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Fighting talk as UPS defends US market share

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

United Parcel Service yesterday vowed to defend its share of the US package delivery market against competition from FedEx and DHL, amid signs that its troubled domestic business is back on track. Mike Eskew, chairman and chief executive, said the domestic parcel business was “well ahead” of expectations in the second quarter of this year, following several months of sluggish performance. He set a long-term target for UPS to grow in the US at the same rate as the broader market, halting erosion of the company’s dominant position in its home territory. “We believe we will be growing at the market rate by the latter part of this year and that means we will be maintaining our share,” Mr Eskew told a meeting of investors in New York. The bullish comments set the stage for an intensification of the already bitter competition between UPS, FedEx and DHL in the world’s biggest package delivery market.

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UPS pilots vote to authorize strike

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

The union for United Parcel Service Inc said more than 99% of its members have voted to give the authority to call a strike to the union’s five-pilot executive board. Of the 2,462 eligible crewmembers, 2,371 pilots participated in the strike vote, the Independent Pilots Association said in a press release Thursday. Of those who voted, 99% participated in favor of a strike.

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US Postal Service holding strong in overnight delivery

Posted by | May 11, 2005 | |

Postmaster General John E. Potter told to Postal Service Board of Governors today that the agency continues to deliver record service and customer satisfaction across the nation. “Nationally, we achieved an on-time score of 95 percent for overnight First-Class Mail service for the 9th consecutive quarter. We also achieved a customer satisfaction measurement score of 93 percent marking the 14th consecutive quarter at that mark or better. The board also heard from Chief Financial Officer Richard J. Strasser, Jr., that mail volume in the 2nd Quarter showed a gain of 600 million pieces, to 52.1 billion, and a USD17 million increase in revenue.

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UPS is gaining momentum in 2nd quarter volume growth

Posted by | May 11, 2005 | |

Citing good momentum through the first five weeks of the quarter, UPS executives today said US domestic volume growth was “well ahead” of expectations for the second quarter and international export volume continued to climb at its expected double-digit rate. The gain in domestic volume follows a first quarter in which UPS reported significant international export package growth and a strong 16.2% gain in net income. UPS today said it continues to expect a strong 2005 with full-year net income growth of 16-to-20% over the adjusted USD2.90 reported for 2004.

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DHL contractor’s workers will join Teamsters

Posted by | May 10, 2005 | |

Workers at Great Plains Transportation Inc., an area contractor for express delivery firm DHL, voted to unionize last week. Great Plains becomes the first area company to be touched by the Teamsters’ national campaign to organize firms that contract with DHL, the giant delivery company owned by Deutsche Post. Another election is scheduled on May 20 at Mid-Continent Transport, a DHL contractor in St. Joseph. The Teamsters have said more than 1,300 workers at DHL contractor firms around the country have voted to join the union.

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