Political Leaders Working Hard To Keep DHL, Jobs In Ohio
The fight to keep thousands of jobs in Ohio continued on Saturday.
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher held a town hall meeting in Wilmington on Saturday concerning a proposal that would eliminate about 8,000 jobs in the area. Wilmington is home to a DHL hub that could close if the owner follows through with a proposal to move its air freight, ground transport and overseas packaging operations to a UPS hub in Louisville, Ky.
Fisher and a team of Ohio political leaders spoke at Wilmington College on Saturday about DHL’s announcement.
Fisher said leaders from across the state are aggressively working to halt the potential DHL/UPS deal because its impact reaches beyond southwest Ohio.
The meeting follows a formal request from Fisher and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate the DHL plan for possible anti-trust violations.
The letter said the DHL plan would not only be bad for employees in Wilmington, but also for consumers across the country.
“Consolidation leaves consumers only two options for express delivery service and that is contrary to the public interest,” the letter states.
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