Teamsters Local 705 Members Win Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against DHL Express

2024.04.24

Settlement Spotlights Alarming Unethical Behavior by DHL Express

Press Contact: Kara Deniz Phone: (202) 497-6610 Email: kdeniz@teamster.org

(CHICAGO) – Members of Teamsters Local 705 have won a $8.7 million racial discrimination lawsuit against DHL Express.

The suit, filed in 2010 by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), revealed DHL subjected Black Teamsters in Chicago “to different terms and conditions” and to “less desirable, more difficult and/or more dangerous dock and route assignments than white employees.”

Since at least 2005, DHL has violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by determining Local 705 members’ job assignments by race. As part of the settlement, DHL entered into a consent decree with the federal government. Former EEOC Vice Chair and Commissioner Leslie Silverman has been appointed the Consent Decree Monitor to oversee DHL’s implementation of the decree’s terms.

“The outcome of this lawsuit was more than a decade in the making, but our members stayed the course and fought for their rights,” said Juan Campos, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 705 and Teamsters International Vice President At-Large. “DHL’s racist behavior is completely unacceptable. I am proud of our rank-and-file Teamsters for fighting for what is right and holding this company accountable for its disgusting conduct.”

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