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La Poste and 7 syndicate organizations sign employee housing policy agreement

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

La Poste and 7 syndical organizations (CFDT, CFTC, CGC, CGT, FO, SUD* and UNSA signed an agreement for improving the employee housing policy.
The agreement was signed last 21st June as part of the project “Success together”.

Housing is one of the principal topics of French people and with this agreement; la Poste will implement financial aids and the number of social housing for the postal workers. The project is also part of the company’s plan of modernization.

With “Success Together”, la Poste wants to increase the rates of employee retention, fidelity and career management.

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Saudi Arabia: New UPS Express Center opens in Hail

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

EIRAD, the authorized service contractor of UPS in Saudi Arabia, announces the opening of the new UPS Hail Express Center in order to accommodate the growing demand for express deliveries from customers in the region.

In order to provide the swiftest service, the center is staffed by UPS customer service representatives who can assist customers with a variety of services, including shipping documentation, packaging and labelling. A package can be shipped from the Hail Express center to any of the 200 countries and territories worldwide that UPS serves. With a growing network of UPS Express Centers, UPS and EIRAD chose Hail as their newest location to better serve customers. Hail city has grown rapidly in the last few years because of its strategic location only an hour’s flight away from 11 Arab capitals.

Moreover, the construction of the new Hail Economic City is boosting investments in the region. As the city is heading towards a bright economic future, shipping needs in the region are expected to grow quickly with the rise in residents and businesses. With almost a hundred years of experience behind it, UPS is perfectly positioned to help businesses of all types and sizes across the Kingdom grow and be successful in the global marketplace.

Hail Express Centre is the 16th of the network of centers and will serve the central province together with the UPS Express centers of Riyadh, Al Faisaliah and Buraidah. Seven more UPS Express Centers are located in the Western province and five others in the Eastern Province.

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Union seeks election for UPS workers

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

A national United Parcel Service Inc. employee union debate saw local action in Kansas City on last Monday 25th.

Officers of the Association of Parcel Workers of America submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board’s regional office in Overland Park to have an election deciding who should represent the workers. For a petition to be valid, more than 30 percent of work site employees must have requested it.

The Kansas City UPS freight terminal has nearly 400 workers.

Leaders of the APWA movement, both tractor-trailer drivers for UPS, say the current representative group, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has mismanaged pension money, causing deficiencies and “severe” cuts in 2004.

The 0group hopes to have all voting completed by the end of the year, which means a series of regional votes for freight groups and one national vote for package groups. The group began collecting employee signatures on Feb. 26 to authorize the vote.

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Atlanta Legal Aid welcomes UPS Fellow

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., today announced it had welcomed its first corporate-sponsored appointee to the Legal Aid Fellowship Program, an attorney from UPS who has begun a four-month assignment.

The appointment of Ryan Swift, a lawyer at UPS’s headquarters here, is a first not only for Atlanta but also for the nation. More than 100 law firms around the country participate in various fellowship programs with their local legal services agencies, but no corporation has ever assigned one of its attorneys to such long-term assistance.

Swift began reporting last week to Atlanta Legal Aid’s Cobb County office, where he will work for the next four months while continuing to receive his salary and benefits from UPS.

The Fellowship Program of Atlanta Legal Aid immerses young lawyers in a variety of cases and crises, giving them valuable opportunities for court time and for responsibilities that only come much later at a large firm or corporation. Since 1995, 13 Atlanta law firms have sent 39 associates to serve as Fellows at one of Legal Aid’s five offices. Participating firms gain experience for their associates; Legal Aid gains needed support for the work it does.

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DHL launches New York overnight express to Europe

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

DHL, introduced the service for urgent next day documents from New York City to major European destinations.

Available for customers with shipments originating from lower Manhattan, DHL’s next day delivery trip begins with the pickup of urgent material by courier for transfer to the DHL helicopter pad in New York City. Shipments are then flown by helicopter directly to John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport, avoiding New York City traffic. From there, they move on flights bound for nine cities in Europe.

Available Monday thru Thursday, the new offering gives customers the ability to get their shipments delivered next business day from New York City to Amsterdam, Holland; Brussels, Belgium; Dublin, Ireland; Frankfurt, Germany; Geneva, Switzerland; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; and Zurich, Switzerland. Next day by 12:00 noon delivery is available to some of the main financial centers in Europe.

For more than two decades, DHL has been leveraging its Manhattan helicopter to serve the financial district, and is the only express shipper to provide continual same day and overnight delivery of cash letters from Europe and Asia to the US banking system — a service vital to the world’s leading financial institutions. By cutting as much as a day off the time in transit for these shipments, financial institutions and their customers can save millions of dollars each year in otherwise lost interest and delayed business transactions.

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TNT Express creates 100 jobs at new Liverpool Airport depot

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

TNT is to create 100 jobs at a new £5.6m express delivery depot being set up at Liverpool John Lennon Airport over the next few months.

The new depot, which was officially opened on June 22, will handle domestic parcels for the North-West of England as well as international consignments to and from mainland Europe and further afield.

Peter Lascelles, Depot General Manager, assumes responsibility for the new Liverpool location as well as TNT’s Manchester International Depot at Trafford Park.

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TNT Malaysia names General Manager for north

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

TNT Express has appointed Christopher Bain as general manager, northern region, Malaysia. Bain will be based in TNT’s Global Express Centre in Penang.

Bain has over 24 years of corporate and business development experience in multinational companies across Malaysia, the Philippines and the United States.

He began his career in 1983 at an internationally-renowned bank, where he worked in its corporate banking and marketing departments. From 1995 to 1997, he was with a Malaysian multinational company as vice-president of its power generation and energy, shipbuilding, and steel divisions.

From 1997 to 2006, he worked with aviation and air transport company Transmile Group, where he served as country manager for its offices in the Philippines and the United States.

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TNT's money-spinning charity trek takes to the road

Posted by | Jun 25, 2007 | |

TNT employees will undertake a grueling cycle ride across England and the Continent to raise funds for the children’s charity, Wooden Spoon.

The half-dozen strong cycling squad will jump in the saddle at the TNT Express International Road Hub at Northampton, pedal to the east coast to Hull, make the North Sea crossing to Rotterdam in the Netherlands and ride through the country to another TNT Express International Road Hub at Arnhem.

It’s a pedal-pumping 226-mile challenge that begins at 05.30 hrs this Thursday (28th June) and is scheduled for completion in under a day-and-a-half by 15.00hrs on Friday (29th June).

Previous cycling expeditions from the UK to Liege in Belgium and Amsterdam in the Netherlands have raised more than GBP 2,000 each time but this year the intrepid cyclists want to top the GBP 3,000 mark.

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