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1 POSTAL NEWS No 70-2022

Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector

1.Australia Post and beyond blue team up for a mental health check-in. September 02, 2022.

2.The Post, a pillar of strong public service. September 01, 2022.

 3.PostNL launches recruitment drive for parcel delivery staff. September 01, 2022.

 4.NALC ballots to be printed, mailed. August 30, 2022.

 5.UPS peak surcharges to affect large shippers expecting strong holiday demand. August 29, 2022

 

1.Australia Post and beyond blue team up for a mental health check-in September 02, 2022

 To help Australians to check in and support one another ahead of R U OK? Day, Australia Post is again teaming up with Beyond Blue to make available three million free postcards which can be sent free of charge to family and friends.

As well as a blank, prepaid postcard to send to family or friends, there’s also a tear-off part that contains helpful information about the importance of connection for mental health. In a statement issued today (2 September), Australia Post General Manager Community and Stakeholder Engagement Nicky Tracey said the postcards were a popular way to stay in touch when first launched in 2021 during lockdowns. “We were thrilled with the response to this wellbeing initiative last year. It was great to hear stories of people writing postcards for the first time in years and also the joy of finding a surprise message from a loved one in their letter box,’ said Tracey.

“This year, with many Australian households under cost-of-living and other pressures, this is a really simple way people can reach out to check in on loved ones or send messages of love and support.” Beyond Blue Chief Executive Officer Georgie Harman said the partnership with Australia Post played a significant role in sharing important mental health messages with the community. “Australia Post has delivered mental health information to more than 7 million households since our partnership began in 2020. This postcard campaign is another way to get people talking about mental health and supporting each other.” The postcards will be delivered to suburban and regional households and are also available at selected post offices around Australia.

Source: https://postandparcel.info/149864/news/australia-post-and-beyond-blue-team-up-fora-mental-health-check-in

2.The Post, a pillar of strong public service September 01, 2022

In an interview with UPU News, Correo Argentino President Vanesa Piesciorovski explains the essential role the Post has played in helping the government reach people across the country’s 2.8 million square kilometres.

Last year, Correo Argentino marked 250 years since the appointment of the first postal worker to the region, the Spaniard Bruno Ramírez, who answered to the Spanish crown in colonial times, explained Vanesa Piesciorovski president of Correo Oficial de la República Argentina SA, commonly referred to as Correo Argentino. “Many things have changed in two and a half centuries, but what has remained in our country is the strategic role of the Post as a fully state-owned enterprise,” she said. Since the pandemic, it has become clear that, beyond delivering letters and packages, the Post is uniquely positioned to carry out key government initiatives that help to connect not just urban centres, but the farthest reaches of one the world’s largest nations, to provide financial access to regions where banks do not operate, to become, in a sense, a government centre for the residents of Argentina. “The pandemic had enormous consequences globally, and in our country,” Piesciorovski said. “However, for our company, it represented a huge opportunity to raise awareness on the enormous value of our work. The density of our network, the widespread national presence, the logistical capacity, and the commitment of our workers made the difference.

Correo Argentino has more than 1,400 commercial branches, approximately 10 times more than the private companies operating there. “This enormous national presence has enabled Correo Argentino to play a key role in the execution of the national government’s public policies,” Piesciorovski said. The Post is present in 500 localities in which there is no state bank, so residents of these regions collect their pensions and other government support payments at post offices. It is this type of reach, this mission, that allows the Post to be instrumental in activities vital to the foundation of Argentina’s democracy, including carrying out the logistics for the national census and election. Legislative elections were held at the end of 2021, the first such elections during the pandemic. Correo Argentino took great effort to guarantee that the elections ran in accordance with all health and hygiene protocols to protect not only the health of voters, but also that of its staff and elections workers, she said. Some 63,000 workers participated in the last elections, a 19 percent increase over the 2019 elections. Additionally, the post saw a 35 percent increase in the number of vehicles used (8,534 up from 6,322). “Those mid-term elections represented a real challenge, given the sheer number of potential obstacles and the total lack of predictability as to how the pandemic would unfold when we started planning,” Piesciorovski said. “Fortunately, we were able to hold successful elections.” Additionally, the Post was vital to the government’s national census logistics process. Some 500,000 boxes were shipped to the Post’s 30 logistics centres and then parcelled out to 6,500 final destinations. The Post also plays an important role in the government’s public health strategy, providing logistics for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as other public health initiatives. In late December 2020, the first vaccine shipment arrived in Argentina. “This was an unforgettable experience because the government entrusted us with the national distribution,” Piesciorovski said. “We undertook the enormous responsibility of transporting ‘hope to all our inhabitants.’” The Post transported more than 55 million doses of the vaccine, and from then on, the importance of having a solid and committed national Post was abundantly clear, she said. “I will never forget the faces of the people who transported the first vaccines to the interior of the country, nor their colleagues who applauded when those doses went out for delivery,” she said. Correo Argentino also broadened its services to include digitization of documents in its five digitization centres at which it can process high-volume projects, which allowed it to enter into an agreement with the National Human Rights Secretariat to digitize 18,000 files relating to victims of state terrorism. By providing this service, the process of organizing information and searching evidence moves much faster, Piesciorovski said, which speeds up the process for victims.

