Correos communicates the hiring of 5,500 people for the general elections despite being 11,500 workers who will go on vacation in July. CGT warns of the problems that can occur with the electoral call of July 23
June 5, 2023.- On June 1, Correos published a corporate note in which it reported the execution of 5,500 contracts to cover 100% of the holidays in the month of July.
In July the percentage of holidays is 25% of the postal staff
CGT doubts the mathematical capacity of the management chaired by Juan Manuel Serrano if it tries to make them believe that 25% of the workforce is 5,500 workers, however, the union considers that it is not a training problem but rather an attempt to deceive the citizenship and the postal staff. Currently, approximately 45,000 people work at Correos, therefore, there are 11,500 employees who will enjoy their holidays in the month of July.
The meager number of contracts indicates that they will not cover half of the people who go on vacation, something in itself shameful and that prevents the correct performance of the Universal Postal Service. But it is not a normal summer, but a summer with General Elections called for July 23, which translates into the admission, classification and massive distribution of electoral mailings – party propaganda, polling station certificates, census and vote by mail- in the month of the year with the greatest impact of extreme temperatures on health and that generates a high occupational risk for workers who carry out their duties outdoors.
The wave of voting by mail is likely to pulverize any previous brand, there are predictions that it will be 2.5 million voters who will use the Post Office to exercise their right to vote. Since May 30, it can be requested at postal branches and, in just three days, there are already 300,000 requests that have been made. With one month and three weeks to go, it is easy to understand the impact on the distribution and admission of the 21 days prior to the electoral date, when the votes can be processed by mail when the lists of candidates of the different parties are made public. politicians. This circumstance indicates that if Correos does not increase recruitment, queues will be seen going around the block of the country’s branches in the foreseeable heat waves of the date.
Correos has the obligation as an employer to ensure the occupational health of the workforce, CGT will go to the Labor Inspectorate to act in July
The Post Office section of the General Confederation of Labor is going to contact the Central Labor Inspectorate to denounce the abuses that have occurred in the recent elections in May and to alert them to the illegalities that the Post Office has committed (working outside of working hours without pay, threats to enjoy the 12-hour rest after receiving the Third Envelope on election night, work overloads that are harmful to the health of workers at a musculoskeletal and psychosocial level), in this way they will request the labor inspectors to attend during the dates of electoral distribution to the postal work centers in the morning and afternoon shift to control that Correos complies with the legislation on the rights of workers.
Correos corporate note announcing the 5,500 contracts
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