USPS Transformation Plan Appendices – Appendix A
Appendix A – Charts, Graphs, and Tables
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Consignia faces GBP 700M bill to cut 30,000 jobs
THE loss of 30,000 jobs at Consignia will cost the post-office group up to Pounds 700m. When completed, it will be one of the biggest voluntary-redundancy pay outs in British corporate history.
Allan Leighton, Consignia’s chairman, is to report full-year figures on Thursday and will say that an extra 17,000 jobs are to go, in addition to the 13,000 cuts announced already.
Consignia will also announce the biggest loss in the history of the postal service – almost Pounds 1.2 billion. More than Pounds 700m of this will be from exceptional items to cover the huge restructuring programme.
New procedure for opening of postal agencies in UAE
Emirates Post has announced a new procedure concerning the opening of new postal agencies. The Directorate of Zonal affairs will be in overall charge of these agencies whether they are associated with Postal Zones or with Emirates Commercial Services (Empost). At present there are more than 211 licensed shops to provide postal services throughput the UAE, including 29 fully-fledged post agencies and 182 stamp agencies.
Read MoreGerman postal workers threaten strikes if demands not met
Postal workers are ready to walk off their jobs for as long as necessary to get the 6.5 percent pay increase they are asking for, a union official said Sunday, a day ahead new wage talks. “If there isn’t a breakthrough, Germany will have to brace for a long postal strike,” said Rolf Buettner, who represents postal workers in the ver.di service union.
Read MorePalacio backs 'golden shares' in transport
Governments should be allowed to maintain control of privatised transport companies through “golden shares”, Europe’s transport and energy commissioner has suggested. The intervention by Loyola de Palacio comes despite a case being pursued by the Commission against the UK government for its controls in BAA, the British airports authority.
Read MoreDM industry criticises changes to mail price
The Direct Marketing Association and leading agencies have attacked Royal Mail for proposed changes to the pricing system for business mail postal rates. Royal Mail is currently in a consultation period over the proposed changes that would see new charges being based on the size of mailings rather than weight.
Read MoreUniversal Express Inc – Introduces cargo buses
New York, New York, Jun 07, 2002 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) — Universal Express, Inc. obtained exclusive North American rights to develop and market the patented Neoplan Intermodal Coach with up to 22,000 LBS. of cargo capability each.
Universal Express has secured the exclusive North American rights to a new “over the road” bus vehicle designed to carry both passengers and express freight, and also has plans to sell and lease at least 3,000 of such vehicles over the next 10 years. “This approximately $400,000 motorcoach captures a second stream of revenue by adding to the already active bus passenger business. Prior to this patent, buses simply haven’t had the cargo carrying space to move more than limited express packages”, said Cecilia Vesnesky of Universal Express, Inc.
NIPOST 2001 Revenue Higher
Nigerian Communications Minister Dr. Mohammed Bello said that “he was happy with the positive developments in the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) saying that ‘NIPOST generated a total revenue of N1.8 billion in the year 2001, thus recording an increase of over N700 million over the N1.1 billion figure recorded in 2000. The revenue performance therefore represents 82.6 per cent budgetary performance,’ he said.
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