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The Greek Postal Workers Union at their 31st conference taking place in Athens 27-29 November have sent an emphatic message to the Greek Government. They have said "NO" to the proposed sale of the Express Mail part of the Greek postal service. The delegates are totally opposed to the split up of the Postal Service into different parts and the partial privatisation of some of those parts.

"No" to sale of express mail logo at the conference

The conference also came out strongly in favour of demanding the Government change their thinking on proposals to cut out a number of Post Offices. The delegates in a number of speeches supporting the unions initiatives to flight post office closures told of how the local post office is an integral part of Greece's small and widespread communities. In a time of great financial crisis they said it was crazy to close a vital part of these communities.



The financial crisis was also the subject of much debate with the conference calling upon the government to put the Greek Post Office on a sound financial footing to combat the affects of the worsening crisis.



Delegates also passed a motion of support for Canadian colleagues, striking to save their sick leave entitlements.

See: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/UNIPostal.nsf/0/281108_EN_98

Conference delegates in session