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UNI part of a workshop on social dialogue in Dakar

Published: 27 November 2009
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 11 members of UNI Post&Logistics affiliates in central and west Francophone Africa took part in a workshop about Social Dialogue organized by the ILO, the UPU and UNI on November 23-25.

The following thematic were tackled in the workshop: postal modernization in Africa, managing change in the postal sector, universal service as well as HIV and AIDS and the joint HIV prevention campaign launched by UNAIDS, the ILO, the UPU and UNI.



At the end of the workshop, participants agreed and certain objectives including the promotion of social dialogue in the postal sector, the promotion of corporate social responsibility and the sustainable development of postal services.

The participants were also of the opinion that efforts must be made in order to reach these objectives and that the social dialogue, what ever its form, must be reinforced.



Managing change in the postal industry was also recognized in order to insure the sustainability and the quality of postal services.



It was said that workers organizations must be consulted when structural or economic changes take place and that the various forms of social dialogue, such as collective bargaining, exchange of information, official or unofficial consultations must be properly set up and implemented.

As for the joint campaign on HIV prevention, it was said that it should be extended to other countries and that it could pave the way to other similar initiatives.