Postal workers strike in Kenya over delay to pay talks
Thousands of postal workers went on strike in Kenya on Friday, seeking a 30% pay rise and improved benefits from Kenya Post.
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Escher wins retail technology deal with Armenia's Haypost
US retail and communications software firm Escher Group has won a contract to provide postal counter automation technology for the Armenian postal service, Haypost.
Read MorePostNL seeks pension reform to counter €500m deficit
PostNL said today it must find a way to cut its pension contributions, with turbulence in the financial markets opening up a EUR 500m black hole in its pension fund.
Read MoreUSPS union negotiations extended into January
Negotiations between the US Postal Service and two major unions will extend into the New Year, with the organisations agreeing to put back their deadline once again, this time to January 20.
Read MoreRemoving mail price controls "could drive UK firms away", warns DMA
Businesses could be driven away from using the mail in the UK if regulators remove price controls from Royal Mail’s commercial bulk mail services.
Read MoreSwiss Post to keep basic postal rates stable in 2012
Swiss Post has said prices for its basic letters and domestic parcels will remain unchanged in 2012, but will be making rate changes for some of its other mail services.
Read MoreCorreos orders EUR 41m cloud-based IT system
Spain’s national postal service Correos has ordered a cloud-based IT system from T-Systems, a subsidiary of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telecom.
Read MoreLa Poste teams with utility to develop vehicle charging networks
France’s La Poste has formed a partnership with the power transmission division of the second largest French utility company, EDF, to develop recharging networks for electric delivery vehicles.
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