POSTAL NEWS
No 05 -2020
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
Amazon deploys DHL-designed electric vans in Germany. January 15, 2020.
Deliver solidarity to Bootle post workers’ strikes.
January 14 , 2020.
A record Christmas in Lithuania. January 13, 2020.
USPS plans for new mail delivery trucks to replace aging fleet. January 12, 2020.
Japan Post: “We must regain trust”. January 10, 2020.
Amazon deploys DHL-designed electric vans in Germany
January 15, 2020
Amazon is set to use an electric van designed by DHL in Germany as it seeks to hit emission reduction targets.
The online retail giant has ordered 40 StreetScooter WORK Box electric vans to use in Munich Daflfing and had 60 charging stations installed at its site.
StreetScooter is a manufacturer of electric vehicles owned by DHL. Its WORK model, unveiled in May, offers high battery capacity, capacity of over a tonne and speeds of up to 120 km per hour. They allow faster charging, meaning the vehicles can reach an 80% charge in approximately five hours.
The vehicles offer automatic emergency calling technology if drivers are involved in accidents, as well as an acoustic vehicle alerting system to warn pedestrians of movement.
Adam Elman, senior lead sustainability, Amazon Europe, said: “Amazon is committed to achieving the Paris agreement targets ten years ahead of schedule – in 2040 instead of 2050 – so we are collaborating with a number of different partners developing new technologies and helping promote a carbon-neutral economy.
“We look forward to working with StreetScooter and using their expertise to add additional electric vehicles and charging stations to our network and achieve carbon-neutral delivery operations.”
Menzies Distribution recently revealed it was adding new electric vans to its UK fleet, expanding it to more than 120 vehicles.
Source : https://edelivery.net/2020/01
Deliver solidarity to Bootle post workers’ strikes
January 14 , 2020
Royal Mail workers in Merseyside were set to strike for two days from Saturday of this week against a major attack on their CWU union.
Their fight is hugely important to every Royal Mail worker and their right to strike—and to workers everywhere.
Workers at the Bootle and Seaforth delivery office in Merseyside were shocked last week when two of their colleagues were sacked for gross misconduct.
CWU officials called the strike—set for Saturday of this week and Monday of next week—in defence of their members.
CWU union rep Chris Stott and the two sacked workers are three of the 21 union members targeted with disciplinary charges following an unofficial strike last year.
Workers walked out last October after a manager made alleged racist comments towards a Muslim worker.
The unofficial strike also spread to Warrington mail centre after drivers there were suspended for rightly refusing to cross picket lines at Bootle.
The action ended after bosses ran to the courts to get an injunction. Bosses launched a major offensive against the workers.
Private
In a podcast released this week, CWU deputy general secretary (postal) Terry Pullinger said the two workers were sacked over private messages seen by managers.
“An independent private WhatsApp group has been infiltrated,” he said. “It is totally unacceptable.
“Where is privacy here? What’s been said that’s so serious that a person should lose their income and lose their job over it?”
Royal Mail bosses want to make an example of the Bootle strikers. They want to stamp out the culture of solidarity among CWU members of striking unofficially against bullying bosses. It is also likely that they will take further legal action against CWU officials over October’s walkout.
Pullinger said Royal Mail bosses were using the dispute “to try and put this union in its place—and our members are being used as pawns”.The union can’t afford to let the bosses get away with this attack—it affects everyone who works for Royal Mail.
CWU communications officer Chris Webb said some members say the union can’t resolve its national dispute with Royal Mail (see below) until the Bootle dispute is settled.
At the very least, the rest of the Merseyside branch should be balloted. But postal workers should be prepared to take unofficial action to win—and the union at every level should back them.
When workers at Warrington were suspended for not crossing the Bootle picket, the suspensions were lifted quickly following an unofficial strike at Warrington.
And all trade unionists and anti-racists in Merseyside should join the picket line.
