Tag: Europe

La Poste announces online marketing venture

Posted by | Sep 24, 2001 | |

Le Figaro (Paris): “French post office La Poste is to announced today its third investment in an Internet start-up company. The young company, e-mail Vision, is a specialist in on-line marketing. The amount of the capital increase carried out by Sofipost has not been revealed but has been qualified as an ‘important investment’. E-mail Vision has already raised 13m euros from two previous capital increases. This operation follows the acquisition of e-lico, a company specialised in e-logistics, by Chronopost. For several months now, La Poste chairman Martin Vial has affirmed his intention of making the group an important player in all types of mail distribution.” (Source: Financial Times)

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Industrial Action Week at French Post

Posted by | Sep 24, 2001 | |

Le Figaro (Paris): “After a day of strike action on 20 September, French unions FO and CFDT representing employees of La Poste have called for a national week of action from postal workers from 24 to 28 September to protest against the closure of rural offices and the cutting of low wage earning jobs. Secretary of state for industry Christian Pierret leant his support to union fears at the end of last week, stating that La Poste was duty bound to constantly improve its client services and not lessen them. La Poste’s management has confirmed its wish to maintain a presence throughout the country.” (Source: Financial Times)

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Postal shambles – Welsh mail delivery

Posted by | Sep 24, 2001 | |

POSTAL bosses came under fire last night for their poor performance in
North Wales. Between April and June, the amount of first-class mail failing to
reach addresses in the region by the next working day was more than double the
national average.

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Serbia: Postal service workers join Telekom Serbia strike

Posted by | Sep 24, 2001 | |

Belgrade, 24 September: The Telekom Serbia workers who have been
on strike for seven days now have been joined today by PTT
Serbia [Serbian postal service] workers, Beta was told by Zoran
Mrvaljevic, chairman of Telekom Serbia’s trade union. He said that the strike had begun in all post offices, and added
that during the strike the minimum work process would be
observed.

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