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Federal Mediator calls for recess in UPS pilot talks

Posted by | Dec 23, 2005 | |

UPS today said the federal mediator in charge of negotiations between UPS and the Independent Pilots Association (IPA) has put the talks in an indefinite recess. In the NMB’s notification to the parties, the negotiations have been placed in an indefinite recess as of December 23, 2005. Although no future mediation sessions have been scheduled at this time, the mediator indicates both sides should “re-evaluate negotiating positions with respect to the remaining issues and prepare to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion.” There can be no strike or work stoppage while the parties are in recess. UPS pilots are legally obligated under the Railway Labor Act to continue working under the existing contract during any recess.

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UPS stays committed to its networks

Posted by | Dec 19, 2005 | |

US global integrator will not be following TNT’s example in quitting logistics.
Announcing its decision largely to withdraw from logistics next year, TNT said earlier this month it had concluded the group’s strength lay in ‘designing, implementing and running delivery network businesses’. The implication was that the majority of TNT’s logistics activities were not ‘network’ operations. In contrast, rival global integrator UPS apparently remains committed to developing its worldwide logistics business as very much a network-based activity. That certainly was the picture painted by Ian Chong, European director of strategy for the US company’s UPS Supply Chain Solutions division when he outlined his organisation’s thinking on that issue after the TNT announcement. ‘In our world, logistics is a network service,’ he said. ‘That is the main focus for us now and has been from day one.’ By that, he confirmed, he meant that a large percentage of the product handled by UPS SCS was routed through the parent company’s package and freight networks.

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UPS ranked no. 4 in U.S. for “Best Reputation”

Posted by | Dec 14, 2005 | |

UPS has just been ranked No. 4 in the United States for best reputation. The latest Harris Interactive corporate reputation study also cited UPS for excellent customer service compared to its peers and ranked it No. 2 overall for “highest trust” in the event of a service problem. The Harris Interactive survey, published last week in The Wall Street Journal, ranked UPS No. 4 overall behind Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Google. Harris Interactive asked more than 19,500 consumers to rate companies on a list of 20 attributes in six key dimensions.

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UPS to make case v. Canada Post

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

Nearly five years after launching its dispute, US-based United Parcel Service Inc. will finally get to air its complaint this week that Canada Post is unfairly trying to use its postal monopoly to keep the courier rival at bay.
UPS will make its case before a North American Free Trade Agreement panel that Canada Post and Ottawa’s Canada Border Services Agency have discriminated against the Canadian subsidiary of UPS to give Canada Post an edge in the lucrative courier business. UPS launched the complaint under the controversial “investor rights” Chapter 11 of NAFTA, a part of the trade pact that attempts to protect the interest of foreign companies operating in Canada,
Mexico and the United States. UPS is seeking up to dollars 185-million in
damages.

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Japan: postal privatisation

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

From April, the big “four” providers of international express and delivery services will face a formidable new upstart in the Japanese market: Japan Post.
But the question is whether Japan Post can compete head-to-head against the established express mail and logistics providers. FedEx, DHL and UPS all enjoy global economies of scale that they have built up over decades. Though Japan Post has unparalleled domestic mail delivery operations, the move will mark its first foray into the international express delivery market. Until now, the “big four” providers – United Parcel Service (UPS), Federal Express (FedEx), DHL of Germany and TNT of the Netherlands – have dominated the Japanese market, with an estimated 70 per cent market share. Minoru Hasegawa, the manager of Japan Post’s business development division, says it is essential for the entity to expand its services as part of its privatisation process.

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