Tag: North America

U.S. Postal Service to remove vending machines

Posted by | Jul 16, 2008 | |

The U.S. Postal Service is removing vending machines from all of its locations nationwide. The machines will be removed in phases.

The vending machines are the victims of technology, competition and aging parts, said Ray Daiutolo, U.S. Postal Service spokesman for the Central Pennsylvania region.

The U.S. Postal Service can no longer find parts for its 12,000 aging vending machines, he said.

Perhaps the biggest reason the machines are going the way of the pay phone is because people no longer want to use them.

People are buying their postage on the postal service’s Web site, and through its “stamps by phone” and “stamps by fax” services.

Consumers also can find stamps at most grocery stores and some banks offer them at their automated teller machines.

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FedEx seeking incentives for proposed shipping centers (U.S)

Posted by | Jul 15, 2008 | |

Guilford County commissioners plan a public hearing this week on whether to provide nearly USD 1 million in incentives for FedEx Ground’s proposed shipping center.

Commissioners are to hear from the public Thursday about a proposal to provide USD 952,000 in incentives for FedEx’s proposed USD 110 million shipping center.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported Tuesday the center’s first year of operation would bring 80 full-time jobs paying an average of more than USD 40,000 annually.

FedEx is considering building the center in Kernersville, a few miles from Piedmont Triad International Airport where the company is building an East Coast air shipping operation.

Dan Lynch with the Greensboro Economic Development Partnership says the region is competing with Tennessee and South Carolina for the ground shipping

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Mountain Media Integrates with the Endicia Internet Postage Solution

Posted by | Jul 15, 2008 | |

Mountain Media announced the release of an integration component to their Mountain Commerce shopping cart software that will allow customers to easily process U.S. Postal Service (USPS) order shipping and fulfillment through the Endicia Internet Postage solution. Online merchants supported by Mountain Media’s ecommerce solution are now able to price, purchase and print USPS postage labels directly from their shopping cart management interface.

Endicia offers discounted Delivery and Signature Confirmation™, low-cost insurance, and the option to print labels that hide the amount of postage paid. Additionally, Mountain Commerce’s shipping solution allows merchants to easily repackage shipments and override the shipping weight and dimensions of packages that were automatically generated at checkout. This increases the efficiency of the fulfillment process for merchants that ship via the USPS.

Endicia is very excited to be working with Mountain Media to deliver our cutting-edge Internet Postage ‘Label Server’ solution to their user base. We look forward to a long-term relationship that will give customers access to the savings and benefits of Endicia’s Internet Postage solution, while streamlining their shipping and fulfillment process
Mountain Media creates comprehensive ecommerce solutions by providing robust ecommerce software, custom graphic design, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), hosting, gateway and merchant account services.

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Petitions opposing DHL deal (U.S)

Posted by | Jul 14, 2008 | |

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Monday, July 14, delivered petitions opposing plans by DHL to ally itself with United Parcel Service.

After emerging from DHL’s offices on July 14, Brown said he met briefly with Mike Schmitt, Director of Operations for DHL’s hub in Wilmington, and delivered the petitions to Schmitt after rallying outside the building with workers from DHL, ABX Air and ASTAR Air Cargo.

The senator also laid out steps being taken by the federal government to deal with a proposed plan by Deutsche Post, owner of DHL, to move at least DHL’s air-freight operations to UPS’ hub in Louisville, Ky. If DHL moved these operations, as well as ground transport and overseas packaging operations to Kentucky, it could cost the region 8,200 jobs.

Brown said his staff is working with that of Sen. Herb Kohl to investigate potential antitrust issues related to the deal. Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, chairs the Senate’s antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee. Lawmakers cannot hold hearings on the DHL situation until the company reaches a final agreement with UPS, Brown said. Federal officials are looking at DHL’s contracts with the U.S. government, the senator said.

Brown said he also has asked the Bush administration to help speed up a Justice Department review of the deal and also discussed potential uses of the facility by the federal government if DHL does leave.

Also on July 14, a coalition of workers and community leaders delivered the same petition to the state capitol. Mark Barbash, Chief Economic Development officer for the Ohio Department of Development, accepted the petition from members of Save The Jobs, said Keith Dailey, a spokesman for the governor.

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Letter Carriers' Convention; Over 8,800 Delegates Heading to Boston Event (USA)

Posted by | Jul 14, 2008 | |

Over 8,800 letter carriers are planning to convene in Boston July 21-25 as delegates to the 66th Biennial National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers — the largest convention among AFL-CIO unions.

The week-long event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) will bring together carriers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. The 303,000-member union, founded in 1889, represents active and retired city letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service.

During the convention, delegates will discuss issues critical to the future of the Postal Service including efforts to stop contracting out of letter carrier positions by the Postal Service, the work of special task force to evaluate postal delivery routes, and resolutions and constitutional amendments submitted by delegates.

In addition to Senator Clinton, speakers scheduled to address the convention include: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino; Reps. John Tierney and Michael Capuano, both (D-MA), and John McHugh (R-NY); American Postal Workers Union President William Burrus; Alan Kessler, Chairman, USPS Board of Governors; Michael Critelli, executive chairman of the board, Pitney Bowes Inc.; Bill Disbrow, president and CEO, Valpak; Philip Bowyer, deputy general secretary, Union Network International; Stephen Fitzpatrick, general secretary, Communications Workers Union, Ireland; and Dean Baker, co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The NALC, founded in 1889, represents all 230,000 city delivery letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service throughout the 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.

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