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UK Royal Mail under fire over ban on ballot

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

Royal Mail was accused last night of appearing undemocratic and heavy-handed after banning unions from conducting a ballot at work on employee share ownership. The Times has learnt that all mail managers have been told to prohibit the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) from holding a consultative ballot in mail centres on the controversial plans for share ownership. Managers were also told to tear down union posters that are not on designated notice boards. The ban comes as Allan Leighton, Royal Mail’s chairman, has written to all employees extolling the virtues of share ownership and asking for their support via a freepost address, the deadline for which has just been extended.
Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, said: “For a public company to deny the opportunity of the workforce to express an opinion and also to seek to undermine the Labour Party manifesto commitment to keep Royal Mail in the public sector is deeply disturbing for standards in public life.”

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Belgian Post not to close offices

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste will not close post offices in the second half of 2006, the company’s CEO, Johnny Thijs, said on May 4, 2006.
De Post/La Poste customers should be first acquainted with PostPunten sales counters prior to the closing of the post offices, Thijs added.

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DHL to quit Myanmar joint venture

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL affiliate will end its joint venture with an entity linked to Myanmar’s military dictatorship when the current contract expires at the end of 2006, the Burma Campaign UK said. DHL’s partner in Myanmar is the regime-owned company Myanma Post and Telecomms. The two companies started cooperating in Jan 1998, the Campaign said in a statement. No financial details were reported. ‘This is a welcome but long overdue move by DHL,’ said Yvette Mahon, director of Burma Campaign UK. In 2002 the regime expelled Federal Express, UPS and TNT and other smaller parcel carries, leaving DHL the sector’s sole player in the country. None of the other companies operated joint ventures.

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DHL launches new heavyweight door-to-door service

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

DHL Middle East has launched a region-wide door-to-door heavyweight shipment delivery service, XL Express. Phil Couchman, Regional Director, DHL Middle East, said: ‘Effectively we are treating the region as one country with XL Express. Utilitising our region-wide experience we guarantee our customers’ heavyweight shipments are treated with the same level of expertise as smaller packages. It’s about providing our customers with a simple and convenient solution so goods can be transported throughout the region as easily as if it was one country.’ The service means that customers can now ship heavyweight goods in the same way as smaller, lighter packages. The benefits include day definite transit times and no hidden charges.

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Heated dispute expected between Deutsche Post and Ver.di

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

A heated dispute is expected between German postal service operator Deutsche Post and trade union Ver.di over pay for employees of the company. Ver.di has demanded 4.5 per cent more pay for around 124,000 salaried staff of Deutsche Post in Germany; the company has not yet responded, but has indicated that any increase is likely to be in line with inflation rates.

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FedEx Express & Indianapolis Airport Authority unveil plans for expansion of carrier's hub

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

FedEx Express and the Indianapolis International Airport today unveiled a major expansion project for the express carrier’s Indianapolis Hub and a multi-year extended lease agreement that includes construction of up to 14 additional wide-body aircraft gates. Up to approximately 800 additional employees could be hired under the expansion plan, which would bring the hub’s employment level to nearly 5,000 people. The expansion will increase package processing capacity more than 30 percent, from 75,000 packages per hour to 99,000 packages per hour, at the second-largest domestic FedEx Express hub behind Memphis. Additional capacity is needed at the hub to meet forecasted long-term package-volume growth, particularly for international shipments. FedEx operates international flights from Indianapolis to Europe, Asia and Canada.

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Fast response gets results

Posted by | May 8, 2006 | |

Strong demand for same-day services from Europe¡¦s automotive sector pushed In Time Direkt-Kuriers¡¦s results for last year to record levels.
The german emergency logistics provider increased its turnover by 12% to „¡30m with its operating margin at a new high of 6%.

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Investing in the future as the records fall

Posted by | May 8, 2006 | |

Target Express is investing substantially in its depot network on the back of increasing turnover and profitability.
The company has yet to report on its financial year ending 30th April, but claims to achieving regular consignment volume records. On 12th April it handled 65,623 consignments and in the week beginning Monday 24th April, it notched up 282,311 consignments (559,513 items).

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