UNI Apro Post & Logistics
1 POSTAL NEWS No 91-2022
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
1.Australia Post ramps up delivery days. November 18, 2022.
2.Post Office workers return another massive 90%+ strike vote. November 18, 2022.
3.USPS expands daily package processing capacity to 60 million; mail delivery performance remains steady as holidays approach. November 17, 2022.
4.UPS completes acquisition of Bomi Group multi-national healthcare logistics provider. November 16, 2022.
5.Austria Post CEO: Against this backdrop, the third quarter and the current fiscal year has been very satisfactory. November 14, 2022.
1.Australia Post ramps up delivery days ; November 18, 2022
Saturday
delivery to commence to support peak period Customers can expect to see their
postie more often, with weekend delivery starting tomorrow in all metro
capitals and some regional cities and towns to help support the expected
increase in parcel volumes in the lead up to Christmas.
Gary Starr, Executive General Manager, Customer and Commercial Australia Post said the commencement of a Saturday delivery highlighted an increase in parcel volumes coming through from the cyber sales. “With the start of the Cyber Sales last week we are already seeing a spike in parcel volumes as consumers start their Christmas shopping early by bagging a bargain in the sales. Over the next week we expect this volume to increase even further, with the Black Friday sales kicking off as early as this weekend. “We’ve been preparing all year for another big Christmas, including recruiting thousands of additional staff to ensure things run as smoothly as possible. Commencing a temporary Saturday delivery service is just another measure we have put in place to help us get parcels delivered on time this festive season.” Weekend deliveries will remain in place up until Christmas, depending on volumes*. Customers are encouraged to visit auspost.com.au/Christmas to check last posting date recommendations for their state, as well as international posting dates, which vary depending on destination.
Source : https://newsroom.auspost.com.au/australia-post-ramps-up
2.Post Office workers return another massive 90%+ strike vote November 18, 2022 ‘Reballot’ of POL members shows determination to win a fair deal remains as strong as ever.
Our Post Office members will once again be taking strike action at Crown Offices, Admin and Cash Centres & Supply Chain depots unless bosses sit down with the CWU and negotiate a fair pay deal, warned the union’s acting DGSP Andy Furey, after the workforce voted by a 91.24 per cent majority for further strikes. The ‘reballot’ had been called in accordance with the law, under which industrial action ballots ‘expire’ after six months – the first ballot of Post Office workers having taken place back in March. Six days of strikes had taken place under the original mandate, with the most recent on 28th September. Around 1,400 workers have been in dispute with the Post Office over pay, which was frozen for the 2021/22 period and although an offer was made for 2022/23, it has been rejected by staff as being inadequate, the 5 per cent on the table falling well below current inflation levels which have risen over 14 per cent (RPI). This despite the organisation posting profits of £74 million over the past two financial years. Reacting to the ballot result, Andy Furey thanked members for their continued support and said: “I will be writing to Nick Read, CEO, seeking an urgent meeting with the aim of putting in place talks to reach an agreement. It’s time for Mr Read to listen to his workforce and act accordingly by entering negotiations aimed at reaching a decent settlement to this dispute.” While continuing to make every effort at achieving a resolution through negotiation, Andy also reminded the Post Office that, if no progress is made, industrial action will resume, saying: “We’re convening a special meeting of our Postal Executive next week to consider next steps in respect of future action. Everybody knows there’s more than enough money for a reasonable pay rise and it’s time for those at the top of the Post Office to show real respect for dedicated public servants who, as key workers, provided unprecedented customer service during the pandemic.
“The determination of these people – whose efforts generated millions of pounds in profit – hasn’t swayed, and they won’t accept their living standards being smashed. “We urge management to see sense, get into real negotiations and cut a fair deal to avert strikes.”
Source : https://www.cwu.org/news/post-office-workers-return-another-massive-90-strike-vote/
3.USPS expands daily package processing capacity to 60 million; mail delivery performance remains steady as holidays approach November 17, 2022
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service announced it has completed the installation of 137 new package sorting machines ahead of the holiday mailing and shipping season. The new equipment combined with increased operational precision will expand USPS’s daily package processing capacity to 60 million.