Source : https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/49457
A record Christmas in Lithuania
January 13, 2020
Remember the arty parcel lockers from Lietuvos paštas? Of course you do. Well, they’ve helped contribute to record Christmas parcel volumes for the Lithuanian postal operator.
On its busiest December day, the post processed 638,000 parcels – and over 51,000 of those were delivered via parcel lockers. Not bad in a country with a total population of almost 2.8 million.
While letter volumes fell over the past nine months by 17 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, parcel volumes were up 19 per cent.
During that same period, parcel volumes delivered via its network of 161 parcel lockers almost doubled. In November 2019 Lietuvos paštas had seen the arty lockers’ usage increase by between 13 and 23 per cent, depending on the artist.
With such growth in its parcel locker deliveries, Lietuvos paštas is investing €2.5 million to expand the parcel locker network with another 89 terminals in 54 new locations.
These new parcel lockers aren’t just destined for the major populations centres – the locker network will soon extend further into smaller towns and centres across Lithuania.
“Lietuvos paštas is right to invest in lockers. Lockers and PUDOs have proven themselves to be a convenient and effective alternative to home delivery, and have been embraced in the Baltics. The post’s innovative promotional programme deserves credit - well done to Asta and her team!” – Marek Różycki, Managing Partner, Last Mile Experts
Source : http://www.thepostalhub.com/blog
USPS plans for new mail delivery trucks to replace aging fleet
January 12, 2020
The United States Postal Service said in late December 2019 it plans to order the first of a new fleet of mail delivery trucks this summer. The Dec. 27 announcement offered no details on how the federal agency will finance the purchase of an expected 186,000 vehicles that are estimated to cost more than $6 billion.
“The Postal Service cannot comment on which companies are vying for the NGDV (Next Generation Delivery Vehicles) contract, their potential subcontractors, team members or any other details,” according to a statement from a USPS spokeswoman.
The agency is anxious to replace 140,000 Grumman long-life vehicles that were built between 1987 and 1994. They have outlived their expected service life and reportedly have been increasingly prone to fires.
In its Dec. 27 announcement, the USPS asked the unidentified companies to respond to its request for proposals for the new fleet. A number of truck makers have been testing prototypes for months.
The USPS will review the truck manufacturers’ proposals and is expected to award production contracts this summer.
The review process will be one of the major tasks for the next postmaster general and the Postal Service’s newly reconstituted board of governors.
Because of the size of the contracts and financing issues, Congress could also become involved. The Postal Service is deeply in debt to the federal government and for years has been unable to make its required payments to the U.S. Treasury.
The initial USPS announcement of plans for the new trucks indicated that it wanted to select the firm that would build the vehicles in 2018. Testing and evaluations of prototypes, however, have taken longer than officials first suggested.
The USPS needs delivery trucks that can carry more parcels than the current boxy Grumman vehicles, the agency has said. Parcels have been one of the agency’s few growth areas. But that growth has slowed recently, and Amazon.com Inc., which has been mailing thousands of its e-commerce parcels, has said that it is increasingly turning to its own growing fleet of trucks to make deliveries.
Source : https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history
Japan Post: “We must regain trust”
January 10, 2020
Hiroya Masuda took up the reins as new President Japan Post Holdings Co. on Monday and pledged to regain the public’s trust in the former state-owned postal group, reports The Japan Times.
“We are facing the biggest crisis since the foundation (of the postal group),” Masuda, 68, told executives of the group on his first day in the new post.
He vowed to make an all-out effort to resolve all problems stemming from the widespread sale of insurance products disadvantageous to customers.
“We will eliminate our customers’ disadvantages as soon as possible,” said the former internal affairs and communications minister, the post that supervises the group’s services. “We must regain trust step by step.”
Masuda also called on executives to engage in customer-oriented operations and told them to be “sincere and humble.” He also pushed them to report “bad news swiftly,” after the previous management was criticized for taking too much time to deal with the insurance scandal.
