Tag: Swiss Post

Swiss Post International (SPI) has opened a sales subsidiary in Belgium. With SPI Belgium B.V.B.A. in Brussels, the international arm of Swiss Post is reinforcing its worldwide sales network and gaining a foothold in one of the key European markets. The range of services from Swiss Post International includes handling international mailings for business customers. With SPI Belgium B.V.B.A., SPI is consolidating its strategy of establishing a presence in key partner countries by establishing its own subsidiaries.

Delivery times

For years, Swiss Post has been one of the top postal organizations with the best delivery times for letters, parcels and international mail. The 2003 figures confirm this once again. The survey is conducted annually by independent institutes. Last year, 98 of 100 letters mailed reached their recipients on time (A Mail: 97.9percent, B Mail 98.2percent). The figures for parcels are similarly high (PostPac Priority: 97.3percent, PostPac Economy: 97.8percent). Swiss Post is also one of the leaders in cross-border mail: a Priority letter takes an average of 2.1 days to reach its destination in Europe (Switzerland and other European countries).

Postal workers in Bern, Zurich, Basel and other Swiss cities and towns are staging a protest action on Friday. They are demonstrating against a major cost-cutting programme and plans to scrap their collective labour contract. A two-hour work stoppage will also take place in Geneva, Lausanne, Biel, Lucerne, St Gallen and in canton Ticino. The Communications Union claims changes planned by Swiss Post to the collective work contract will lead to increased hours, lower wages and the dismantling of a public service.