“We were very proud to be able to participate in this process, and to add our standards of security, confidentiality and transparency,” she said. The Post’s mission is to serve all inhabitants with reliable products and services to ensure communication and exchange among people, businesses and institutions, Piesciorovski said. “This mission is not just an expression, it is our way of understanding our role and function in society,” Piesciorovski said.

Source : https://www.upu.int/en/News/2022/9/The-Post,-a-pillar-of-strong-public-service

3.PostNL launches recruitment drive for parcel delivery staff September 01, 2022

PostNL has unveiled plans to recruit thousands of parcel delivery staff over the next few years

The company intends to improve three elements in its way of working: launching as many permanent contracts as possible, initiating longstanding partnerships and supporting more climate-friendly delivery. The company aims to ensure that eventually at least half of all parcels will be delivered by employed staff, which currently number 1,900 and should grow to around 6,000. Meanwhile, delivery partners will be actively encouraged to grow, to further professionalize and increase the sustainability of their services. For parcel deliverers working at delivery partners, permanent contracts remain the standard as well. In 2015, all self-employed workers were invited to accept permanent contracts with PostNL. Collective labor agreements (CLAs) are the standard for all people working at and for the company, and all postmen and women are offered a permanent contract when they join. In addition, PostNL cooperates closely with sheltered workplace companies across the country to offer work to some 1,600 people who face challenges in the labor market. The company has also stated that the growth of the parcel market requires social developments and changes in terms of labor and sustainability, and also demands adjustments in the way PostNL works with its delivery partners. In turn, the company plans to support its 500 delivery partners to scale up. Reportedly, this is because PostNL thinks that larger companies typically have more leeway to invest in electrified transport, charging infrastructure and other climate-friendly measures. In addition, PostNL will help pay for the extra costs of electric parcel vans, offering a one-off bonus of €2,000 (US$1,900) per electric parcel van ordered in 2022.

Source : https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/staffpersonnel/postnl-launches-recruitment-drive-for-parcel-delivery-staff.html

4.NALC ballots to be printed, mailed August 30, 2022

 The National Election Committee, appointed at the Chicago National Convention to conduct the election of national officers for NALC, met on Aug. 17 to set the rules and procedures for the contested national and regional elections, as laid out in the NALC Constitution. It also was in Washington, DC on August 29 to hold the random drawing to determine the order of the names as they will appear on the ballot for each office.

Candidates for vice president, assistant secretary-treasurer, director of city delivery, director of safety and health, and 13 of the 15 national business agent (NBA) positions were unopposed and elected by consent at the Chicago convention. Two candidates were nominated from the floor for each of the following positions: president, secretary-treasurer, director of life insurance, director of health benefits, director of retired members, and NBAs for Regions 1 and 9. Three candidates were nominated from the floor for the position of executive vice president. Six candidates were nominated from the floor for three national trustee positions. The election will be conducted by mail ballot in accordance with the NALC Constitution. The Election Committee has retained the services of Survey and Ballot Systems of Eden Prairie, MN, to tabulate the ballots. The committee has also retained Mosaic, a print communications company located in Cheverly, MD, to prepare and mail the ballots. The committee will create the ballot for mailing. Official election instructions will be included with all ballots mailed to eligible NALC members. To be eligible to vote, a person must be a regular member of NALC and in good standing as of June 1, 2022. NBAs will be elected by the members in their respective regions. Beginning on Sept. 19 and continuing until completion, components of the election mailing will be printed. Starting on Sept. 26 and continuing through Sept. 30, ballots will be prepared, inserted into envelopes and mailed. Any active or retired member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 7 is instructed that they must notify their branch officers. Those branches are instructed to immediately contact the NALC Membership Department to request a duplicate, replacement ballot. The deadline for branch officers to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct. 11. Only a branch officer can request a duplicate ballot. Ballots must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Oct. 21, to be counted. The counting of ballots will begin the following day. The results of the lottery selection determined the nominees will appear on the ballot in the following order:

President

 ▪ Brian L. Renfroe, Hattiesburg, MS Br. 938 ▪ David Noble, Washington, DC Br. 142

