European trade unions affiliated to the European federation UNI-Europa are considering the possibility to organize mobilization actions throughout all of the EU's countries in order to protest against the liberalization of the postal sector and to defend universal service. (Ref. 070447)
The suppression of the monopolies of national postal operators and the opening of postal markets is planned for the beginning of 2009. This agenda, proposed by the European Commission and validated by member states, was highly criticized by European trade unions. Indeed, the latter recently asked for the resignation of the Commissioner in charge of the interior market and services, Charlie McCreevy, following the critics he expressed about the moves to defer the ending of protective monopolies
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