This brings the organization’s total to 249 new processing machines since the launch of the Delivering for America plan in March 2021 and are part of a $40 billion investment in the postal network. The final new package sorting machines were recently installed in Lafayette (IN), Orlando (FL), Lake Havasu City (AZ), Erlanger (KY), and Lynchburg (VA). The Postal Service’s preparedness for the holiday shipping and mailing season reflects strategic investments and operational precision improvements made as part of the Delivering for America plan. Additional holiday hiring initiatives include:
▪ Stabilizing the USPS permanent workforce by converting 100,000 workers to full time since the beginning of 2021; with more than 41,000 part time workers converted to full time since January 2022. ▪ Actively hiring an additional 20,000 seasonal employees ahead of the holiday season. With the holiday mailing and shipping season nearing, USPS also reported new delivery performance metrics for the sixth week of the FY2023 first quarter. The average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days for the third consecutive week.
FY2023 first quarter service performance scores covering Oct. 1 through Nov. 11 included:
▪ First-Class Mail: 92.1 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a slight decrease of 1 percentage point from the fiscal fourth quarter. ▪ Marketing Mail: 94 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a slight decrease of 0.7 percentage points from the fiscal fourth quarter. ▪ Periodicals: 86.4 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, consistent with performance from the fiscal fourth quarter.
One of the goals of Delivering for America, the Postal Service’s 10-year plan for achieving financial sustainability and service excellence, is to meet or exceed 95 percent on-time service performance for all mail and shipping products once all elements of the plan are implemented. Service performance is defined by the Postal Service as the time it takes to deliver a mailpiece or package from its acceptance into our system through its delivery, as measured against published service standards. The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
4.UPS completes acquisition of Bomi Group multi-national healthcare logistics provider
ATLANTA
– UPS (NYSE: UPS) yesterday announced the closing on its previously announced
acquisition of Bomi Group, an industry-leading multi-national healthcare
logistics provider. Through the acquisition, the company’s healthcare unit, UPS
Healthcare, will add temperature-controlled facilities in 14 countries, and
3,000 highly-skilled employees to the UPS team across Europe and Latin America.
The company will operate under the new name Bomi Group, a UPS Company. Bomi Group CEO Marco Ruini will join the UPS Healthcare leadership team. UPS Healthcare customers now have access to 216 facilities with a total of 17 million square feet of cGMP and GDPcompliant healthcare distribution space in 37 countries and territories. “Together with Marco Ruini and the Bomi team, UPS Healthcare will deliver even more sophisticated and globally integrated solutions to our customers throughout Europe and Latin America,” said Kate Gutmann, Executive Vice President and President of UPS International, Healthcare and Supply Chain Solutions. “Our combined team, vehicles, and advanced facilities will allow us to expand our pan-European cold chain network and bring the next generation of healthcare logistics solutions to our customers.” The UPS Healthcare team has developed a detailed transition plan to support the continued growth of the business while further connecting cold chain capabilities to major European and Latin American gateways. “With the capabilities Bomi Group brings to our network, UPS Healthcare is confident that significant new services and synergies will come in Europe and Latin America from this acquisition,” said UPS Healthcare President Wes Wheeler. “As we move into our transition plan, we’re ready to put those synchronized services into action.”
About UPS Healthcare
UPS Healthcare delivers unparalleled healthcare logistics expertise to its customers around the world. UPS Healthcare has 17 million square feet of cGMP and GDP-compliant healthcare distribution space in 37 countries and territories. Services include inventory management, cold chain packaging and shipping, storage and fulfillment of medical devices, and lab and clinical trial logistics. UPS Healthcare's global infrastructure, its UPS® Premier visibility service, its track and trace technology, and its global quality system are well-suited to meet today's complex logistics demands for the pharmaceutical, medical device, and laboratory diagnostic industries.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is one of the world’s largest companies, with 2021 revenue of $97.3 billion, and provides a broad range of integrated logistics solutions for customers in more than 220 countries and territories. Focused on its purpose statement, “Moving our world forward by delivering what matters,” the company’s more than 500,000 employees embrace a strategy that is simply stated and powerfully executed: Customer First. People Led. Innovation Driven. UPS is committed to reducing its impact on the environment and supporting the communities we serve around the world. UPS also takes an unwavering stance in support of diversity, equity and inclusion.
5.Austria Post CEO: Against this backdrop, the third quarter and the current fiscal year has been very satisfactory November 14, 2022
Austrian Post has published its Q1-3 results revealing ‘good quarterly development in a challenging market’.
