Rolling strike action at Belgian Post Office
Unions representing staff at the Belgian post office have called for rolling strikes in the country’s three main regions due to proposed closures.
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Post Bank to be established in process of Russian Postal Service reform
Communications and Information Technology Minister Leonid Reiman announced that a “Post Bank” would be established in the process of postal service reform. Reiman added, “There will be a “Post Bank”. It will be possible to decide the place that it will occupy within the system by the end of 2002.”
Read MoreNew targets add to strain between An Post and Irish Postal Regulator
An Post claims new targets for next-day postal deliveries set by the telecoms regulator, Ms Etain Doyle, are unnecessary and unattainable. The development is the latest sign of strain in the relationship between the State company and Ms Doyle’s office, which has regulated its business since September last year.
In addition, Ms Doyle has sought more information from An Post to justify its application for a 30 per cent rise in international postal tariffs.
The company has already taken issue with a (pounds) 550,000 (EUR699,000) fee levied by Ms Doyle’s office for its regulation this year, arguing it is excessive and “totally inappropriate”.
On delivery standards, Ms Doyle said in a paper last September that An Post’s customers wanted a “much improved” standard of next-day delivery.
She added that the company did not meet its own target of 90 per cent for all mails at present.
The 3rd Paris airport – away from it all!
The name Chaulnes is one to remember. This is probably the future location of Paris’ third international airport. The site lies 100 km north of Roissy and is 125 km from downtown Paris
Read MorePostal Services Act 2000
Postal Services Act 2000. An Act to establish the Postal Services Commission (Postcomm)and the Consumer Council for Postal Services (CCPS); to provide for the licensing of certain postal services and for a universal postal service; to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Post Office in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and for the subsequent dissolution of the Post Office; to make further provision in relation to postal services; and for connected purposes.
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also at http://www.legistlation.hmso.gov.uk/acts (only available online)
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