PLANS FOR REORGANIZATION OF JAPAN POST DELAYED Plans to reorganize Japan Post have been officially delayed until later in 2012. Currently made up of four multimillion- or multibillion-dollar entities, Japan Post is set to be divided into three subsidiaries. The delay is in...
The U.S. Consumer Postal Council is pleased to announce the release of two new entries to the Index of Postal Freedom profiling the postal markets of Switzerland and Turkey. To read the entry on Switzerland, please click here. To read the entry on Turkey, please click...
CANADIAN POSTAL WORKERS ORDERED BACK TO WORK -- WITH RAISES The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is challenging the federal law that forced workers back on the job at Canada Post. Canada’s conservative government ended June’s labor dispute between the Post and the...
The Honorable Louis J. Giuliano Chairman Board of Governors United States Postal Service 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20260-3100 Dear Chairman Giuliano: We, the undersigned, represent American taxpayers and consumers of postal services. At this crucial juncture in the Postal Service’s history, meaningful reform seems a fundamental requirement...
CANADA’S POSTAL UNION DIGS IN ON WAGES AND BENEFITS Labor unrest hits Canada Post. Following 12 days of rotating strikes in early June in several Canadian cities and a June 15 lockout by Canada Post, Canada’s Conservative-controlled parliament passed legislation June 26 ordering...