San Marino. Csu: “Poste, it is essential to clarify the future”
“With the definitive confirmation of Poste Spa’s exit from the system, the Public Employment Federations of the CSU support an urgent meeting to fix some stops on the future of the company”.
The Federations express “concern about the expected reduction in the number of employees envisaged by the 2021-2023 Industrial Plan of Poste Spa” and dubbing on the “sustainability and feasibility” of the new business plan.
“In the past few days – underline the Public Employment Federations – following our specific request, we have received the ‘2021-2023 Industrial Plan’. The document, very articulated and complex, will be the subject of in-depth analysis by the trade union and the Trade Union Representation, but a summary analysis clearly shows that a large part of the relaunch and economic recovery of Poste SpA relies on the development of the ‘parcels’ sector, as well as income deriving from the incorporation of the Philatelic and Numismatic sector; part of the financial restructuring is then based on the savings deriving from the reduction of postal areas and a – already implemented – reduction in financial costs connected to the renegotiation of the rate applied to the mortgage on the property owned. The lack of perspective on others with high added value – financial and related to telecommunications – widely present among the highly profitable activities of Poste Italiane, gives us some doubts and the sustainability of the Industrial Plan “.
Thus, as part of the “close dialogue with the top management of Poste SpA, which will characterize the last few weeks, there will be the opportunity to also investigate the prospects and future projects of the company”.
On the other hand, with regard to the negotiation on the new contract “it is unthinkable that the economic and regulatory treatment is penalizing compared to what has been applied up to now”
The Public Employment Federations of CSdL and CDLS therefore retrace the last stages of the Poste Spa affair starting with the definitive collapse of the draft law of popular initiative, which provided for the “internalisation of Poste SpA in the Public Administration”, which took place in the Finance Commission of 13 January last. “To the pompous government officials – affirm FUPI and FPI – in support of this decision and to the sustained declarations of those who, in the past legislature, this project, we believe it is essential to clarify the incorrect statements heard in recent weeks. As was underlined in a recent press conference by the Secretary of State for Tourism and the Post Office, the lower loss highlighted by the financial statements of Poste SpA for the year 2021 derives in large part from the reorganization of the postal areas, reduced from 36 to 26, to the savings from the relative drop in rental costs deriving from the car and the return to the PA of some employees “.
All of this is true, “but it should be emphasized that it happened thanks to the availability and sense of responsibility of the delivery personnel and the trade unions. It should also be said that this agreement provides for the creation of a group of “wild card” employees who can compensate for the absences due to peaks and unpredictable ones of the personnel involved and supported the other employees in the work: all with the primary objective of not penalize users and not create disservices “.
“Due to a work organization that is hardly questionable, – continue the trade union federations – often planned day by day, today we are witnessing more and more penalizing workloads for postmen and the progressive improvement of user services. It is necessary that in a transparent and shared manner the “vacation plan” for the current year and to define in a clear and concerted manner the replacement and support plan for the various sectors, including the definition of the organizational and personnel management methods resulting from the unification of the Philatelic and Numismatic Office “.
With the definitive confirmation of Poste SpA’s exit from the public sector, for FUPI-CSdL and FPI-CDLS “the approach linked to industrial and trade union relations must be reviewed, the Board of Directors and the General Manager become the points of reference for negotiations. In this context, the Trade Union Representation will have to play a leading role and, with the support of the trade union, be the direct point of reference for the Management to address the complex problems within the company, without the interference of other figures external to Poste SpA . To this end, the request for an urgent meeting will be addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the General Manager of Poste SpA, with the aim of defining the future rules of internal confrontation, addressing the numerous organizational and personnel problems and starting an in-depth analysis on the future. corporate agreement of a private nature of Poste SpA “.
With regard to the forthcoming definition of the employment contract, the CSU Public Employment Federations reiterate what was said to the counterparties present at the video call of last February 3: “It is essential to put some fixed points: it is unthinkable that the economic and regulatory treatment is penalizing with respect to to what is applied up to now and, above all, if Poste SpA requests availability for greater flexibility, this must be adequately compensated from an economic point of view. We are concerned about the reduction in the number of employees and the hypothesis cited in the Industrial Plan to switch the ‘remaining workforce with a public contract to the new private employment contract’. To this end, it must be reiterated that a further, non-negotiable point of reference is the guarantee of the application of the public contractual framework to all employees – temporary or permanent – who are now subject to this contractual condition “.
“The added lack of perspective – conclude FUPI-CSdl and FPI-CDLS – on other high-value financial and telecommunications services, widely present among the highly profitable activities of Poste Italiane, raises some doubts about sustainability and feasibility of Poste SpA’s “Business Plan”.