An internal investigation by the group found 12,836 suspected breaches of law or in-house rules in the five years through March 2019, with 670 of those cases confirmed.
Masatsugu Nagato, 71, resigned Sunday as president of Japan Post Holdings to take responsibility for the scandal, as did the presidents of the two subsidiaries.
Tetsuya Senda, 59, will now lead Japan Post Insurance and Kazuhide Kinugawa, 62, will run Japan Post.
Senda, Kinugawa and Masuda are all former government bureaucrats
Source : https://postandparcel.info/118111/news/parcelPOSTAL NEWS
No 06 -2020
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
Bpost Office of Exchange receives new Certificate of Excellence. January 16, 2020.
China's postal industry sees steady growth in 2019.
January 16, 2020.
New Chief Executive Of Thailand Post. January 14, 2020.
ParcelHero reveals increase in last-minute deliveries during peak 2019. January 13, 2020.
Over 400,000 people demand a Postmaster General who supports the Public Postal Service. January 9, 2020.
Bpost Office of Exchange receives new Certificate of Excellence
January 16, 2020
On 15 January 2020, the Brussels EMC Office of Exchange (OE) received its IPC Certificate of Excellence in the management and processing of international priority products, after a thorough and independent audit. The Certificate is valid for three years, until October 2022.
Every OE needs to perform well and adhere to the same principles in order to provide a high-quality end-to-end service. This is what IPC has been rewarding through its Certificates of excellence, since 1999. The assessment reviews quality, cleanliness, safety, security and signage within an OE facility. The main criteria for assessment relate to topics such as work organisation, quality management, communication and interface with internal customers, airline companies, handlers, IPC and partner postal operators.
Currently, 15 offices of exchange in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific have a valid IPC Certificate of Excellence. Furthermore, 17 other OEs are currently in the process of having their certificate re-confirmed for three more years or are preparing for their first certificate.
Source : https://www.ipc.be/news-portal/operations-logistics/2020
China's postal industry sees steady growth in 2019
January 16, 2020
China's postal industry registered steady growth in 2019 driven by the country's express delivery sector, official data showed.
The postal industry saw business revenue rise 22 percent year on year to reach 964.25 billion yuan (about $140 billion) last year, according to the State Post Bureau (SPB).
The express delivery sector, the backbone of the postal service, saw fast expansion, as courier firms made 63.52 billion deliveries during the period, up 25.3 percent year on year.
The business revenue of these courier firms jumped 24.2 percent year on year to reach 749.78 billion yuan.
The SPB predicted that the business revenue of the country's postal services would rise 15 percent year on year in 2020.
The country has remained the world's largest express delivery market for six consecutive years, with some 20,000 express delivery enterprises and more than 3 million employees.
Source : https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/16/
New Chief Executive Of Thailand Post
January 14, 2020
Korkij Danchaivichit, deputy secretary-general of the telecom regulator, has reportedly been selected as new chief executive of Thailand Post in a board meeting on Monday, writes Bangkok Post.
He will replace Smorn Terdthampiboon, who finishes her term at the end of this month.
Mr Korkij was one of seven candidates vying for the top job at Thailand Post, whose recruiting process kicked off late last year.
Source : https://postandparcel.info/118121/news/parcel
ParcelHero reveals increase in last-minute deliveries during peak 2019
January 13, 2020
UK courier ParcelHero has revealed that its Christmas delivery peak arrived later than usual in 2019, compared with 2018. According to the company, its busiest day was December 17 while in 2018 it was December 13.
ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, David Jinks, said, “Retailers had a mixed Christmas, with a busy Black Friday flanked by low sales either side of the event. But some shoppers left it later than usual to complete Christmas shipping, sensing blood as retailers slashed prices to shift stock. That meant ParcelHero’s busiest day of the holiday season was Tuesday December 17, four days later than the previous Christmas peak.”
