Tag: Germany

Wage negotiations at DHL Worldwide Express GmbH

Posted by | Apr 28, 2003 | |

DHL Worldwide Express GmbH Deutschland’s management will pay the company’s 2,600 employees two percent more as of 1 May 2003. With this the company is giving a positive and employee-friendly signal to the wage negotiations held since the end of March with the trade union Verdi. The trade union is demanding wage increases totalling five percent, as well as fixing works council positions and releasing works councils from work until 2006 together with a complete and permanent renunciation of dismissals.

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DHL Worldwide workers strike in Germany

Posted by | Apr 24, 2003 | |

Workers at DHL Worldwide Express, a German unit of mail and logistics giant Deutsche Post AG, walked off their jobs for several hours Thursday to press demands for a 5-percent pay raise. The company has offered a 1.8 percent raise in two rounds of talks on a new contract covering 2,700 employees. The next round is set for May 7-8.

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Building a global logistics leader – Deutsche Post’s acquisition strategy

Posted by | Apr 9, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) has announced the acquisition of two further companies to add to its long list of purchases: Securicor Omega Holdings in the UK (logistics and express) and Airborne Express in the USA (ground parcel network). The company already owned 50% (although did not have management control) of Securicor Omega and had initially negotiated an option to buy the remaining shares in 2005. However in order to integrate the company into its European network more rapidly DPWN decided to buy Securicor Omega outright two years ahead of schedule.

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Harnischfeger to Head Deutsche Post Communications

Posted by | Apr 9, 2003 | |

Professor Manfred Harnischfeger is to become head of Deutsche Post World Net’s Corporate Communications as of 1 June of this year. He will succeed Prof. Gert Schukies. Prof. Harnischfeger was head of corporate communications at Bertelsmann AG for many years.

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