UPU and UNI sign agreement to promote social dialogue among postal sector partners
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Union Network International (UNI) have signed a cooperation agreement to promote social dialogue aimed at the sustainable development of postal services at the international level. The agreement was signed at UPU Headquarters in Berne, Switzerland, by UPU
Director General Edouard Dayan and UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings.
In terms of the agreement, the two organizations will establish joint actions focusing on the impact of postal sector development on jobs, particularly in the area of health and security, as well as the improvement and development of postal staff skills. The two organizations also agreed to continue to
promote the provision of postal financial services – particularly electronic money transfer services – through the international postal network. This is not only seen as an important source of job creation, but also as an essential service to give millions of migrant workers and their relatives – among them the
world’s poorest – access to affordable money transfer services.