Jinks added, “There’s no doubt Christmas as a whole was a disappointment for retailers, with sales actually falling for the first time on record. November and December overall sales were down -0.9% compared with 2018, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor from the BRC and KPMG. However, ParcelHero’s later peak day shows there were still many online shoppers hanging on until the last minute before committing to buy.”
Source : https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/delivery
Over 400,000 People Demand a Postmaster General Who Supports the Public Postal Service
January 9, 2020
On Jan. 6, APWU national officers, fellow union members, organizers and activists, many from organizations in A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (Grand Alliance), gathered at USPS Headquarters to demand the Postal Board of Governors preserve the public Postal Service.
The rally concluded a hugely successful petition drive launched after current Postmaster General Megan Brennan announced in October that she would retire on Jan. 31, 2020.
400,000 people signed the petition supporting A Grand Alliance’s demand that the Postal Board of Governors appoint a Postmaster General who will stand up for quality, universal service and the continued public ownership of the USPS. The Board of Governors has the responsibility of appointing the next Postmaster General.
“We’re going in with a simple demand,” President Mark Dimondstein said at the rally. “We need a leader of this organization – a new Postmaster General – who believes [in], who will uphold, and who will fight for the public mission of the United States Postal Service…We demand a vibrant, public Postal Service for generations to come!”
Standing together against privatization
APWU Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell emceed the rally, opening the event with a powerful statement of purpose: “Today, we have more than 400,000 signatures to the Board of Governors demanding that they appoint a Postmaster General that will defend universal service and the public United States Postal Service.”
Speakers at the rally condemned the White House for their explicit attacks on the public Postal Service, demanding the administration stop its push for privatization.
“We all know what privatization means. It means they want to cut your wages; they want to take away your benefits; they want to destroy the great reliability of this agency. They want people to make profit off of us. We’re not going to let that happen,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Social Security Works President Nancy Altman compared the attacks on the USPS to the ongoing attempts to cut Social Security. “The American people are with us,” Altman said. “They know across the ideology that the Postal Service is vital to this country, that Social Security is vital to this country.”
“We recognize that it is our US Postal Service that opened up more jobs and provided more opportunities for more Americans from various backgrounds…than any other organization or any other industry in our country,” said NAACP Washington Bureau Director Hilary Shelton. He spoke about how the fight against privatization is “central to the issues of civil rights protections for all Americans and American families."
Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, emphasized the importance of the continued struggle against privatization. “We’re in for the fight of our lives…to make sure that our Postal Service remains the people’s Postal Service,” Campbell said.
Following the rally, APWU President Mark Dimondstein led a delegation inside the USPS Headquarters to deliver the petitions to Postmaster General Brennan, who accepted them on behalf of the Board of Governors.
APWU pushed petition
The APWU-led US Mail Not for Sale campaign worked with the Grand Alliance to mobilize a response immediately when Brennan announced her retirement in October. President Dimondstein announced the Grand Alliance petition at the late October APWU All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas.
The petition was spread in person, by mail, and online, with APWU members, other postal workers, and community allies joining the US Mail Not for Sale campaign.
As part of the petition drive, the APWU released a new video advertisement during the holiday season, spreading the word to millions of viewers that “No One Gets Left Off the List.” The APWU also placed a print advertisement in the Washington Post on Jan. 6 and in The Hill on Jan. 7, reaching over 1 million people.
The APWU’s work successfully increased public awareness of the White House’s desire to privatize the Postal Service, leading to articles from media organizations including NBC, Fortune, Bloomberg, In These Times, Huffington Post, Government Executive, Federal News Network, and the American Prospect.
Message delivered
By the end of the drive, over 400,000 people added their name to the petition demanding the Board of Governors preserve the public Postal Service. The day of the rally, the USPS announced Brennan would delay her retirement until a suitable replacement was found.
A new date for Brennan’s retirement has not yet been announced. We will post updates as they become available.
