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Austria:Postal workers take strike action against destruction of jobs

Published: 14 November 2008
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UNI affiliate in Austria, GPF is taking strike action to prevent further post office closures which they say are bad for the population and destroy of jobs. They are also protesting outsourcing are are demanding that there be no further outsourcing of service and sorting.



GPF call for sufficient staff to meet the growing needs of the future operations of Austria Post. At present they say that in all areas the fact that there is thousands of hours of overtime proves that the Post AG already doesn't have enough staff.



The union's demands are;



- maintain the infrastructure and thereby securing of postal services on equal terms for the entire population.



- amendment to the Postal Law



- fixation of at least 1,300 post offices in the Postal Act .



create a legal framework to ensure a level playing field after the liberalization of the letter market (eg licensing procedures).