Intimidation, Misclassification and Obstruction: DHL's Strategy to Undermine Labor Rights in India

Report Published 16 Mar 2015

Intimidation, Misclassification and Obstruction: DHL's Strategy to Undermine Labor Rights in India is based on research that includes extensive interviews with workers from DHL sites in four major Indian cities, plus trade union officials, scholars and labor experts, and summarises the principal forms of anti-union activity they report and have experienced.

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