Business environment in Q1–3 2022
▪ Inflation and factor cost increases present ongoing challenges ▪ Austrian parcel volumes again almost at last year’s strong lockdown-related volumes
▪ Improved letter mail trend due to special mailings
Q1–3 2022 volumes
▪ Austrian letter mail volumes down by 4 % on an operational level, ±0 % including special effects (Q3: operating volumes –6 %, –1 % incl. special effects) ▪ Direct mail and media post volumes up by 3 % year-on-year (Q3: –5 %) ▪ Parcel volumes after a strong prior-year –1 % in Austria, –14 % in Turkey and +11 % in CEE/SEE (Q3: +6 % in Austria, +1 % in Turkey, +14 % in CEE/SEE)
Q3 revenue with growth in all divisions
▪ Mail Q1–3 2022: –0.7 % to EUR 886.9m (Q3: +0.8 %) ▪ Parcel & Logistics Q1–3 2022: –4.5 % to EUR 865.3m, +1.2 % excl. Parcel Turkey (Q3: +5.6 % or +5.4 % excl. Parcel Turkey) ▪ Retail & Bank Q1–3 2022: +62.2 % to EUR 85.2m (Q3: +91.0 %)
Q1–3 2022 earnings below previous year
▪ EBITDA –3.1 % to EUR 258.0m (Q3: –4.1 %) ▪ EBIT –13.0 % to EUR 125.3m (Q3: –15.5 %)
Outlook 2022 and 2023
▪ Revenue targeted as close as possible to prior-year performance (2021 revenue: EUR 2.5bn) ▪ EBIT 2022 expected to be at least at the mid-point of the previously indicated range (2021 EBIT: EUR 205m, 2020 EBIT: EUR 161m) ▪ The aim for 2023 is to increase revenue against the backdrop of rising costs and thereby to keep earnings as stable as possible
The
first nine months of 2022 for Austrian Post were impacted by challenging
conditions. International value chain disruptions have put an upward pressure
on costs, which was further intensified by the war in Ukraine and currently
makes an economic downturn very likely. “Against this backdrop, the third
quarter and the current fiscal year has been very satisfactory,” states CEO
Georg Pölzl. “Third-quarter revenue development was positive in all divisions,”
CEO Georg Pölzl adds. Mail Division and Retail & Bank Division have
benefited from a positive contribution of special mailings and the acquisition
of ING’s retail business, respectively.
The parcel business developed well in all regions in the third quarter. In particular, the Austrian market showed a strongly improved third-quarter revenue trend of 8.6 %. Volume growth in Southeast and Eastern Europe led to a 5.5 % revenue increase year-on-year. Even the Turkish parcel market showed signs of recovery in the third quarter with revenue up by 6.4 % year-on-year, despite having to cope with particularly challenging macroeconomic conditions this year.
Group revenue in the first three quarters of 2022 totalled EUR 1,815.9m (–1.0 %), whereas third-quarter revenue growth was up by 5.7 % year-on-year. The parcel business in Turkey is strongly impacted by inflation and currency effects at present compared with an extraordinarily successful year in 2021. When excluding Parcel Turkey, however, Group revenue increased by 1.9 % in the first three quarters of 2022. The Mail Division reported a revenue decrease of 0.7 % in the first nine months of the year and Parcel & Logistics revenue fell by 4.5 % in total but showed an increase of 1.2 % excluding Parcel Turkey. The Retail &Bank Division developed positively, generating a 62.2 % revenue increase to EUR 85.2m in the first nine months of 2022. The key earnings figures in the first three quarters of 2022 were also below the prior-year level and were impacted by the current challenging market environment. EBITDA of the first three quarters fell by 3.1 % to EUR 258.0m, whereas earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) declined by 13.0 % year-on-year from EUR 144.0m to EUR 125.3m. The Mail Division generated EBIT of EUR 110.7m compared to EUR 110.8m in the prior-year period. Strong revenue development supported by special effects from one-off mailings created a positive momentum. The Parcel & Logistics Division reported an EBIT of EUR 58.6m in the first three quarters of 2022, down from EUR 81.3m in the first three quarters of 2021.
This decline is mainly attributable to the challenging environment in the Turkish market. The Retail & Bank Division showed an EBIT of minus EUR 24.8m in the first three quarters of 2022, implying an earnings improvement of 26.8 % compared to minus EUR 33.9m in the previous year. The ramp-up of the financial services business following the acquisition of ING’s retail business at the end of 2021 had a positive impact, while higher integrationrelated and IT expenses produced a negative impact. Going forward, the challenging business environment is expected to continue. With inflation being entrenched at a high level, this implies enormous price pressure for energy and personnel while facing, at the same time, an expected economic downturn. Austrian Post aims to address these unfavourable conditions in terms of both revenue and costs. In line with current estimates, the company assumes that short-term visibility is sufficient provided and expects revenue for the full year 2022 to be at the level of EUR 2.5bn generated in 2021. Assuming sufficient energy supply to continue going forward, Austrian Post expects earnings to be at least at the mid-point of the previously indicated range (2021 EBIT: EUR 205m; 2020 EBIT: EUR 161m).
