One of UNI’s Portuguese affiliates, Sindetelco, has finished negotiations and signed a new collective agreement with CTT – Correios de Portugal. The union advises that they think this is a good deal for their members and that after three years of hard work they have agreement that in 2008 100 new workers will have definitive contracts and 100 in the next year.

However the other UNI affiliates involved, SNTCT and SINTTAV are unhappy with the offer and have continued their protest action including their fifth strike since negotiations started which took place on 9 June. The unions say 65 pct of the CTT workers participated in strike action. They say that CTT are trying to make worse working hours, end the concept of a work place, and to take away the universal access for workers to the CTT private system of health and social assistance.

SINTTAV and SNTCT are undertaking with the Portuguese government ministry of labour, a mediation process. They are not confident that this will resolve the impasse so they have also initiated a complaint to the ILO. UNI Post & Logistics continues to monitor the situation to assist affiliates as appropriate.

Source: UNI

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