DHL Express

The dismantling of DHL's U.S. delivery system has dispatched a grim economic jolt to the Bay Area. More than 800 DHL workers in the Bay Area are losing their jobs because of the company's decision to halt express deliveries. According to the union that represents the affected workers, along with formal notices filed with state labor officials, DHL has decided to lay off at least 805 employees in the Bay Area and adjacent communities. The staff reductions represent the latest blow for a regional economy that has lurched into a recession along with the rest of the nation. DHL had previously said it would dismiss 9,500 workers nationwide but did not specify how many in each area of the country. About 265 of the layoffs are slated to hit Alameda County. That includes DHL locations in Oakland, Fremont and Dublin, it was said. In addition, DHL will eliminate 266 jobs in San Francisco, 141 jobs in the South Bay, 77 jobs in Sonoma County, and 54 jobs in Watsonville, said the president of Teamsters Joint Council 7.