22,000 jobs lost: Palma post office staff protest

Postal workers in Palma will protest outside the main post office at Carrer Constitució 6 on Thursday, 3 September. The Central Independent and Civil Servants’ Union (CSIF) called the action over staff shortages and insecure work at Correos, Spain’s public postal company. CSIF Correos’ Balearic Islands spokeswoman, María Antonia Tarongí, is due to speak to the media before the protest.

The union says Correos has failed to honour agreements to recruit more staff, introduce a 35-hour week, turn part-time roles into full-time jobs and begin a plan to bring younger workers into the workforce.

Jobs and part-time work

CSIF says the lack of extra recruitment has cost Correos more than 22,000 jobs over the past 10 years. It puts the workforce at 44,000, down from 66,000, with more than 4,000 people working part-time for between 800 and 900 euros.

Of the 7,757 posts offered in the 2023 recruitment round, more than 2,000 were part-time, the union says. Nearly three years later, most of those workers remain in the same position because transfer procedures have not moved forward.

Protests set to continue

The Palma protest opens a nationwide CSIF campaign. Further action is planned across Spain on Thursday, 17 September, followed by a Madrid demonstration on Wednesday, 30 September, where the union will demand an immediate change of direction.

CSIF also says its mobilisation announcement in July led Correos to replace Human Resources director Fernando Ramírez with Jaime Pérez de la Cruz, who takes up the post on Wednesday.

Topics: Jobs & labour · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com