FedEx and its pilots have started negotiations over new work rules, but both sides hope to avoid a nasty fight like the slugout four years ago.
“Both sides right now understand that they have to live with each other. They realise also that a strike or a conflict will hurt them both,” said Gary Chaison, a professor of labor-management relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
Read MoreExpress parcel company Amtrak has won a GBP3.5m (EUR5.2m) UK distribution contract with computer supplies company Systemax.
Read MoreThe U.S. International Trade Commission found that in addition to postal competition, U.S. express delivery companies are impeded abroad by unfair postal competition, inefficient customs practices, costly restrictions and tough barriers against entering new markets in the first place.”We believe this study, which highlights the importance of reducing foreign barriers to express delivery services, now can be used by U.S. negotiators in ongoing and future trade negotiations to obtain strong commitments for our industry,” UPS spokesman David Bolger said.
Read MoreKay Phillips has become chief executive of Geopost UK and Ireland, whose national headquarters is in Roebuck Lane, Smethwick and covers parcel brands Parceline and Interlink Express.
Ms Phillips takes over from Colin Millbanks who is retiring.
Read MoreSpanish freight forwarding and logistics group Spain-Tir will invest over 3.0 mln euro ($3.6 mln) in the construction of a logistics centre at the Valencia airport, eastern Spain, company’s president Lluis Gay said on April 13, 2004.
The centre will have a capacity for 50 cars and 80 trucks. It will also include offices, which will cover an area of 450 sq m. The total area of the centre, which will start operating in 2005, will be 5,000 sq m.
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