Current macroeconomic issues will become even more challenging in 2023 in the current financial year due to high factor cost increases against the backdrop of economic headwinds. Profitability must continue to ensure high-quality business operations as well as necessary investments in capacity expansion and conversion to sustainable, climate-neutral delivery services. Accordingly, the intended aim of the company is to increase revenue against the backdrop of rising costs and thereby to keep earnings as stable as possible.
Source : https://postandparcel.info/150830/news/e-commerce/austria-post-ceo-against-thisbackdrop-the-third-quarter-and-the-current-fiscal-year-has-been-very-satisfactory
UNI Apro Post & Logistics
1 POSTAL NEWS No 92-2022
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
1.Next-generation LP Express Parcel Locker. November 18, 2022.
2.La Poste to introduce a new generation of Post Offices. November 18, 2022.
3. DPD Ireland cuts emissions as it moves HGVs to biofuels. November 17, 2022.
4.Posten and Bring invest in the drone company Aviant. November 16, 2022.
5.Unity is key to our continuing progress. November 14, 2022.
1.Next-generation LP Express Parcel Locker November 18, 2022
Lithuanian postal operator Lietuvos paštas has
unveiled its first next-generation parcel locker: LP EXPRESS ECO.
The first new locker is co-located at a post office and has 12 doors. The new lockers don’t require electricity or internet connections, and can be powered by solar panels. They are also flexible, in that they can be relocated in line with customer demand. Unlike other models of LP EXPRESS parcel lockers, the next generation locker does not have a screen, printer or scanner. It only has a built-in keyboard, where after entering the parcel collection PIN, the door opens and customers can pick up their parcels. Right now the new lockers are for parcel collection only, but will be available for parcel dropoff in the near future. Currently, Lietuvos paštas has over 300 LP EXPRESS parcel lockers throughout Lithuania, wth their number set to increase to 354 by the end of 2022.
Source : http://www.thepostalhub.com/blog/lietuvos-pastas-next-gen-parcel-lockers
2.La Poste to introduce a new generation of Post Offices November 18, 2022
As part of its investment plan of €800 million over five years in its banking-led multibusiness network, La Poste is introducing a new generation of post offices, which will offer a service that is both universal and customised. The aim is to provide the best customer experience available on the market. The first ten post offices to be transformed according to this new model will open by the end of 2022, followed by a second phase of 70 post offices by 2024. In response to the rapid growth of e-commerce, the public health crisis and customer expectations in terms of local amenities, La Poste has decided to completely overhaul the layout of its post offices and the reception provided to its customers. To adapt to these new challenges, the Group has decided to focus on the complementary nature of in-person and digital services. The aim: becoming a multi-channel service supplier to provide customers with access to La Poste solutions (in its post offices, remotely and online) whenever they need it. Accordingly, La Poste has announced an exceptional investment plan of €800 million by the end of 2027, of which €500 million dedicated to the renovation and modernisation of all post offices across France and €300 million to digital solutions.
Redesigned offers and customer experience
More
welcoming, modern and accessible, the layout of the new generation of post
offices will be built around a universal core offering available at all sites
and include La Poste’s key services:
▪ As soon as they step through the door, customers will be welcomed by a customer advisor who is easily recognisable by his or her new black jacket in La Poste and La Banque Postale colours; ▪ To streamline the customer experience, customer-facing postal workers will be equipped with smartphones (Smarteo), allowing them to welcome customers, point them in the right direction more easily, and process simple transactions such as sending parcels or collecting items. To make customers’ lives easier, it will now be possible to collect parcels using La Poste’s Digital Identity without the need to present ID; 1 Poitiers Hôtel de Ville, Villeurbanne Gratte-Ciel, Paris Sèvres, Strasbourg 22 Novembre, Rouen Jeanne d’Arc, Paris Victor Hugo, Bayonne Labat, Talence, Dijon Grangier and Marseille Canebière. ▪ Banking advisors will be equipped with laptops to allow them to offer videoconference appointments and touch-screen tablets so that customers can electronically sign documents and contracts; – New streamlined automatons and digital terminals which are more intuitive and user-friendly will also be deployed in the retail spaces. Customers can use these to make an appointment with their banking advisor or professional advisor (for professional customers) or request a callback by phone, purchase prepaid envelopes and parcel packaging, weigh and frank letters and parcels, as well as consult their accounts and print La Banque Postale IBANs; ▪ New furniture inviting customers to discover La Poste Mobile’s mobile phone offering will also be deployed in the retail space. In addition to the universal core offering, one or more modules will be added according to the characteristics of the catchment area. Customer advice, service offering and customer experience will be customised and adapted to each post office: ▪ Customer advice: the expertise and physical presence of advisors will be reinforced for banking, private banking, professional and mobile phone customers. Digital and/or France Service advisors will also accompany customers who are not digitally inclined and help facilitate their online administrative formalities.
