WILMINGTON , Ohio (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will give DHL officials in Wilmington petitions bearing more than 9,000 signatures urging the package delivery service to keep its work at its hub in southwest Ohio .

Brown will hand over the signatures Monday.

DHL wants United Parcel Service to replace ABX Air and ASTAR Air Cargo in transporting DHL packages. That would mean much of the work normally handled at Wilmington Air Park would be transferred to UPS facilities, threatening at least 6,000 jobs.

Governor Strickland already has asked his legal advisers to investigate whether the proposal would violate federal antitrust laws.

ABX employees and a union that represents postal workers have started a petition drive and letter-writing campaign to try to convince DHL to abandon its plan.

 

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