 Executive Vice President ▪ Maureen Valadie, Central Florida Br. 1091 ▪ Kenneth R. Gibbs Jr., South Florida Br. 1071 ▪ Paul Barner, Roswell, GA Br. 4862

Secretary-Treasurer

 ▪ Cie Sharp, Long Island Mgd., NY Br. 6000 ▪ Nicole Rhine, Lincoln, NE Br. 8

 Director of Retired Members

▪ Linda Kellam Mann, Minneapolis, MN Br. 9 ▪ Daniel Toth, Lorain, OH Br. 583

Director of Life Insurance

▪ William E. Boone, Greater East Bay, CA Br. 1111 ▪ James W. Yates, Long Island Mgd., NY Br. 6000

Director, Health Benefit Plan

▪ Matthew Webster, Cleveland, OH Br. 40 ▪ Stephanie Stewart, Central Iowa Mgd. Br. 352

National Trustees (three positions)

 ▪ Charles P. Heege, New York, NY Br. 36 ▪ Lawrence D. Brown Jr., Los Angeles, CA Br. 24 ▪ Dorothy Kay Hall, Wenatchee, WA Br. 1350 ▪ Sandra D. Laemmel, Detroit, MI Br. 1 ▪ Rolando Rodriguez, Indianapolis, IN Br. 39 ▪ Francisco Jose Cabrera, Greater East Bay, CA Br. 1111

 Region 1 NBA

 ▪ Markeisha Lewis, Garden Grove, CA Br. 1100 ▪ Calvin Brookins, Van Nuys, CA Br. 2462

Region 9 NBA

▪ Eddie Davidson, Durham, NC Br. 382 ▪ Don Lyerly, West Coast Florida Br. 1477

The Election Committee, as appointed by President Fredric Rolando, is made up of Paul Roznowski, Royal Oak, MI Br. 3126 (chairman); Christa Abraham, Minneapolis, MN Br. 9; Eric Lomax, Jamaica, NY Br. 562; Rod Holub, Manhattan, KS Br. 1018; Delano Wilson, Silver Spring, MD Br. 2611; Antonia Shields, Birmingham, AL Br. 530; Ethel Ford, Houston, TX Br. 283; Tom Dlugolenski, Syracuse, NY Br. 134; Jeannette Triana, South Florida Br. 1071; Brian Wiggins, Seattle, WA Br. 79; and Andy Weiner, Jamaica, NY Br. 562.

Source : https://www.nalc.org/news/nalc-updates/nalc-ballots-to-be-printed-mailed

5.UPS peak surcharges to affect large shippers expecting strong holiday demand August 29, 2022

 UPS announced its surcharges for the 2022 peak season on Friday, which will impact high-volume shippers expecting elevated home delivery demand during the holidays.

Beginning Oct. 30, customers billed for more than 20,000 packages any week after October 2021 will see a “Peak/Demand Surcharge” applied to certain UPS Air Residential, Ground Residential

and SurePost shipments, according to the carrier. The fee will be active until Jan. 14, 2023. The surcharge is applied on a weekly basis to all packages over 105% of the baseline volume for each service. The baseline volume is the customer’s average weekly volume from June 5 through July 2 for the applicable shipping service. But UPS will use the average weekly volume from Sept. 4 to Oct. 2 instead if it is less than 80% of the June-July period’s volume.

UPS will charge shippers the highest applicable surcharge they reach. For example, if a customer ships 175% of their baseline shipping volume for the Ground Residential service in a given week, they will be charged $2 for all packages that go above 105% in baseline volume. UPS is also raising its per-package surcharges for additional handling (from $3.50 to $6.50), large packages ($40 to $70) and packages in excess of its maximum shipping limits (no charge to $400) on qualifying customers. The new prices for these surcharges are active from Oct. 2 until Jan. 14, 2023. UPS’ surcharge reveal follows fellow parcel delivery giants FedEx and the Postal Service, which both announced cost hikes of their own. Amazon is also rolling out its inaugural peak season fee on its fulfilment services for third-party sellers.

Source : https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ups-peak-surcharge-holiday-shippingdemand/63069

1.Posten opens logistics center UNI Apro Post & Logistics

1 POSTAL NEWS No 69-2022

Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector

1. Posten opens logistics center in Norway. September 02, 2022.

 2. The financial results of Omniva were still affected by the war in Ukraine. September 01, 2022.

3. DHL partners with Fives to support its expansion in the UK. September 01, 2022.

 4. Lights out at Swiss Post. August 31, 2022.

5. Andy Furey to POL members – ‘Your action is making a massive difference’. August 30, 2022.

in Norway September 02, 2022

 Posten Norge (Norway Post) has opened a new logistics center in Agder in southern Norway that can handle around 20,000 packages a day.