The European union federation of the postal sector, Uni-Europa Post, condemned the political agreement which was reached during the Council of Ministers on October 1 on the liberalization of the postal sector. It blamed the governments for going ahead with "total de-regulation in the postal sector by 2011/13 (…) without clear provisions to fund the universal postal service and without secure provisions in the new directive to protect wage dumping". (Ref. 070811)
Opposition to liberalization – “The postal sector is going to face the law of the jungle”, warned Uni-Europa Post. “Operators will cherry pick the best services, undercut each other in wages and conditions in a race to the bottom that will leave customers worse off and tens of thousands of postal workers out of a decent job.”
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