 1, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this

What people dont realize is that DHL is a buisness, and a very sucessfull one at that. ABX and AStar offer an inferior product. UPS can deliver their domestic freight reliably. They are in buisness to make money, so rather than blaming UPS and DHL for screwing the state of Ohio. I think the blame should be put on ABX and AStar. They have old and less efficent airframes. I have been in aviation for 15 years and that is the way our industry goes. Complaining only wastes time.

By employer

July 1, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

This will not be the only company to leave Ohio. Just wait until the government MAKES every employer, give every employee 7 days of paid sick leave, no questions asked. I am a small business owner and am now looking at moving out of state because Ohio makes its impossible to make a profit. The government has decided that we can’t smoke, can’t gamble, can’t see stripper. All those jobs gone. Now they will run business out with the crazy taxes and mandated sick leave pay in addition to FMLA

By papertrucker

July 1, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

the rust belt has just moved west.People this is what free enterprize is all about.D H L does not owe you a job.Some of you mite just have to move to where the jobs are and from where I am standing Ohio just isn’t it any more sorry about your luck.In times like these where gas is $4.00 +a gallion milk is $5.00+a gallon natural gas is so expensivethat this winter people are going to die because they can not afford to heat there homes.The choices we have in november leave a lot to be desired.

By Travis Aker

July 1, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Ross who gives a f**k about you motherf**kers in Arizona, we are sick and tired of losing our jobs here in Ohio, the bleeding needs to stop now before its too late. You don’t understand between GM and DHL leaving thats about 10000 jobs lost, so f**k off motherf**ker.

By Jack

July 1, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

The quicker politicians figure out that DHL IS leaving and has no interest staying, the better for employees. Stop trying to make it political Strickland, Fischer, and Turner. They are gone, focus on the town, focus on the employees.

For all the great press that Strickland gets, how many companies have left Ohio? Stop kissing up to the Clinton…the Obamas…and do some actual work for the people who elected you.

By no surprise

July 1, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

No surprise that DHL is moving on. When trying to get pre-printed labels for shipping purposes from the top 3- UPS, FedEX, and DHL. I got polite helpful service from UPS, FedEX. DHL rep was rude, talked to me like I was an imposition. I like choices, I had 3,but made two UPS,FEDEX.

By Herren

July 1, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Ich mochte sagen gehen sie du Deutchland und haben ein gut tag! Mit meine Euros Ich Kann essen und trinken. Ich kaufen nicht die DHL. Auf Weidersehen DHL! Tsum Teufel!

By Larocca

July 1, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

What on earth are you thinking?? Give the property to them?? Give them time, they’ll be looking for an interested party to purchase. Why delay their departure??

By North

July 1, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

Another payoff to local politicans! This is similar to what the Department of Energy did with Mound Laboratory in Miamisburg. The DOE turned over the site to Miamisburg officials, provided some local highway landscape,etc. and the politicans went away. However, it didn’t do a bit of good for the 2500 people at Mound who eventually lost their jobs.

By carolyn

July 1, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

UPS has done it to another big company in Ohio. Trying to momoplize there terriory. They left an empty building in Vanadia,Ohio and not they are trying to put Wilminton off the map. Where does it stop. I worked at Emery and it was a big loss and a lot of jobs and still hard to find them around the area after 2 years and its getting worst and here UPs goes again. Somebody needs to say enough. If they want to do this keep the people that know the JOBS>

By Christine

July 1, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

I live in Ohio & have family whom have worked for Airborne/DHL for 20 years. We live just 15 miles from DHL. Wilimington is just like the rest of Ohio. The jobs are leaving. My husbands plant of 27 years closed with 750 employees. Two more plants have closed with at least 3000 employees. Until our goverment stops the jobs leaving the country, we will have more of this.

By LaRocca

July 1, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

Give them the property?? What on earth are you thinking?? Give them time they’ll eventually be looking for an interested party to buy. Why delay their departure?

By we want real help

July 1, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

How can the employees even begin to prepare for the future? The severence package for 1,800 employees is so bad ABX wouldn’t even tell us what DHL offered. My husband is looking at getting his CDL but we can’t afford to pay for it. The best case scenario is to give assistance to the employees now who want to prepare and keep working somewhere so they don’t live off of the system permanently.

By what to do?

