Hundreds of Austrian post offices face closure

A restructuring programme to be undertaken by Osterreichische Post, (OP),
the Austrian postal company, could lead to 800 post offices being closed
down, marking a third of the 2,300 Austrian post offices. The figures were
presented by the board of management at a supervisory board meeting
yesterday. Postmaster general Anton Wais named 160 post offices which had a
competitor within one kilometre.
Mr Wais plans to streamline the postal service, which will result in 6,000
postmen losing their jobs, and massive opposition to the closures is
expected from the Austrian postal union. It has already opposed sorting
office closures.
Abstracted from Die Presse in German FT McCarthy – Copyright 2001 Financial
Times Information.
Source: World Reporter (Trade Mark).
DIE PRESSE, 09th March 2001