Source : https://www.apwu.org/news
No 05 -2020
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
Amazon deploys DHL-designed electric vans in Germany. January 15, 2020.
Deliver solidarity to Bootle post workers’ strikes.
January 14 , 2020.
A record Christmas in Lithuania. January 13, 2020.
USPS plans for new mail delivery trucks to replace aging fleet. January 12, 2020.
Japan Post: “We must regain trust”. January 10, 2020.
Amazon deploys DHL-designed electric vans in Germany
January 15, 2020
Amazon is set to use an electric van designed by DHL in Germany as it seeks to hit emission reduction targets.
The online retail giant has ordered 40 StreetScooter WORK Box electric vans to use in Munich Daflfing and had 60 charging stations installed at its site.
StreetScooter is a manufacturer of electric vehicles owned by DHL. Its WORK model, unveiled in May, offers high battery capacity, capacity of over a tonne and speeds of up to 120 km per hour. They allow faster charging, meaning the vehicles can reach an 80% charge in approximately five hours.
The vehicles offer automatic emergency calling technology if drivers are involved in accidents, as well as an acoustic vehicle alerting system to warn pedestrians of movement.
Adam Elman, senior lead sustainability, Amazon Europe, said: “Amazon is committed to achieving the Paris agreement targets ten years ahead of schedule – in 2040 instead of 2050 – so we are collaborating with a number of different partners developing new technologies and helping promote a carbon-neutral economy.
“We look forward to working with StreetScooter and using their expertise to add additional electric vehicles and charging stations to our network and achieve carbon-neutral delivery operations.”
Menzies Distribution recently revealed it was adding new electric vans to its UK fleet, expanding it to more than 120 vehicles.
Source : https://edelivery.net/2020/01
Deliver solidarity to Bootle post workers’ strikes
January 14 , 2020
Royal Mail workers in Merseyside were set to strike for two days from Saturday of this week against a major attack on their CWU union.
Their fight is hugely important to every Royal Mail worker and their right to strike—and to workers everywhere.
Workers at the Bootle and Seaforth delivery office in Merseyside were shocked last week when two of their colleagues were sacked for gross misconduct.
CWU officials called the strike—set for Saturday of this week and Monday of next week—in defence of their members.
CWU union rep Chris Stott and the two sacked workers are three of the 21 union members targeted with disciplinary charges following an unofficial strike last year.
Workers walked out last October after a manager made alleged racist comments towards a Muslim worker.
The unofficial strike also spread to Warrington mail centre after drivers there were suspended for rightly refusing to cross picket lines at Bootle.
The action ended after bosses ran to the courts to get an injunction. Bosses launched a major offensive against the workers.
Private
In a podcast released this week, CWU deputy general secretary (postal) Terry Pullinger said the two workers were sacked over private messages seen by managers.
“An independent private WhatsApp group has been infiltrated,” he said. “It is totally unacceptable.
“Where is privacy here? What’s been said that’s so serious that a person should lose their income and lose their job over it?”
Royal Mail bosses want to make an example of the Bootle strikers. They want to stamp out the culture of solidarity among CWU members of striking unofficially against bullying bosses. It is also likely that they will take further legal action against CWU officials over October’s walkout.
Pullinger said Royal Mail bosses were using the dispute “to try and put this union in its place—and our members are being used as pawns”.The union can’t afford to let the bosses get away with this attack—it affects everyone who works for Royal Mail.
CWU communications officer Chris Webb said some members say the union can’t resolve its national dispute with Royal Mail (see below) until the Bootle dispute is settled.
At the very least, the rest of the Merseyside branch should be balloted. But postal workers should be prepared to take unofficial action to win—and the union at every level should back them.
When workers at Warrington were suspended for not crossing the Bootle picket, the suspensions were lifted quickly following an unofficial strike at Warrington.
And all trade unionists and anti-racists in Merseyside should join the picket line.
