La Poste to invest EUR 300 million euros over the next four years
France’s La Poste is set to invest in educating 100,000 postal delivery workers to improve their prospects within the company.
The organisation is investing EUR 300 million euros over the next four years.
La Poste has signed agreements with five postal unions and says the professional training initiative will lead to increased promotions this year with a substantial rise by the end of 2010.
La poste hope to modernise the role of delivery workers in the organisation, improving working conditions, employee health, the integration of disabled employees, training for newly-created posts and gender equality. A La Poste statement echoed the optimism for this initiative.
“With this agreement on the professional development of postmen and postwomen, the signatories are increasing the standing of an occupation that La Poste has decided to place at the heart of its mail strategy… in favour of a single European social model founded on long-term, full-time employment,”
