‘Referred to as inmates by managers’: DHL workers push to unionize US hub

A former manager said company managers referred to themselves as ‘wardens’ as they sought to frustrate unionization effort

A former manager at one of DHL’s largest facilities claims fellow managers referred to workers as “inmates” and themselves as “wardens” of a prison in conversations about how to stop a union organizing drive at the site.

The revelations come as DHL is at loggerheads with the Teamsters over a union election to represent workers at the site.