WASHINGTON, Aug 22, 2001 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) — The U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC), formally opened national contract negotiations today. The current three-year contract between the Postal Service and the NALC expires at midnight, November 20, 2001.
Read MoreLynx Express has entered into a three year agreement to jointly pronlote and sell a United States Postal Service (USPS) product called Priority Mail in the UK and Europe.
The parties will collaborate on branding, sales and marketing initiatives, and packaging design, with the goal being to capture a substantial share of the west bound distribution market over the next three years.
The U.S. Postal Service, trying to compete more aggressively with shipping companies, is offering its first-ever discounts on two- and three-day delivery service between U.S. cities and more than 200 other countries
Read MoreDM News has reported that “the U.S. Postal Service is offering rate discounts to customers who buy the Global Express Guaranteed service online. Global Express Guaranteed, the USPS’ premium international shipping service, is an expedited delivery service offered as a result of an alliance with DHL Worldwide Express. It provides date-certain delivery service from designated U.S. ZIP codes to locations in more than 200 countries and territories. It consists of two mail classifications: Global Express Guaranteed Document Service and Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Service. The USPS is offering the rate discounts to customers who prepare and pay for their shipments online, offering a standard discount for all such transactions and volume-based discounts for customers who ship minimum volumes weekly.”
Read MoreUnited States Postal Service “leaders maintain that technology is one of the keys to making the Postal Service more competitive, and they’re moving ahead with a series of Web technology projects
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