La Poste in agreement over night shift pay dispute
La Poste France’s La Poste has come to a EUR 3 million agreements with unions over a night shift pay dispute that saw sorting centres disrupted earlier this year.
The national postal operator has hammered out a nationwide deal with five trade unions to provide EUR 2.2 million in extra pay for the nigh services (from midnight till 6 am) and EUR 800,000 in local supplements.
The French group has also begun training its post drivers to cut down CO2 emissions by 10,000 tonnes per year.
Ten trainers are travelling France to teach the 10,000 postmen and women how to cut down emissions by simple driving techniques, helped by electronic boxes that can now monitor economic petrol consumption in towns and rural areas
