Possible strikes local delays in mail delivery continues

30.11.2011

Media Release on Nov 2nd, updated on Nov 30.

Nov 30, 14:30: The parties came into agreement and strikes conducted by PAU will finish.

On Thursday 5 November, Finnish Post and Logistics Union PAU issued a strike notice on industrial action if the negotiations fail to deliver results before that.

Posti will do everything in its power to ensure that the strike affects our customers as little as possible. 

PAU plans to organize the stoppages of work as follows:

  1. Stoppage of all postal work in terminal in Jyväskylä, postal centers in Kuopio, Seinäjoki and Tampere, transports in Tampere. The early-morning delivery of newspapers Ilkka and Pohjalainen, and Keskisuomalainen in Jyväskylä are excluded from the stoppages of work. All the aforementioned, November 25-27 and 29-30, and December 1.
  2. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery in Jyväskylä, Kuopio and Seinäjoki, November 26-27 and 30, and December 1. 
  3. Stoppage of work regarding the postal center in Oulu, December 1-4.
  4. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery, transports and terminal work in Oulu, Ylivieska, Kajaani, Rauma, Pori, Mikkeli, Savonlinna, Varkaus, Pieksämäki, Joensuu, Vaasa and Kokkola. All the aforementioned, December 2-4.
  5. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery, transport and handling which are operating in the same units in Uusimaa, excluding Helsinki, December 7-8.
  6. Stoppage of work regarding transport in Vantaa, Virkatie, December 7-8.
  7. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery, handling and transport in postal code area 11-19, December 9.
  8. Stoppage of work regarding mail line haul transport, December 9.
  9. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery, handling and transport in postal code areas 11-19, 24-25 and 53-56, December 10.
  10. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery, handling and transport in postal code areas 20-21 (excluding handling work at logistics center in Lieto), 23-25, 27, 29-32 and 53-56, December 11.
  11. Stoppage of work regarding all Posti outlets, December 12.
  12. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery, handling and transport in postal code areas 20-21 (excluding handling work at logistics center in Lieto), 23-25, 27, 29-32 and 53-56, December 14.
  13. Stoppage of work regarding all Posti's consumer customer service at Rovaniemi, December 14.

Stoppages of work in accordance with the strike notices so far:

  1. Stoppage of work regarding newspaper delivery in the capital region (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen) and Uusimaa, November 20–21, and 23-25.
  2. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery in Helsinki, November 20 and 23-25.
  3. Stoppage of work regarding the postal center in Helsinki (including foreign production), logistics center in Vantaa (including foreign production), Siipitie foreign production and pricing service in Vantaa, Veturitie terminal in Helsinki, and logistics center and terminal in Lieto. All the aforementioned, November 19-21 and 23-25.
  4. Stoppage of all postal work in terminal in Jyväskylä, postal centers in Kuopio, Seinäjoki and Tampere, transports in Tampere. The early-morning delivery of newspapers Ilkka and Pohjalainen, and Keskisuomalainen in Jyväskylä are excluded from the stoppages of work. All the aforementioned, November 25-26 and 29.
  5. Stoppage of work regarding mail delivery in Jyväskylä, Kuopio and Seinäjoki, November 26-27. 

All work related to safety and health are excluded from the stoppages of work. The strikes seem not to have impact on Posti’s other services like warehouse services.