July 1, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

I agree with Bob. The protest yesterday was pointless because they will NOT change their minds. The media and politicians need to focus on what can be done to help those who will lose their jobs. (NOT MIGHT) DHL has no intention of being here in the states. UPS is just a bridge to getting out of here.

By Chuck

July 1, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

Embarressing at best, the way people respond to each other….just raw and hurt feelings I guess.

DHL has a track record of doing pretty stupid things. They should have bought ABX, let them continue to run the US biz, infuse some cash flow, and then they could have given the Purple and Brown guys a run…still would be #3 in the race, but it beats being 10th in a 3-way race! Now they’re mking a second hub move in four years….($$$$$$$) I won’t ship with them ever.

By Kathy

July 1, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this

Political efforts ARE in process 4 helping ee’s losing jobs. Re-training, etc., all is in the works. What is happening in Ohio won’t make DHL quit. They already have. It was always their plan. Emery, Airborne, DHL, UPS. DHL ee in AZ-your job is already toast. They ARE closing across USA-NOW! They have sold domestic business to UPS. All they want is base in US 4 bigger Int’l mkt footprint. Don’t feel so smug or blame us when u r next cause it will b soon. Real soon.

By Birke

July 1, 2008 7:37 AM | Link to this

Sure donate the property so you don’t have to pay property tax on it or maintain it stick it to the people also !

By Janice

July 1, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this

If this is what they have to do to keep in business in the US, nuff said. It is a shame that it was handled the way it was though. I worked with a German owned company for some years, they are stubborn people! They will not change their minds about leaving.

By Jeff

July 1, 2008 7:24 AM | Link to this

If I wanted to buy a hooker I would go to Arizona…other than that I probably wouldn’t waste my time.

By Lisa Phillips

July 1, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this

For real… You guys really need to get a hobby. I can’t believe that you are in Arizona posting at another state. You guys should go mow the sand or something. Sometimes the best thing to do is close your mouth and keep the dum dum inside. I hope DHL closes all US operations. Then you hicks in Az will be like Waahh Waahh I want my bottle and a diaper. They must not have schools in Arizona.

By maria

July 1, 2008 7:17 AM | Link to this

It just shows you what those morons out in Arizona are doing. They aren’t working, instead they are posting on another city’s newspaper blog. I actually totally agree with Cletus. Get bent you idiots. Like anyone from Ohio really cares what your dumb butt thinks. Stupid.

By misty

July 1, 2008 7:16 AM | Link to this

i’m in az and i hope dhl folds. the cusomter service dept gets nothing but complaints and claims payouts are soaring off the charts. with the claims payouts and the fact that sales is giving dhl services away which is why dhl dont make any profit. ups should try to buy the hole dhl operation worldwide and put dhl out of its misery.

By cletus

July 1, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this

Who cares if DHL ceases all US operations. If they are going to leave Ohio then who cares what they do? Like any of us really care about you clowns out there in Arizona. Get bent you flakes. Go mow your dead grass or something. This is Ohio, not some petty little peon state like Arizona. When we want your opinion we will give it to you chumps!

By ross

July 1, 2008 7:08 AM | Link to this

I’m a DHL employee in Arizona. Have you considered what stopping the DHL-UPS merger will actually do? It will cause DHL to completely cease operations in the US - which will be job loss in the tens of thousands, not just the Ohio residence. Stop being selfish and consider the rest of the DHL workforce!

By tom

July 1, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this

As I sympathize with the Wilmington employees and their families, if the goverment does NOT stop intervening with the DHL-UPS deal, DHL will simply cease ALL U.S. operations, which will cause many more thousands in job loss than simply Ohio residence. THINK ABOUT THAT!

By Tony

July 1, 2008 6:36 AM | Link to this

This just another example where foriegn investments in US Companies or dependance on foriegn natural resources results in economic disaster in the long run. Is “Global Economy” good or bad? Only time will tell, however we should be more vigilant in terms of how foriegn investments impact the economic viability of local communities. It maybe to late to save DHL and the local jobs and if the property is donated to the City or even the State it will be years before it is totally reused.

By bob

July 1, 2008 5:11 AM | Link to this

how about putting the political efforts into helping the employees who are losing their jobs. retraining assistance or finding another job, and finding uses for the airpark. they will NOT stop DHL from quitting, so move on to something they can do.