PAU Finland calls industrial action in Post & Logistics sector

Publié: 5 Novembre 2013
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The Finnish post and logistics union PAU has called for industrial action in the sector after the employers' association proved itself incapable of bargaining seriously concerning wages, job security and restructuring in the postal sector. The industrial action comes in the form of an additional work and overtime ban, meaning workers are called to carry out only assigned-shift duties and nothing more.

PAU called for the industrial action to begin November 1, after the existing collective agreement with the employers' association PALTA expired. The union notes the intolerable pay situation for newspaper deliverers and the urgent need of restructuring in Itella , the postal operator which has lost some 30% of mail volume in recent years, as major sticking points in their negotiations. 

The additional work and overtime ban is effective indefinitely, with the union planning to continue negotiations.