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Postkom unhappy with Norwegian Post liberalisation

Published: 8 March 2009
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The Norwegian Transport Ministry has released a report on the effects of a liberalisation of the Norwegian mail market. The report will now be sent for consultation with the deadline 22 April.



The report was prepared by the Economics and Business Administration AS (SNF) in Bergen. SNF has a brief from the Ministry to assess the possible consequences of a full liberalization of the postal market in Norway. The report examines the consequences of liberalization for all mail companies, customers, employees and postal services.



The report can be downloaded from the Transport Ministry's website.



-The UNI Post & Logistics Norwegian affiliate, Postkom, at its national congress in May last year claimed that it knew that the Ministry would conduct such assessment. Although the mandate has been broad and comprehensive, the Postkom President says it is his impression that the report brings little new in relation to the issues related to liberalization of the postal market. "I am disappointed that the consequences for the employees is handled superficially. This question has not been dealt with in the report's coverage of liberalization effects in other countries", says the Postkom Federation President Christian Øverland



-Christian Overland also said, "We shall now use the time we have at our disposal to analyze the report thoroughly, so that we can provide answers by the deadline 22 April. In addition, we will use the time until the political decision to engage Postkoms representatives and to get as much support as possible from businesses, organizations, consumers and political environments, familiar with the negative consequences of liberalization".