Service offering: specific services aimed at young people, seniors, tourists or collectors. The option of taking your highway code or boat licence test, corners dedicated to stamp collection and concierge services. ▪ Customised experience: for e-commerce regulars, “parcel stations” will be trialled as of 2023 allowing customers to open their parcels, check their purchases, deposit their packaging for recycling, try on clothes purchased online in a dedicated fitting room, and manage any parcel returns. These “parcel stations” will be in addition to the Duo lockers installed in the retail space. The quick and easy-to-use Duo lockers have been designed for the drop-off and collection of Colissimo parcels.
They are the perfect solution to the rapid growth in ecommerce and will facilitate parcel returns management. Customers will be able to drop off or collect a parcel in less than two minutes using this self-service solution. This will be in addition to the automated Pickup lockers, which will allow customers to collect their parcels 24/7.
Source : https://postandparcel.info/150929/news/e-commerce/la-poste-to-introduce-a-newgeneration-of-post-offices/
3.DPD Ireland cuts emissions as it moves HGVs to biofuels November 17, 2022
Delivery firm DPD Ireland is continuing its green push with a move to biofuels for its heavy goods vehicles.
Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil will replace diesel as the fuel used on its line-haul routes - where parcels are carried from DPD's hub in Athlone to its 35 depots across the island. DPD says this will cut its CO2 emissions by 4,350 tonnes per year. The change-over does not require any conversion to the vehicles, though the fuel does cost more per litre than diesel. "It's costing about 7 cent a litre more than diesel but it doesn't cost you anything for the vehicle," said Des Travers, CEO of DPD Ireland. "The joy of HVO is that it can be combined with diesel in the vehicle, so you don't have any worries about having any difficulty with the vehicle after you've used it or in any of the journeys getting back and forward between the depots and the hub." It also required DPD to install biofuel storage tanks at its Athlone hubs, as HVO is not yet available at commercial pumps. However, Mr Travers said the company ultimately sees the move as a temporary one, with the hope that it will be able to move to more efficiently-powered vehicles in the coming years. "It's the only option available to us at the moment because of the lack of electric vehicles of that size," he said. "We think it will only be a short-term thing, maybe three or four years, before the technology allows us to move on. "But this is the best we could do at the current time." The change is part of DPD's plan to decarbonise its entire fleet by 2030.
As part of that it is awaiting delivery of 205 new, all-electric vans from Ford. This will see electric vehicles make up 20% of its fleet. DPD's latest announcement comes as it prepares for a busy Christmas period, though Mr Travers said it was unlikely to reach the heights seen during pandemic lockdowns. "With the pandemic everybody was on ecommerce and shipping through any of the parcel carries - so I would think that all the parcel carriers will be slightly down on where they were last year," he said. "The B2C [business to consumer] portion of our business has dropped, as it has for everyone," he said. "But we're still expecting a very, very, very busy Christmas - and we've done all of our planning since June for it so we'll be ready and we hope to delivery to our customers a great service," he added.
