SA Post Office: Union deal halts layoffs at the 11th hour
The South African Post Office and unions like Communication Workers Union, retract retrenchment notices in sudden change of plans...
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The South African Post Office and unions like Communication Workers Union, retract retrenchment notices in sudden change of plans...
‘What needs to be done there is to retain the assets, retain the workers, and ensure that the services that are provided in Post Office branches continue to be improved so that you retain the base of customers,’ says Trevor Shaku, spokesperson for Saftu.
While business rescue practitioners for the Post Office have hailed the approval of its business rescue plan by creditors and the R3.8bn bailout that this will unlock, organised labour warned that the branch closures and job cuts will make the entity a shell of its former self.
This drive is based on the company's restructuring plans, in which, among others, identified.
Government wants to bail out the failed Post Office with billions of rand more in taxpayers' money. It'd be better to let it die.