Klaus Zumwinkel, chairman of German postal service operator Deutsche Post, has said in a newspaper interview that his group is planning no large-scale closures of post offices across Germany this year. He also said that his group would not necessarily go through with its plans of reducing the number of post offices in Germany from 13,000 to 12,000.
Read MoreDeutsche Post has rejected union demands, and the Swiss postal union has warned that failure by Swiss Post management to make concessions could result in further nationwide action.
Deutsche Post workers have not ruled out further work disruptions to protest against benefit cuts to 67,000 employees.
Read MoreKlaus Zumwinkel said he expects the company’s U.S. operations to begin turning a profit in 2005. During a meeting with The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, Zumwinkel said the German mail and parcel company doesn’t have to boost its market share any further in the U.S. to turn a profit.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German national postal service operator, is reported by management to be planning to reduce remuneration for its employees with the status of official, numbering around 67,000. Management has rejected a demand by Ver.di, the services sector union, that the postal operator refrain from cutting holiday pay and Christmas bonuses. In its decision, the company is complying with a government plan to reduce officials’ remuneration.
Read MoreWhen the German postal and package-delivery giant Deutsche Post announced last March that it would buy a smaller American service, Airborne, its timing could not have been worse.
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