- In Bordeaux and Grenoble, SUD PTT called on postal workers to exercise their right of withdrawal and the delivery of mail is disrupted.
- The union denounces the measures taken by La Poste to face the coronavirus epidemic, which it considers "insufficient to protect the health of postal workers and that of their customers".
- For its part, La Poste refutes any breach of the security of its agents, assures that it will continue its public service mission but that the delivery of mail should be "necessarily disrupted".
The coronavirus epidemic does not spare La Poste which, this Tuesday, must also deal with angry agents, in Gironde and in Isère. At the call of SUD being, postal workers exercise their right of withdrawal, deeming "insufficient" the measures taken by La Poste in the face of the coronavirus epidemic. These withdrawal rights have a "minimal" impact on the delivery of mail "compared to absenteeism linked to the coronavirus", ensures 20 minutes the public service company, which saw the same morning 80% of its 73,000 factors go on tour.
"Agents have children and must keep them, so inevitably the distribution will be disrupted, some sorting platforms may not be delivered on time and the time guarantees not respected." You will have to be patient and forgiving, ”explains La Poste. What about this right of withdrawal which should extend and spread in the offices of the territory? It is internally, "within the framework of the social dialogue in force that the question will be settled," replies La Poste, which recalls being "considered by the State as an" operator of vital importance (OIV) "which must ensure its public service missions ”.
In the midst of a coronavirus epidemic, the OIV must therefore "guarantee the distribution of mail and open offices giving access to cash", that is two of its four usual missions [to contribute to regional planning and the carrying of the press are the other two]. "We must provide these essential services so that no one is left behind," La Poste continues. We do this today without any breach of the security of our agents. "
Stop with "two-speed containment"
In Bordeaux or Grenoble, SUD being is not of this opinion. "All the doctors tell us to reduce contact and we multiply it," said Julien Colas, from the union's Gironde office. Since Monday, employees are exercising their right of withdrawal and it should "intensify until management takes all measures to secure our workstations". The union specifies at 20 Minutes that "more than 150 agents work next to each other at the hotel of urban logistics (HLU) of Bordeaux north, without mask, without gloves and without gel whereas an agent would have reported that his wife had tested positive for coronavirus. "What La Poste denies" formally ".
Finally, agents exercise, this Tuesday, their right of withdrawal in a dozen establishments in Gironde who spray the department with mail, when letter carriers receive "from the director of the center of Mériadeck work certificates to fulfill their mission of service public ”. "We want clear directives, no two-speed confinement," specifies Julien Colas. We can't say to one "go on tour" and to the other, "stay at home". To say to the post offices "especially do not make banking transactions" and to endanger the factors which meet old people, touch mailboxes, doors of entry. "
"A bottle of water, a packet of disposable handkerchiefs and a trash bag: this is all that the Post Office provided to letter carriers the day after the president's speech, denounces François Marchive, manager of Sud PTT Isère-Savoie . Measures have been taken in the post offices, but on the letter carrier side, nothing has been done. Officers put their lives on the line. "
Put the package at the door, disinfect the boxes
“We have scrupulously followed the rules since the start of the coronavirus epidemic and the recommendations are listed on each site. Our mail carriers must respect the distance meter, drop the packages in front of the door, disinfect the boxes on which customers confirm receipt of registered mail, ”says La Poste. Hydroalcoholic gel and disinfectant wipes have also been ordered and are "being shipped to 1,600 offices in France. "
This Tuesday, 90% of the tours were provided in New Aquitaine, slips La Poste which notes that 28 offices remained open in Gironde. Julien Colas assures him that the movement has only just begun and that "with the rise of the epidemic many factors will prefer to exercise their right of withdrawal". For its part, Sud est Isère-Savoie said it would "ask to be received by the prefect and to have contact with the office of the Minister of Health" Olivier Véran, former deputy of Isère.
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