Spain: Correros ‘ unions mobilized against the liberalization of the postal sector

Correros unions - the Spanish public operator - are mobilized against what they see as the forced liberalization of the postal sector. They launched a campaign against the fact that private operators will now be able to access the public postal network. (Ref. 080054)
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Access to the public network at the heart of the fight. In November 2006, the government approved a royal decree allowing all European postal operators – public or private – to enter the Spanish market and have access to the structure, the resources and facilities belonging to the public operator Correros, to run their clients’ mail. The measure, then presented as a simple framework to better regulate access to an already open market, had been perceived as a casus belli by the company’s unions

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