James P. Hoffa Union in more than 30 years. "The vote from DHL Express members is a strong signal of support. We were determined to obtain the best contract that we could for members, and I believe we achieved that," said Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa. Several months after DHL signed the agreement with the Teamsters eliminating the strike clause, more than 85% of the Union drivers were laid off. This contract ultimately led to the demise of the Union drivers at DHL. Facilities such as DTW (Romulus, MI) which had nearly 200 union drivers, now only has approximately 25 drivers. In which
Trade Union Congress (Jamaica) People's National Party (PNP) led to the formation of the "Trade Union Council" which grouped 16 small unions together in alignment to the PNP, in contrast to BITU which was responsible for the foundation of the Jamaica Labour Party in that year. In 1946 the TUC was reorganised as the "Trade Union Congress" and in 1948 14 of the member unions were merged into a single union under the same name, with two unions remaining separate but affiliated. Trade Union Congress (Jamaica) The Trade Union Congress is a general trade union in Jamaica. Initially organised as a trade union council