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Teamsters meet with German union ver.di to build working relationship

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

Teamsters and German union ver.di leaders will hold an historic meeting on Monday in Cologne, Germany, in the wake of the recent merger of Deutsche Post-owned DHL and Airborne to discuss common issues.

Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa said the meeting will strengthen the relationship between ver.di, which represents DHL workers in Germany, and the Teamsters, who represent more than 10,000 workers at DHL Express in the U.S.

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DHL wins Czech Investor of the Year award for 2003

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

Logistics company DHL was the most beneficial foreign investor in the Czech economy last year, according to results of the Investor of the Year 2003 contest, which government agency CzechInvest spokeswoman Jana Viskova presented to CTK. DHL will build a European service centre in Prague for nearly Kc5.8bn and create 866 new jobs.

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IPA, UPS issue statement on move to mediation

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

UPS and the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), which represents the approximately 2,500 pilots who fly for UPS, announce the following:

The company and union have been in direct negotiations for a new pilot labor agreement since October 2002. Although the parties have utilized their best efforts over the past 22 months, no agreement has yet been reached in the contract areas of scheduling, compensation, pension, scope and benefits.

At this time, the parties believe the next logical step in reaching an agreement is to jointly request the mediation services of the National Mediation Board.

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Pakistan Post to launch Track and Trace System

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

Pakistan Post is well set to launch its Track and Trace System from June 30 to ensure speedy and secure mail delivery. “The system will be centrally connected and anybody sitting in Islamabad will be able to know the status of mail delivery in major cities,” said Director General Pakistan Post, Agha Masood Hasan.

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USPS Gets 140 Replies to First-Class/Standard Proposal

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

More than 140 mailers and mailing organizations responded to a U.S. Postal Service proposed rule that the agency said seeks to clarify the differences between a personalized Standard Mail piece and a personal First-Class Mail piece. The comment period closed Friday. As of press time Friday afternoon, the USPS said it had received 141 comments and that it was still collecting them. Most of the comments came from nonprofit mailers. The rule proposal was published April 19. It calls for an exclusive-purpose test in which personal information would be permitted at Standard rates only when advertising or solicitation is the exclusive purpose of the piece and personal information is included solely to increase the effectiveness of the ad or solicitation.

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La Poste launches e-registered letters

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

French postal operator La Poste has finally introduced its promised electronic registered letter service.

The post briefly offered such a service in August two years ago but quickly withdrew it saying the platform wasn’t strong enough. It said it needed to be “technically more ready.” The new service went live late last month.

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USPS files BankOne and Discover proposals

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

The Postal Service has filed two experimental mail classification cases with the Postal Rate Commission proposing Negotiated Service Agreements (NSA) with BankOne and Discover Financial Services.

“Bringing these two negotiated service agreements forward shows that we are committed to providing more pricing innovation to the marketplace,” said the Postal Service’s Chief Marketing Officer Anita J. Bizzotto.

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Deutsche Post retreats as deal fails to deliver

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG moved the initial public offering of Deutsche Postbank AG to Wednesday after an internal memo of Deutsche Bank valuing the Deutsche Post unit at between 4.4bn and 5.3bn was released prior to the roadshow and official subscription period for the IPO.

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