A total 77 pct Austrians oppose the privatization of Austrian postal company Oesterreichische Post AG, according to a survey, commissioned by the Austrian opposition Social Democrat party (SPOe), Upper Austrian deputy governor Erich Haider said on January 22, 2006. A total 69 pct supporters of the ruling Peoples’ Party (OeVP) and 75 pct of the the right-wing Freedom Party (FPOe) were against the Post AG privatization.
Read MoreAll individual members employed within Royal Mail would have received a pamphlet this week on the Royal Mail letters strategy and the CWU’s vision and aims for the future.
The pamphlet tells members of Royal Mail’s plans, but most importantly, sets out the way the union intends to shape the future of jobs within the industry.
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Posta Uganda is locked in wrangles with domestic and international courier firms over what they call infringement on their reserved areas of operation.
The General Manager of Posta Uganda, Mr David Kitongo at the launch of their website recently, said that private courier companies are now offering services like letter posting, a service reserved for Posta Uganda under the Communications Act 1997. He also blamed the industry’s regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for failing to implement the act. Under the act, Posta Uganda which is the only licensed national postal operator, has exclusive rights to carry out services like production and issuance of postage stamps, production of pre-stamped envelopes, aerogrammes, international reply coupons, rent post office boxes and carry out delivery of letters weighing up to one kilogramme throughout the country. Domestic courier companies are only supposed to carry documents above one kilogramme. Posta Uganda wants UCC to stop the private courier companies from infringing on their reserved areas.
Greek Piraeus Bank IT subsidiary Evision has completed the sale of its 66 pct stake in courier company Interattica Parcel Service Network for 2.7 mln euro (USD3.15 mln), it was reported on January 20, 2006. The stake was sold to French rival GeoPost, following a preliminary agreement signed in late-2005.
GeoPost plans to acquire a total of 86 pct in Interattica through share purchases from other shareholders as well.
Czech Antimonopoly Office (UOHS) approved the acquisition of local parcel logistics company PPL CZ by DHL, the express and logistics unit of German postal service group Deutsche Post, it was reported on January 23, 2006. PPL CZ will remain the second largest express service provider in the country, after local postal services operator Ceska Posta, according to the competition watchdog.
Read MoreVer.di, the gigantic services sector labour union, wants wage increases of up to 4.5 percent for employees at Deutsche Post, the semi-privatised German postal service, Ver.di board member Rolf Buettner said in a newspaper interview published Monday. The union would be demanding wage increases of 3.5-4.5 percent for the transport sector as a whole, Buettner told the daily Die Welt.
“And I’ll recommend Deutsche Post employees to set their demand at the top end of this range in the 2006 wage round,” the Ver.di official said.
Japan Post Corp, a new stock company set up by the public corporation Japan Post, began operations Monday in the buildup to Japan’s postal privatization from October 2007. Japan Post Corp. will become a holding company on Oct. 1, 2007, the date when the nation’s postal services begin a step-by-step 10-year privatization process. The public corporation will be split into four units under the holding company. The newly established firm will focus on plans to manage 260,000 employees and assets now controlled by Japan Post and study possible business models for the four operating companies. Former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa was named president of the new company at an inaugural board meeting Friday. Former Financial Services Agency Commissioner Shokichi Takagi and Hiroaki Dan, senior executive vice president of Japan Post, were appointed directors. The three executives will jointly select executives to run the four operating units.
Read MoreDHL is making new efforts to recover express shippers the company lost because of a service debacle in the United States last year. DHL named industry veteran Hans Hickler, its executive vice president of business strategy, to lead what it called a “Customer Experience Initiative” aimed at boosting DHL’s relationships with customers. The company said Hickler, a former CEO of APL Logistics who joined DHL last year, will lead a dedicated executive team that will “evaluate and drive improvements to each customer touch point and all processes that impact the DHL customer experience.” That experience cost DHL some major customers last year when the consolidation of the carrier’s hub operations into the big Wilmington, Ohio, hub led to service failures.
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