Year: 2005

Contract drivers for DHL to claim employee benefits

Posted by | May 14, 2005 | |

Three local drivers are challenging DHL delivery company’s reliance on independent contractors with a lawsuit that says they should have received the benefits of being classified as employees for the package delivery company.

Filed in Sacramento Superior Court this week, the lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, is the latest challenge to the spread of independent contractor arrangements throughout the courier industry.

“It’s ridiculous that they’re doing this to workers who make poverty wages, earn no benefits, no sick leave, no holidays,” said Jason Rabinowitz, the lawyer who filed the suit and who works for the Teamsters Union, which has been trying to organize drivers at DHL’s Mather Airport facility.

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US Postal service to offer personalised ‘Stamps’

Posted by | May 14, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service are due to begin the second phase of a trial program that allows customers to access authorized Web sites where they can personalise postage with photos and images.

In an era of e-mail that is making old-fashioned letter writing a lost art, the Postal Service hopes to make hand-delivered mail more interesting and valuable.

The Postal Service’s authorised program, called PC Postage, is not a stamp. It includes an image generated by the customer and a secure bar code that is compatible with Postal Service mail processing systems.

Vendors that provide PC Postage must be authorised by the Postal Service but can determine their own prices. PC Postage will be accepted for first-class, Priority and Express mail.

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Its all about quality

Posted by | May 13, 2005 | |

Presentation at WME Europe 05 by Helge Israelsen, Cheif Exectuive, Post Danmark.
P:LibraryWME Europe 05 presentationsHelge_Israelsen.ppt

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A European Perspective

Posted by | May 13, 2005 | |

Presentation by Bernhard Reusch, CEO GeoPost (Benelux), CEO DPD (Belgium).
La Poste/GeoPost revenue. W & E Europe market size / share. GeoPost & DPD networks.
P:LibraryWME Europe 05 presentationsBernhard_Reusch.ppt

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