Source : https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/49457
A record Christmas in Lithuania
January 13, 2020
Remember the arty parcel lockers from Lietuvos paštas? Of course you do. Well, they’ve helped contribute to record Christmas parcel volumes for the Lithuanian postal operator.
On its busiest December day, the post processed 638,000 parcels – and over 51,000 of those were delivered via parcel lockers. Not bad in a country with a total population of almost 2.8 million.
While letter volumes fell over the past nine months by 17 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, parcel volumes were up 19 per cent.
During that same period, parcel volumes delivered via its network of 161 parcel lockers almost doubled. In November 2019 Lietuvos paštas had seen the arty lockers’ usage increase by between 13 and 23 per cent, depending on the artist.
With such growth in its parcel locker deliveries, Lietuvos paštas is investing €2.5 million to expand the parcel locker network with another 89 terminals in 54 new locations.
These new parcel lockers aren’t just destined for the major populations centres – the locker network will soon extend further into smaller towns and centres across Lithuania.
“Lietuvos paštas is right to invest in lockers. Lockers and PUDOs have proven themselves to be a convenient and effective alternative to home delivery, and have been embraced in the Baltics. The post’s innovative promotional programme deserves credit - well done to Asta and her team!” – Marek Różycki, Managing Partner, Last Mile Experts
Source : http://www.thepostalhub.com/blog
USPS plans for new mail delivery trucks to replace aging fleet
January 12, 2020
The United States Postal Service said in late December 2019 it plans to order the first of a new fleet of mail delivery trucks this summer. The Dec. 27 announcement offered no details on how the federal agency will finance the purchase of an expected 186,000 vehicles that are estimated to cost more than $6 billion.
“The Postal Service cannot comment on which companies are vying for the NGDV (Next Generation Delivery Vehicles) contract, their potential subcontractors, team members or any other details,” according to a statement from a USPS spokeswoman.
The agency is anxious to replace 140,000 Grumman long-life vehicles that were built between 1987 and 1994. They have outlived their expected service life and reportedly have been increasingly prone to fires.
In its Dec. 27 announcement, the USPS asked the unidentified companies to respond to its request for proposals for the new fleet. A number of truck makers have been testing prototypes for months.
The USPS will review the truck manufacturers’ proposals and is expected to award production contracts this summer.
The review process will be one of the major tasks for the next postmaster general and the Postal Service’s newly reconstituted board of governors.
Because of the size of the contracts and financing issues, Congress could also become involved. The Postal Service is deeply in debt to the federal government and for years has been unable to make its required payments to the U.S. Treasury.
The initial USPS announcement of plans for the new trucks indicated that it wanted to select the firm that would build the vehicles in 2018. Testing and evaluations of prototypes, however, have taken longer than officials first suggested.
The USPS needs delivery trucks that can carry more parcels than the current boxy Grumman vehicles, the agency has said. Parcels have been one of the agency’s few growth areas. But that growth has slowed recently, and Amazon.com Inc., which has been mailing thousands of its e-commerce parcels, has said that it is increasingly turning to its own growing fleet of trucks to make deliveries.
Source : https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history
Japan Post: “We must regain trust”
January 10, 2020
Hiroya Masuda took up the reins as new President Japan Post Holdings Co. on Monday and pledged to regain the public’s trust in the former state-owned postal group, reports The Japan Times.
“We are facing the biggest crisis since the foundation (of the postal group),” Masuda, 68, told executives of the group on his first day in the new post.
He vowed to make an all-out effort to resolve all problems stemming from the widespread sale of insurance products disadvantageous to customers.
“We will eliminate our customers’ disadvantages as soon as possible,” said the former internal affairs and communications minister, the post that supervises the group’s services. “We must regain trust step by step.”
Masuda also called on executives to engage in customer-oriented operations and told them to be “sincere and humble.” He also pushed them to report “bad news swiftly,” after the previous management was criticized for taking too much time to deal with the insurance scandal.
