Redeployment towards other units of the group. To tell the truth, unions started being on war footing in march when a rumor of 10,000 possible job cuts was spreading, because of the drop in mail and of the possibility to delegate some services to cigar stores – unlike most European postal operators, Poste Italiane still directly manages its entire network (14,000 offices). This reorganization is even harder to accept for the employees since the group made, last year, over €900 million in profit, with a new growth compared with 2008. However, a first meeting between the trade unions and Poste Italiane’s managing director, Massimo Sarmi, on April 22nd, poured oil on troubled water. “The managing director told us there wouldn’t be any job cuts in the mail unit but only surplus staff redeployed to other units in the group” reads a joint press release by the six key unions. Thus, remains to determine the concrete modalities of this reorganization.
g between the trade unions and Poste Italiane’s managing director, Massimo Sarmi, on April 22nd, poured oil on troubled water. “The managing director told us there wouldn’t be any job cuts in the mail unit but only surplus staff redeployed to other units in the group” reads a joint press release by the six key unions. Thus, remains to determine the concrete modalities of this reorganization.
Currently, the postal services sector, particularly delivery, accounts for about one third of all 150,000
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