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UNI Post and Logistics Solidarity Message

Liberalisation & Privatisation of Postal Services

UNI Post and Logistics union members are suffering under the effects of Post liberalisation and privatisation. Post liberalisation has had devastating affects on the postal industry, resulting in job loss, poorer quality services, social dumping and anti-union practices.



This UNI World Congress calls upon the European Union to:



· Immediately institute a moratorium on the implementation of the 3^rd Postal Directive and meet with UNI Post & Logistics Global Union to resolve how to prevent social dumping, unfair competition and maintain an affordable and universally available postal service throughout all of the European Union.



The UNI Congress demands:



· That Governments recognise the need to maintain quality, secure and affordable public postal services which are universally available to all the world’s citizens.



· That Governments work with UNI Post & Logistics to help in the fight for postal workers currently facing the liberalisation of mail services in their countries including the demands to reduce the universal postal services such as the downgrading of delivery services from 6 days a week to 5 days a week and less.



· The Governments supply sufficient capital to be able to modernise and develop services to ensure that there is development of jobs and growth in new and innovative postal services, such as full postal banking services.