The plan drawn up by DHL, the German courier company, to minimise its job losses in France, is a model plan, the CFDT union said on Tuesday. DHL, which is planning to cut its workforce by 1,200 or 10 per cent, signed an agreement last month with the unions on how to proceed with the reduction.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service Inc. will soon be giving away tens of millions of dollars in free shipping as part of its settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company overcharged for package insurance over the past two decades.
Atlanta-based UPS is offering customers who are part of the lawsuit vouchers for UPS service — some worth up to USD8,000 apiece — if they can prove they bought the “excess value” package insurance from UPS going as far back as 1984.
Read More1,000 former Airborne Express workers will lose their jobs in Seattle over the next 12 months as the new owner, German air-cargo company DHL Express, concentrates operations at its headquarters in South Florida.
DHL have filed the layoff notice with the state Employment Security Department, ending faint hope that some administrative jobs might remain.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded UPS the authority to operate six additional flights between Hong Kong and its intra-Asia air hub in the Philippines via Singapore, expanding capacity between three important trade markets. The new authority will enable UPS to provide twice daily service between Hong Kong and the Philippines, as well as direct air service between the key markets of Hong Kong and Singapore. The new flights will begin in October.
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