Tag: Domestic

German cabinet paves way for minimum wage for postal workers

Posted by | Sep 19, 2007 | |

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet agreed on legislation that paves the way for basic rates of pay for postal workers, a move that extends the industries covered by statutory pay levels without introducing a national minimum wage.

The bill is a precondition for agreement between the postal employers’ association and the Ver.di labor union on a basic rate of pay for people who deliver, sort and collect letters. The deal excludes workers delivering packages, newspapers, magazine or books unless they also carry letters.

The regulation became necessary because Deutsche Post AG, Europe’s largest postal service, loses its letter-delivery monopoly at the end of this year, yet other European countries aren’t immediately following suit, Labor Minister Franz Muentefering told reporters in Berlin today.

A statutory minimum wage may be good news for Deutsche Post, which has forecast that domestic competition will trim earnings at its mail division by as much as 20 percent by 2009. The minimum wage regulation would also apply to competitors such as Pin AG.

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The 12th Pitney Bowes leadership roundtable concludes in Majorca, Spain

Posted by | Sep 19, 2007 | |

The 12th Pitney Bowes Leadership Roundtable, “Strengthening the Industry through Partnerships” has concluded at The Hotel Castillo Son Vida, Majorca, Spain. Highlights included an Executive Dialogue with Michael J. Critelli,

Executive Chairman of Pitney Bowes and a welcome speech from the President of
Correos, José Damián Santiago. “All attendees contributed to a series of frank and enlightening discussions on how different facets of the industry can partner to build a strong future for all,” said

Luis A. Jimenez, Sr. Vice President and Chief Industry Policy Officer, Pitney Bowes, who conceived and organizes the Roundtables, “We were particularly pleased to have a record number of postal operators represented as well as contributors from customers, parcel companies and a host of industry stakeholder,” he added.

All in all 17 countries were represented at the three day event and Posts from all over the globe attended including key executives and directors from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA. Other participants include: IPC, PostEurop, FedEx, UPS, Cisco and the Print on Demand Initiative (PODi).

All attendees said they had found the event of great value and were looking forward to the next Roundtable to be held in Whistler Canada, February 18-21, 2008.

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Postmaster General champions value of mail on national broadcast

Posted by | Sep 19, 2007 | |

From leveraging cutting-edge technology to conducting national elections, mail matters to American consumers and businesses and finding ways to make mail more valuable is invaluable to the future of the U.S. Postal Service.

That’s the message Postmaster General John E. Potter shared with more than 14,000 customers and Postal Service officials gathered at more than 150 sites to participate in National PCC Day today. The Postal Customer Council™ is a network of community-based business mailers and representatives of the U.S. Postal Service, who gather regularly to share ideas and resources to create a closer working relationship. On both the national and local levels, Postal Customer Councils (PCCs) work to continually improve service and communications.

The Intelligent Mail Barcode is one way the Postal Service is leveraging technology to provide greater value and ease to business mailers, he said. Intelligent Mail barcodes provide a wealth of information to mailers, including the ability to track mail end-to-end. More than 200 mailers are using the barcode, according to Potter. Earlier this month, the Postal Service recorded a major milestone: the one billionth barcode was scanned. One out of every 100 pieces of mail sorted daily now contains the Intelligent Mail Barcode — and use of the barcode is entirely voluntary at this time.

Potter was joined during the broadcast by Georgann Dustan of the Elections Division of Multnomah County, OR, who praised the security of the mail and Postal Service infrastructure that helped make voting by mail a success in her state, and by John Greco, president and chief executive officer of the Direct Marketing Association. Greco estimated that marketers will invest more than USD 55 billion on direct mail this year.

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