French postal unions call for strike
The three biggest unions of La Poste, the French post office – the postal and telecoms branches of FO, CGT and SUD – have urged its employees to join in a day of action on September 21 in support of jobs and against La Poste’s dismantling and post office closures. The protest comes in the run-up to the French parliamentary debate this autumn on the French postal services reform bill, which incorporates into French law the European Union’s directives on postal service liberalization. The proposed legislation also provides for the creation of a postal bank in France.