An internal investigation by the group found 12,836 suspected breaches of law or in-house rules in the five years through March 2019, with 670 of those cases confirmed.
Masatsugu Nagato, 71, resigned Sunday as president of Japan Post Holdings to take responsibility for the scandal, as did the presidents of the two subsidiaries.
Tetsuya Senda, 59, will now lead Japan Post Insurance and Kazuhide Kinugawa, 62, will run Japan Post.
Senda, Kinugawa and Masuda are all former government bureaucrats
Source : https://postandparcel.info/118111/news/parcelPOSTAL NEWS
No 06 -2020
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
Bpost Office of Exchange receives new Certificate of Excellence. January 16, 2020.
China's postal industry sees steady growth in 2019.
January 16, 2020.
New Chief Executive Of Thailand Post. January 14, 2020.
ParcelHero reveals increase in last-minute deliveries during peak 2019. January 13, 2020.
Over 400,000 people demand a Postmaster General who supports the Public Postal Service. January 9, 2020.
Bpost Office of Exchange receives new Certificate of Excellence
January 16, 2020
On 15 January 2020, the Brussels EMC Office of Exchange (OE) received its IPC Certificate of Excellence in the management and processing of international priority products, after a thorough and independent audit. The Certificate is valid for three years, until October 2022.
Every OE needs to perform well and adhere to the same principles in order to provide a high-quality end-to-end service. This is what IPC has been rewarding through its Certificates of excellence, since 1999. The assessment reviews quality, cleanliness, safety, security and signage within an OE facility. The main criteria for assessment relate to topics such as work organisation, quality management, communication and interface with internal customers, airline companies, handlers, IPC and partner postal operators.
Currently, 15 offices of exchange in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific have a valid IPC Certificate of Excellence. Furthermore, 17 other OEs are currently in the process of having their certificate re-confirmed for three more years or are preparing for their first certificate.
Source : https://www.ipc.be/news-portal/operations-logistics/2020
China's postal industry sees steady growth in 2019
January 16, 2020
China's postal industry registered steady growth in 2019 driven by the country's express delivery sector, official data showed.
The postal industry saw business revenue rise 22 percent year on year to reach 964.25 billion yuan (about $140 billion) last year, according to the State Post Bureau (SPB).
The express delivery sector, the backbone of the postal service, saw fast expansion, as courier firms made 63.52 billion deliveries during the period, up 25.3 percent year on year.
The business revenue of these courier firms jumped 24.2 percent year on year to reach 749.78 billion yuan.
The SPB predicted that the business revenue of the country's postal services would rise 15 percent year on year in 2020.
The country has remained the world's largest express delivery market for six consecutive years, with some 20,000 express delivery enterprises and more than 3 million employees.
Source : https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/16/
New Chief Executive Of Thailand Post
January 14, 2020
Korkij Danchaivichit, deputy secretary-general of the telecom regulator, has reportedly been selected as new chief executive of Thailand Post in a board meeting on Monday, writes Bangkok Post.
He will replace Smorn Terdthampiboon, who finishes her term at the end of this month.
Mr Korkij was one of seven candidates vying for the top job at Thailand Post, whose recruiting process kicked off late last year.
Source : https://postandparcel.info/118121/news/parcel
ParcelHero reveals increase in last-minute deliveries during peak 2019
January 13, 2020
UK courier ParcelHero has revealed that its Christmas delivery peak arrived later than usual in 2019, compared with 2018. According to the company, its busiest day was December 17 while in 2018 it was December 13.
ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, David Jinks, said, “Retailers had a mixed Christmas, with a busy Black Friday flanked by low sales either side of the event. But some shoppers left it later than usual to complete Christmas shipping, sensing blood as retailers slashed prices to shift stock. That meant ParcelHero’s busiest day of the holiday season was Tuesday December 17, four days later than the previous Christmas peak.”
