Swiss Post will cut working hours from January 2004 to avoid lay offs. The move will have the effect of shedding around 500 positions among its post office staff and around 300 positions at its postal distribution staff. The measure is triggered by a larger-than-expected decline in the post’s.
Read MoreEmirates Post recently signed an agreement with Global Alliance of Transportation Systems (GATS), the UK-based subsidiary of Swiss Post International, to distribute European mail to the Gulf and Middle East countries, through Emirates Post’s Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub. The agreement was signed by Mr. Abdulla Al Daboos, Director General of Emirates Post and Dr. Ulrich Gygi, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Post International, in Berne. The deal, valid for five years, authorizes Emirates Post to handle GATS’ mail addressed to Middle East countries using the state-of-the-art Mail Transit Hub located at Dubai International Airport.
Read MoreThe Swiss Post Office has announced that it will privatise its ExpressPost division on January 1, 2004. The yellow giant found an agreement with the trade unions to negotiate a collective agreement. The transfer of the personnel in the new structure is scheduled for January 1, 2005. The Post office will have to negotiate with the trade union a new collective agreement (CTT) for this company.
Read MoreSwiss Post has entered into a cooperation agreement with ABC Mail to establish a chain of franchises in Spain with the intention of forming a springboard into the Latin American market.
Read MoreThe Swiss Post Office says it is considering additional cost-cutting measures in a bid to remain competitive and avoid a massive deficit in the next few years.
The Post Office wants to renegotiate working conditions and salaries for its employees, spin off its express delivery service and merge the parcel division with its logistics unit. Management said more jobs would have to go at the postal service, in addition to the 800 already set to be lost by 2008.
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