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Deutsche Post warning strikes again

Posted by | Jun 5, 2002 | |

The giant services sector union Ver.di extended warning strikes at the semi-privatised German postal authority, Deutsche Post, on Wednesday, with employees at letter-sorting centres in Berlin, Saxony and Baden-Wuerttemberg staging walkouts in pursuit of their current wage claims.
Some 2,000 employees took part in the action, which left around 17 million letters and parcels unhandled and would lead to delays in delivery in the three regions, Ver.di said.
The union threatened to extend the rolling strike action to other areas during the course of the day.
In the current wage dispute, Ver.di is calling for wage increases of 6.5 percent for around 160,000 of Deutsche Post’s 240,000-strong workforce.

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Riyadh approves privatisation plan

Posted by | Jun 5, 2002 | |

Saudi Arabia’s highest economic policy-making body yesterday endorsed a privatisation strategy among a series of decisions aimed at boosting the role of the private sector. The council also agreed to transfer the government-run postal services to an establishment run jointly by the private and public sectors as a prelude to its privatisation.”

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Vietnamese Ordinance on Posts & Telecommunications passed

Posted by | Jun 5, 2002 | |

Vietnam’s National Assembly Standing Committee has approved the eight-chapter Ordinance on Posts & Telecommunications, the highest legal document governing the industry, according to the Department General of Posts & Telecommunications.
For posts, a sole state-run postal company will be founded to supply public postal services, and enterprises from all economic sectors are permitted to provide delivery services.

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Deutsche Post restructures internet business

Posted by | Jun 4, 2002 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, is restructuring its e-business division, but stresses that it does not plan to withdraw from internet activities. The company plans to dispose of any e-business activities not expected to break even within two years, a buyer is sought for the shopping portal Evita, while subsidiaries E-Post and Deutsche Post Com are to be integrated into the group’s letter division. Negotiations with potential bidders for Evita are reported to be showing sluggish progress, however.

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China delays plan to register express carriers

Posted by | Jun 4, 2002 | |

China’s State Postal Bureau has again deferred the implementation of plans to regulate international express carriers and freight forwarders doing business in China. The Chinese have moved the June 15 deadline for express carriers and forwarders to apply for so-called “entrustment certificates” ahead another 60 days. The controversial regulations were originally due to take effect May 6.

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AusDoc wants to sell couriers

Posted by | Jun 4, 2002 | |

The Ausdoc document management group has begun talks to sell its core courier and mail businesses.
Ausdoc chairman Michael Butler said the talks involved the DX Express courier unit, the Australian Document Exchange, upon which the company was founded, and the GoMailroom management business.

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Postal Service Continues To Pursue Transformation Plan Initiatives

Posted by | Jun 4, 2002 | |

Postmaster General John E. Potter reported today that Postal Service Transformation Plan initiatives continue this month with a planned June 27 Summit meeting to consider more rate-setting and flexible-pricing processes that will help maintain universal service at affordable rates. This will mark the second in a series of planned Transformation Plan Summit meetings designed to explore new and modern business models for the Postal Service.
The first meeting, a Ratemaking Summit jointly sponsored last month by the independent Postal Rate Commission and the U.S. Postal Service, drew more than 150 mailing industry representatives who shared their ideas about how the Postal Service of the future might best be able to respond to customer needs and meet the challenges of a changing delivery services marketplace.

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Postal Service Board Of Governors Announces Support For Postal Reform Legislation

Posted by | Jun 4, 2002 | |

The Board of Governors of the Postal Service today announced its support of a bipartisan legislative proposal for postal reform legislation sponsored by members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Reform.
Board Chairman Robert F. Rider said, “We commend Chairman Dan Burton and Representatives Henry Waxman, John McHugh and Danny Davis for their effort to fashion a legislative proposal that goes a long way to address the needs of the Postal Service.”
In a March 2001 letter to the President and the Postal Service’s legislative leadership, the Governors stated that significant statutory reform would be necessary to continue to provide consistent and satisfactory levels of universal service to the American people.

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