The strike Monday at the post

A dozen post offices in the capital should be further disrupted. This has been going on for April 23. Every Monday at the call of Sud-PTT union, the tellers of the 190 post offices in Paris are expected to go on strike. Revendiquant: the defense of employment and a “living allowance” of 150 euros net per month. For the moment, discussions with management nowhere. Seventeenth Monday to strike, and union still not announced the end of the movement. The Parisians who fall on counters and idling, and can at best be content to withdraw their mail and wait until tomorrow for their financial transactions. So a dozen offices closed every Monday part of the day, “said Sud-PTT. “It is difficult to know exactly where will be the major perturbations,” says Eric Ditlecadet, departmental secretary of the union. Since the beginning, the offices most affected are mainly in the north of Paris where working conditions are the most difficult. “According to the union, every Monday, at least one post office on the eleven-member nineteenth district is closed part of the day. In addition, the rue des Pyrénées, in the twentieth district, has closed at least six Mondays between noon and two hours. “At a minimum, explains Eric Ditlecadet, 40% of the officers in the capital are more or less affected, as 20% of tellers followed suit. We decided on Monday to avoid penalizing customers in a precarious situation because no transfer is made during the night of Sunday to Monday. “ Depending on the direction of La Poste, Parisians do not have to worry. “This movement does nothing activity. Since the beginning of the strike, no office was closed due to the conflict. We found a maximum of 140 strikers on the 3400 employees of our post offices. Every Monday, less than a teller office is on strike. “ The sorting centers affected since October 2006 Sud-PTT is the only union to lead this battle Monday. The union filed a strike notice each week, but it is followed by a very random by its members. Sud-PTT has also opened a second front, nationally that. Since October 2006, a strike endemic affects sorting centres. Each week, the union called employees to mobilize in order to obtain a prime night 3 euros per hour. The management has given half in June. The union is continuing its movement for more. The case was brought to justice. In late July, management has challenged the legality of the strike notice filed each week by Sud-PTT. Referee A hearing is scheduled Thursday to the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. Article Figaro August 2007 Arnaud Chapu