On this Thursday it was especially the factors of Bayonne who walked out with 22 strikers in mail delivery, one in Boucau and one in Anglet. But these are indeed the 105 letter carriers from the different centers of Bayonne, Anglet and Boucau who have been called to go on strike for an indefinite period since this Thursday, June 24, at 7:30 am. But according to the management of La Poste, the movement has already started this Wednesday and only two strikers had been counted in the workforce. We can therefore expect some disruption in mail delivery.
A movement at the call of Solidaires-Sud PTT. The union is opposed to the new reorganization of their services, scheduled for Tuesday, June 29. He denounces the deletion of 17 tours : eight in Bayonne, seven in Anglet and two in Boucau. “When we remove the postmen, the kilometer distance of the postman that remains becomes more important as the number of boxes to be distributed”, explains Jean-Michel Gabarrus, South PTT delegate and elected CHSCT of La Poste. “The other problem is that the postman’s tour is going to get longer. “
Mail reduction of 30 to 35%
Indeed, for some, no more amplitude 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with a 20-minute break. “They ask us to work in two shifts. The same number of hours, but divided between morning and afternoon, with a meridian cut of 45 minutes.” The difference between a break and a meridian cut is according to the unions: the first is paid, the second not. “We are once again trying to save money. It may seem anecdotal, but multiplied by 80,000 factors …”
On the management side, we answer: “The last reorganization dates from 2015 in Anglet and Boucau, 2016 in Bayonne. We have to catch up”. The company advances a drop in mail to be delivered “from 30 to 35%”. “You should know that 97% of mail is sent and received by businesses. In the Basque Country, these volumes are down 10% in 2020, against around 6% nationally.” In addition, according to the La Poste group, the increase in the number of parcels does not compensate for the number of falling mail.
“All calculations are easy to do from computers, with the mouse, answers for his part Jean-Michel Gabarrus. But in real life, when it rains, when it is sunny, when you are confronted with work, regularly on the street … all this is not taken into account and yet, it would have to be the case. . “
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