Jinks added, “There’s no doubt Christmas as a whole was a disappointment for retailers, with sales actually falling for the first time on record. November and December overall sales were down -0.9% compared with 2018, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor from the BRC and KPMG. However, ParcelHero’s later peak day shows there were still many online shoppers hanging on until the last minute before committing to buy.”
Source : https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/delivery
Over 400,000 People Demand a Postmaster General Who Supports the Public Postal Service
January 9, 2020
On Jan. 6, APWU national officers, fellow union members, organizers and activists, many from organizations in A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (Grand Alliance), gathered at USPS Headquarters to demand the Postal Board of Governors preserve the public Postal Service.
The rally concluded a hugely successful petition drive launched after current Postmaster General Megan Brennan announced in October that she would retire on Jan. 31, 2020.
400,000 people signed the petition supporting A Grand Alliance’s demand that the Postal Board of Governors appoint a Postmaster General who will stand up for quality, universal service and the continued public ownership of the USPS. The Board of Governors has the responsibility of appointing the next Postmaster General.
“We’re going in with a simple demand,” President Mark Dimondstein said at the rally. “We need a leader of this organization – a new Postmaster General – who believes [in], who will uphold, and who will fight for the public mission of the United States Postal Service…We demand a vibrant, public Postal Service for generations to come!”
Standing together against privatization
APWU Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell emceed the rally, opening the event with a powerful statement of purpose: “Today, we have more than 400,000 signatures to the Board of Governors demanding that they appoint a Postmaster General that will defend universal service and the public United States Postal Service.”
Speakers at the rally condemned the White House for their explicit attacks on the public Postal Service, demanding the administration stop its push for privatization.
“We all know what privatization means. It means they want to cut your wages; they want to take away your benefits; they want to destroy the great reliability of this agency. They want people to make profit off of us. We’re not going to let that happen,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Social Security Works President Nancy Altman compared the attacks on the USPS to the ongoing attempts to cut Social Security. “The American people are with us,” Altman said. “They know across the ideology that the Postal Service is vital to this country, that Social Security is vital to this country.”
“We recognize that it is our US Postal Service that opened up more jobs and provided more opportunities for more Americans from various backgrounds…than any other organization or any other industry in our country,” said NAACP Washington Bureau Director Hilary Shelton. He spoke about how the fight against privatization is “central to the issues of civil rights protections for all Americans and American families."
Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, emphasized the importance of the continued struggle against privatization. “We’re in for the fight of our lives…to make sure that our Postal Service remains the people’s Postal Service,” Campbell said.
Following the rally, APWU President Mark Dimondstein led a delegation inside the USPS Headquarters to deliver the petitions to Postmaster General Brennan, who accepted them on behalf of the Board of Governors.
APWU pushed petition
The APWU-led US Mail Not for Sale campaign worked with the Grand Alliance to mobilize a response immediately when Brennan announced her retirement in October. President Dimondstein announced the Grand Alliance petition at the late October APWU All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas.
The petition was spread in person, by mail, and online, with APWU members, other postal workers, and community allies joining the US Mail Not for Sale campaign.
As part of the petition drive, the APWU released a new video advertisement during the holiday season, spreading the word to millions of viewers that “No One Gets Left Off the List.” The APWU also placed a print advertisement in the Washington Post on Jan. 6 and in The Hill on Jan. 7, reaching over 1 million people.
The APWU’s work successfully increased public awareness of the White House’s desire to privatize the Postal Service, leading to articles from media organizations including NBC, Fortune, Bloomberg, In These Times, Huffington Post, Government Executive, Federal News Network, and the American Prospect.
Message delivered
By the end of the drive, over 400,000 people added their name to the petition demanding the Board of Governors preserve the public Postal Service. The day of the rally, the USPS announced Brennan would delay her retirement until a suitable replacement was found.
A new date for Brennan’s retirement has not yet been announced. We will post updates as they become available.
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