Deutsche Post plans to deliver letters and parcels in fewer days than before.
However, this does not have a positive effect on private recipients.
The
German Post
wants its number of
delivery days
to change.
So far,
messengers have delivered
letters
and
parcels
six days a
week
.
Monday
is to
delivery
of private
parcels
and
letters
not be more soon.
Munich - Even before the corona virus * was rampant in Bavaria and Germany, there were repeated delays in delivery, as an honest comment from a DHL messenger showed.
Deutsche Post
currently delivers
letters and parcels on six days - from Monday to Saturday.
For private
recipients
, however, this could change soon.
The company is currently working on the renewal of its Universal Service Ordinance Act.
This
defines
the
days of delivery
, among other things
.
“For us [...] the question arises whether we will be in
Germany
on Monday
need
comprehensive
mail delivery
, ”explained Tobias Meyer, board member of
Deutsche Post
, in an interview with
Die Welt
.
"A company delivery by
letter post
makes sense on the weekday, but that
is questionable
with private
".
Deutsche Post plans to only deliver letters and parcels from Tuesday to Saturday soon
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Consumers can have positive effects in terms of lower postage costs
however, probably not expect it.
Although the omission of Monday would reduce the costs of the universal service somewhat, "this influence alone is not big enough to compensate for other effects and thus lower the price," says Tobias Meyer from
Deutsche Post
.
The
postage amount is
based on several fixed criteria and is approved by the Federal Network Agency.
We have in the
Group
140,000 workers are employed, many of which are in the last week of nationwide
strikes
have been involved.
The reason:
Deutsche Post
and its collective bargaining employees are not coming to a common denominator in the current collective bargaining - the offers are too far apart.
Most recently,
according to
ver.di,
Deutsche Post
agreed
to raise
the
wages of
its employees by 1.5 percent for a period of twelve months.
This is opposed to a demand of 5.5 percent.
"In addition, trainees and dual students should receive a monthly increase of 90 euros," says a message from the
union
.
Due to the coronavirus * and its effects, the number of
parcel deliveries
in 2020 is in the record range.
During the
lockdown
, when many people could only leave their houses and apartments in an emergency, there were even massive delays in delivery at times.
At the same time, this led to a large workload for the employees of Deutsche Post *.
Parcel delivery: Deutsche Post plans to deliver letters and parcels on fewer days
"It's not that we do
n't grant
our employees higher
wages,
" replied Tobias Meyer to
Die Welt's
question as
to whether the company's
employees
didn't
deserve
higher
wages
.
In
this context, the
board member of
Deutsche Post
mentions that the decision was made to “give all employees a bonus for their commitment
to pay".
Still, one shouldn't hide that the company
in the first half of the year, the
volume of letters fell
by 11 percent, the steepest ever.
The
parcel volume
, which
has increased by between ten and 20 percent
, “can only partially compensate for the decline in letters,” says Tobias Meyer from
Deutsche Post
.
In Austria, too,
Swiss Post had to
deal with the effects of the coronavirus * and a related scandal.
Post employees infected with corona had ignored the quarantine, which had serious consequences.
*
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