After a 12-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike that united thousands of Teamsters in nationwide picket line extensions, the Teamsters Union has reached a tentative agreement with DHL Express to bring all Members back to work, the Union has announced.

The agreement protects 1,100 Ramp and Tug Workers who are Members of Teamsters Local 100 and who are employed at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), who were forced to Strike on December 7th.

DHL Teamster-represented Members load and unload airplanes at the company’s largest and busiest logistics hub in North America.

Contract improvements include enhanced workplace safety, higher wages and better benefits.

The final tentative agreement will be presented to Local 100 Members at CVG for a ratification vote as soon as possible.

Collen Snell, a Local 100 Member and an Acting Ramp Lead at CVG, said: “This tentative agreement is a big win and provides us with a future we can look forward to.  I want to thank my fellow Teamsters throughout the country who were in the trenches with us.  All Teamsters, united in a common cause, helped make this possible.”

DHL Teamsters - nationwide, stood in solidarity with Local 100 Members, refusing to cross picket line extensions established by CVG-employed Union workers at DHL locations across the United States.

As the Strike action continued, Teamsters Representatives kept the pressure on DHL to negotiate around the clock to reach the tentative agreement.

Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said: “Picket lines established by Teamsters Local (100) were honored and held down all over this country, making clear to DHL and employers everywhere that Teamsters solidarity is a force to be reckoned with.  Teamsters ‘don’t cross picket lines’ isn’t just a saying - it means something in our Union, and it works.  DHL tried hard to divide us.  The International Brotherhood of Teamsters stepped up and fought back.  This tentative agreement is a testament to the intestinal fortitude of the rank-and-file.”

Since DHL-CVG Workers began organizing with the Teamsters, the Union has filed dozens of ULPs against the company with the National Labor Relations Board.

Charges include retaliation against Pro-Union Workers, surveilling Workers who were discussing the Union off site, and intimidating Workers on the picket lines.