Tag: Swiss Post

Swiss Post Office increases pay by 3.2 percent

Schweizerische Post, the Swiss post office, will grant a pay rise of 3.2 per cent, but rejects further material demands by the communication workers’ union. The union informs that it intends to contact the arbitration commission, arguing that the post office is not following up moderate demands.

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Switzerlands Post Office to offer internet payment service in Feb 2002

Switzerland’s Post Office said it will offer an internet-based payment service starting in February 2002. The ‘Yellowbill’ service will allow customers with Post Office accounts to make and receive payments through a secure internet connection. According to the Post Office, companies generating large volumes of invoices have expressed interest in using the service. Zuercher Kantonalbank has already signed a letter of intent to use ‘Yellowbill,’ it said.

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GATS to grow, postal project sees good returns

Postal operators looking to make savings on the price of international mail delivery have long faced the same three fixed costs: local handling charges, terminal dues and the cost of line-haul.
In April, the Global Alliance of Transportation Systems (GATS), funded by the Swiss Post Office set out to challenge the cost of line-haul by consolidating the mail of a number of postal operators into ULD’s at one hub and then flying them on in unitised containers. Pioneered at Heathrow, the idea was to force down the cost paid to the airlines for small numbers of items by booking larger aggregated volumes.

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Votes show evidence of strong resistance to privatisation projects

Over the past few months, Swiss political views on privatisation have undergone profound changes. Several right-wing politicians have begun to reject the idea, and the conservative reaction to the US terrorist attacks has come at a critical time. Apart from airline Swissair, parliament is considering the privatisation of the electricity market, national telecoms operator Swisscom and national postal services group La Poste. Consensus on these matters is proving very hard to find.

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