Union Postale 2004 no 4
Union Postale 2004 no 4
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Union Postale 2003 no 4
Union Postale 2003 no 4
Read MoreDHL New Zealand Survey: Exporters turning to E-commerce
DHL New Zealand Survey: Exporters turning to E-commerce
Read MoreUPS and Teamsters agree on new five-year contract
UPS announced it had reached a tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on a new five-year contract covering approximately 240,000 full- and part-time package employees in the United States.
The tentative contract, which now must be presented to UPS Teamster-represented employees for ratification, was negotiated nearly a year in advance of the current contract’s expiration on July 31, 2008. Upon ratification, most provisions of the new agreement will take effect on August 1st, 2008.
The tentative contract includes wage increases as well as significant contributions to healthcare and pension plans to help strengthen these benefits for employees. The agreement allows UPS to withdraw employees from the Central States multi-employer pension plan and to establish a jointly trusteed single-employer plan for this group. UPS will make a pre-tax USD 6.1 billion payment to the Central States plan in connection with its withdrawal.
Read MoreNorway Post is planning to launch new brands in 2008-2009
Norway Post’s goal is to establish leading Nordic positions in the postal and logistics sectors. In order to achieve this goal, Norway Post has acquired a number of companies in and outside Norway over the past few years, and an increasing share of the Group’s income comes from operations outside Norway. The new brand strategy is intended to support this goal and make things easier for customers.
– “We’ve acquired many companies and want to make the full range of our Nordic postal and logistics services visible through a new brand strategy. Our intention has always been to achieve synergies from our acquisitions. This will become more apparent through more uniform branding,” says Dag Mejdell, Norway Post’s CEO.
Following the acquisitions made during the past few years, the Norway Post Group currently has a portfolio of more than 10 brands.
Read MoreInstant Cash announces Postcard Millionaire pack Ramadan promotion
It is giving its customers a chance to win cash prizes in its, by offering every customer a Postcard Millionaire pack with every remittance sent outside UAE.
The ticket contained in the pack entitles the customer to win AED 100,000 every week and AED 200,000 every three months.
Mr. Khalid Hassan, CEO of Instant Cash, said: ‘Postcard Millionaire is one of the most popular promotions in the UAE. In our Ramadan promotion, we are pleased to offer our customers a chance to win fabulous cash prizes.’
The promotion comes on the heels of reduced fee to India announced by Instant Cash recently. The reduced fee represents great value addition to Instant Cash’s fast, reliable and convenient money transfer service available at over 200 exchange houses and all post offices in the UAE.
‘This promotion offers everyone a change to become a millionaire, apart from the other cash prizes. We are very happy to reward our loyal customers with a chance to win such fabulous prizes,’ added Mr. Khalid Hassan. ‘In addition, they can be assured of our fast, efficient and secure transfer service.’
Instant Cash, a division of Wall Street Exchange and subsidiary of Emirates Post, has over 14,000 locations in 45 countries worldwide from where people can send and receive money within minutes.
Read MoreEmirates Post opens new office
Dubai Emirates PostEmirates Post has opened a new post office in Expo Centre SharjahExpo Centre Sharjah to meet the needs of exhibitors and residents of Al Taawun area of Sharjah. The new post office will offer a variety of services, including money transfer, Air Arabia ticketing, utility bill payment, etisalat and du services, etc.
This takes the number of post offices in the UAE to 87. “The Al Taawun area in general and Expo Centre SharjahExpo Centre Sharjah in particular has witnessed rapid growth in recent years,” said Abdullah Al Daboos, Director General, Emirates PostEmirates Post. “With increasing numbers of exhibitions taking place at Expo Centre SharjahExpo Centre Sharjah, it is important that exhibitors have the facility of a post office on the premises. We are also happy to cater to the needs of the growing number of people living in the area,” he added.
Read MoreHistory of Japan's postal services, privatization
The following is the history of Japan’s postal services and key events related to the privatization of the services.
1871 — Japan’s modern post office system, modeled on the one in Britain, starts between Tokyo and Osaka.
1872 — Mail delivery becomes available throughout the nation.
1875 — The postal savings business starts
1877 — Japan joins the Universal Postal Union, an international network of postal services.
1900 — The Mail Law is enacted.
1916 — The postal life insurance business starts.
1949 — The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry is established.
1973 — The loan service begins for postal savings account holders.
1992 — Junichiro Koizumi becomes the posts and telecommunications minister.
1997 — Privatization of postal savings and insurance services is discussed as part of reform initiative under Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
2001 — The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications takes over postal services under the reorganization of government ministries.
2001 — Koizumi takes office as prime minister.
2003 — Japan Post starts operations as a state-backed postal services company while private-sector firms are allowed to launch the mail delivery business.
2004 — Koizumi’s Cabinet adopts a postal privatization plan.
2005 — The Diet rejects the privatization bill, prompting Koizumi to call a general election.
2005 — Koizumi’s Liberal Democratic Party scores a landslide victory in the election and the Diet passes the bill.
Oct. 1, 2007 — The government begins the 10-year process of Japan Post privatization.
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