Tag: USA

US state agencies complain about DHL service

Posted by | Nov 21, 2005 | |

Ohio State agencies have made dozens of complaints about service by DHL since Jan. 1, when Ohio awarded the company a USD4.4 million contract to replace UPS as the state’s exclusive courier. Agency officials accuse DHL of a wide array of delivery and billing problems. The company said in a statement released through its public relations manager that some service issues are unavoidable when a change in vendor takes place. Gov. Bob Taft gave DHL an opportunity to bid on the contract after it agreed to move its hub from northern Kentucky to Wilmington, and it submitted the low bid. A spokesman for the governor said the office is aware some agencies are not happy with DHL’s service and expects the Department of Administrative Services to rigorously enforce the contract. DHL was awarded the contract shortly after Ohio won a bidding war with Kentucky for the new DHL air cargo hub.

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UPS Announces Rates For 2006

Posted by | Nov 18, 2005 | |

UPS today announced new 2006 rates for most US small package services, including a 3.9 percent increase in commercial ground services and a 5.5 percent rise in UPS air and international services. The company also will reduce by 2 percent the index used to determine its air fuel surcharge, a move that will directly benefit customers as fuel prices moderate and the index pushes the air fuel surcharge below the current 12.5 percent cap. UPS is maintaining this cap despite dramatic jet fuel price increases.

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US postage rates going up again

Posted by | Nov 17, 2005 | |

Yesterday the Postal Service announced that it would raise rates by 5.4% on January 8th, 2006. The cost to mail a letter will increase by 2 cents to 39 cents. In their announcement, postal officials blamed Congress and the 2003 CSRS pension law for the rate hike, stating, “This rate increase – the first since 2002 – is needed to fulfill the requirement of a federal law passed in 2003. That law requires the Postal Service to establish a USD3.1 billion escrow account, with use of the funds to be determined by Congress at a later date. Without this federal mandate, it would not have been necessary to raise rates in 2006.”

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UPS, FedEx pilots contract dispute heats up

Posted by | Nov 17, 2005 | |

Pilots at passenger airlines aren’t the only ones feuding with their managements about new contract terms. Pilots at two cargo airlines are in contract talks, too. The disputes at shipping giants UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp., however, don’t involve pay cuts, as both companies are offering wage increases.
Beyond pay, these pilots say their benefits and work rules are just as important – if not more important. UPS pilots have run newspaper advertisements prodding management to reach an agreement with them and have authorized their union to call a strike if necessary. Today, they will do informational picketing outside company storefronts in several cities. At FedEx, the company has asked for a federal mediator to join talks with its pilots. The major issues the companies and their pilot unions are grappling with in the talks include pay, pensions, work rules, health benefits and job security.

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UPS Pilots: set date certain request for release; claim UPS making big gamble

Posted by | Nov 17, 2005 | |

Independent Pilots Association has given UPS until December 23 to finalize the contract it began negotiating with its pilots in October 2002. “It has become clear that UPS’ recent overture for a settlement is not genuine, but a cynical move timed to prevent any disruption during Christmas Peak. Christmas 2005 will be our fourth holiday season during this contract negotiation, that’s long enough,” said Capt. Tom Nicholson, President of the Independent Pilots Association. He went on to say, “UPS has one more shot to deliver a contract that our pilot group can ratify when we get together with the National Mediation Board the week of December 19 thru 23 in Wisconsin.”

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