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Irish An Post services face ‘kiss of death’

Posted by | May 24, 2004 | |

The Government has been accused of giving the ‘kiss of death’ to social services provided by An Post by refusing to address the urgent need for State financial support for the semi-state company.

The claim was made by the financial secretary of the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU), Mr Eoin Ronayne, who accused the Government of hiding behind An Post’s board, rather than facing up to the reality that An Post cannot deliver its current range of social service obligations without Government funding.

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Ver.di union’s Deutsche Post employees conclude warning strike, plan more

Posted by | May 24, 2004 | |

Ver.di union members employed by Deutsche Post AG have concluded a warning strike this morning in the federal states of Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thueringen, that could result in the late delivery of about 600,000 pieces of mail, the union said. Ver.di members are participating in the warning strikes because Deutsche Post has not made them a formal offer after two rounds of wage negotiations. The union is seeking a 4percent wage increase for 160,000 Deutsche Post employees covered under the union’s previous salary agreement.

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Jamaica Post to raise postal fees by 50 percent

Posted by | May 24, 2004 | |

Jamaica Post will raise postal rates by up to 50 per cent next month, and the government will be moving to regulate ‘private letter operators’ as well as the wider bulk mail industry as it moves to increase the Postal Corporation’s earnings. Commerce, Science and Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell hopes these measures will help the Postal Corporation of Jamaica break even by 2006.

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MPs pass Slovak post transformation

Posted by | May 24, 2004 | |

The state run postal service, Slovenská pošta, will be transformed into a joint-stock company as of July 1. Its headquarters will remain in Banská Bystrica, Slovak MPs decided when passing the bill. The transformation will include internal restructuring that could result in the reduction of management, the news wire SITA wrote. In addition, a new system of regional postal centres will replace the current post directorates.

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Irish An Post cannot deliver ‘without public funding’

Posted by | May 24, 2004 | |

The Government has been accused of giving the “kiss of death” to the social services provided by An Post by refusing to address the urgent need for state financial support for the semi-state company.

Civil and Public Service Union, Financial Secretary, Eoin Roynane accused the Government of hiding behind An Post’s Board, rather than facing up to the reality that An Post cannot deliver its current range of social service obligations without Government funding.

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Insiders fear UK Royal Mail management not prepared for long haul

Posted by | May 23, 2004 | |

When Adam Crozier landed the chief executive’s role at the Royal Mail last year, there was disbelief from the bottom to the top of the organisation. At the cutting edge in sorting centres and post offices, the arrival of the ‘football bloke’ seemed a little bit incongruous. On the board there were equal misgivings.

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Ver.di union’s Deutsche Post employees plan more warning strikes

Posted by | May 23, 2004 | |

Ver.di union members employed by Deutsche Post AG are planning more warning strikes following a work stoppage in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a union spokeswoman said without mentioning further details.

Ver.di members are participating in the warning strikes because Deutsche Post has not made them a formal offer after two rounds of wage negotiations. The union is seeking a 4percent wage increase for 160,000 Deutsche Post employees covered under the union’s previous salary agreement.

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Japan Post mail services produce 20bn yen

Posted by | May 23, 2004 | |

Japan Post’s mail services restored profitability with a profit of over 20billion yen in the fiscal year to March 2004, President Masaharu Ikuta said.

This compares with a loss of 22.5billion yen for the previous fiscal year. Japan Post is due to announce its earnings result for the just-ended term on Tuesday.

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