Strike At DHL Could Cripple JLR

by Bertel Schmitt

July 8th, 2013 8:53 AM

Ah, the wondrous web of global automaking: Drivers and sorters at DHL are going on strike, and this threatens to cripple production at Jaguar Land Rover in the UK. JLR has outsourced a good deal of its logistics to Deutsche Post–owned DHL. DHL employees serving JLR’s plants at Castle Bromwich and Solihull voted for a strike after they did not receive terms and conditions extended to regular JLR staff.

JLR and DHL ware working on contingency plans to keep production going. “A source close to JLR played down fears that production could stop altogether and that the carmaker was studying “a range of options” to ensure parts continued to reach the production line,” Reuters says.

DHL workers at JLR’s Halewood factory in North West England that makes the Land Rover Evoque, are due to vote today. Workers at other logistics firms serving JLR may join the strike.

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Twotone on Jul 08, 2013

+1 Just use the parts they have in stock. Maybe no one will notice.

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CJinSD on Jul 08, 2013

Employees of a subcontractor can't strike against their firm's customer. They can only quit. I'd have them out of the building and barred from returning in 15 minutes.

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- Corey Lewis on Jul 08, 2013
  
  I was thinking about that. This doesn't make sense. The striking DHL employees should be immediately replaced with DHL employees whom are not on strike. Furthermore, sub-contracted employees aren't normally given the same benefits as regular employees. Part of the cost saving aspect of contracting something in the first place!
  
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- CJinSD on Jul 08, 2013
  
  @Corey Lewis One must assume that DHL has the union disease too, or else they'd replace the dolts themselves. Doesn't this create a big problem for DHL, whose workforce will leverage whatever this subset of nitwits extorts from JLR to require the same benefits everywhere?
  
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Ash78 on Jul 08, 2013

You know how to tell when DHL drivers are on strike? None of your packages arrive on time or in the right place. Same as usual.

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- Lorenzo on Jul 08, 2013
  
  DHL air freight is terrific, though. They once delivered a water buffalo to Afghanistan for the U.S. Army.
  
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- Lorenzo on Jul 08, 2013
  
  @Lorenzo BTW, here's the story: http://thedonovan.com/archives/004697.html
  
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Omnifan on Jul 08, 2013

Time to outsource the logistics to Lucas :)

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