Source : https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/1117/1336647-dpd-biofuel-delivery/
4.Posten and Bring invest in the drone company Aviant November 16, 2022
Postenkonsornet (Posten Group) invests in the drone company Aviant through its venture venture Bring Ventures. The idea behind the investment is to quickly get started with drone deliveries when a set of regulations is in place. For 375 years, Posten Norge has been at the forefront when it comes to adopting new technology and streamlining deliveries. The investment in Aviant gives us great insight and knowledge into how we can utilize new technology for fast deliveries in the future. At the same time, as a logistics company, we can contribute valuable experience to Aviant's continued development, says Anett Berger Sørli, investment director at Bring Ventures. When the technical and legal prerequisites are in place, Posten and Bring will be ready to start up with drone deliveries. During the autumn, the group carried out, among other things, a first test project with drone deliveries, from Snåsa to Namsos, where water samples were transported for analysis. Now Postenkonsernet chooses to invest in the company and believes that drones can play an important role in the fast deliveries of the future. Transport must always be thought of as an interaction of different means of transport. Drones are very effective for the transport of light goods, but they are far from the solution to all transport needs. By forging closer ties with the best in the Nordics in transport, it opens up the possibility of solving transport problems through interaction between drones and other traditional transport. We have gained a very good impression of Posten and Bring through our collaborative project in Namsos. We are therefore very pleased to have Posten and Bring as investors in this investment round, says Lars Erik Matsson Fagernæs, CEO of Aviant.
The investment round is led by Luminar Ventures, and Aviant receives a total of NOK 23 million. About Aviant Aviant is a drone company that was established in 2020 at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) by three students from NTNU in Trondheim. Aviant has developed a softwarefor drone deliveries and in a short time has succeeded in getting several pilot projects in both Norway and Sweden. Aviant has already completed more than 2,000 flights totaling more than 25,000 kilometres, which is the equivalent of flying between London and Paris 70 times. Aviant's solution differs markedly from traditional drones by being a hybrid between a drone and an airplane. This means that the drone can take off vertically from a car park or a roof, but can fly forward using the wings.
Note: The original article was written in Norwegian and the above article is an automatic translation
5.Unity is key to our continuing progress November 14, 2022
The APWU is truly one of the most democratic unions in the United States. This was again reflected in the recently concluded national officer election with our “one person, one vote” mail-ballot election. Different from most unions, every APWU member has the opportunity to have their voice heard in choosing their national union leaders. The union belongs to the members, as it should, and our internal union democracy is part of what makes us “Union Strong, All Day Long!”
Elections are times when any candidate can say or promise anything. But I believe incumbent officers must stand on our concrete record of accomplishments. That is why I, and the entire Solidarity Team, chose to run a positive, upbeat campaign based on facts. We refused to engage in, or respond to, negative mudslinging campaigning. You responded to the truth. I am deeply appreciative and honored by your vote of confidence in re-electing me as national president for my fourth term by an overwhelming majority of 68- 32 percent, and in electing the entire and unified “APWU Solidarity Team.” The outcome undoubtedly reflects the recognition of the many gains that we have collectively made as a union: from the outstanding union contracts, including record Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) increases and impressive job security; historic postal reform; strong COVID health and safety protections; building a Grand Alliance to Save the Public Postal Service; to the successful battles to protect the public Postal Service, and so much more. As the great abolitionist Frederick Douglas once penned, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” With the mandate of the election results, we will continue to march on the road of struggle and progress - from the workroom floor to the streets, and from the halls of Congress to postal headquarters. Building on our many successes, we will face the challenges and opportunities ahead – fighting for a workplace free of harassment and intimidation; continuing to negotiate solid union contracts; protecting jobs and service in light of the new “network modernization” plans; expanding postal services, organizing the unorganized; advocating for a pro-postal Board of Governors independent of Postmaster General (PMG) DeJoy; engaging in full-fledged solidarity with workers in struggle, and in the crucial fight to defend and expand voting rights (including vote-by-mail), and against the dangerous ongoing march toward authoritarianism and dictatorship. Along the way, you, the members, will be key to our success - the foundation and strength of our union starts with you and your union involvement! And unity is the key to our continuing progress. With the union election behind us, and regardless of whom one supported, it is vital that we now unite in our common struggle for respect, dignity, and the uplifting of postal and all workers. We must continue to unite with the people of the country in defense of the public Postal Service.
The greedy Wall Street privatizers want nothing more than to destroy our union, our union contracts, our jobs, our national treasure, and to turn the Postal Service into a profit-making machine for private corporations. As we look ahead, I urge all of you to become ever more active in your union by attending union meetings, volunteering for union committees, joining in rallies and press conferences, standing up for each other on the workroom floor, fighting for workplace safety, signing up the non-members, engaging in workers’ solidarity and sharing your ideas. I look forward to working with all of you – members, union activists, local and state leaders, and national officers -- over the coming years, as indeed “the struggle for justice continues!”
Source : https://apwu.org/news/unity-key-our-continuing-progress
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