POST Luxembourg came under fire on Friday 20 November 2015 for the planned repositioning and optimisation of its sale structure, which would see certain departments closed for the medium- to long-term.
The reasons behind these cutbacks were cited as two-fold, with unprofitable services on the one hand and the safety of booking clerks on the other. After the company's last board meeting, staff indicated that the project would soon be accelerated and the approach has now been criticised by the LCGB trade union.
According to the LCGB, the POST as a company has a duty not only to ensure the profitability of their departments and branches but also, particularly within the context of the post office counter, to offer services to citizens. The trade union affirmed itself as opposed to any policy geared solely to short-term profitability, stating that shortening its range of services would bring more losses than increased revenue to the POST company and would compromise medium- and long-term jobs in the mail and financial sector.
The trade union conceded that existing security problems in post offices should be corrected, but should by achieve by making adjustments to existing infrastructure rather than by closing kiosks. In this way the LCGB claimed that both the safety and the jobs of employees would be guaranteed. The trade union stated that security concerns could be dealt with in the short-term through provisional measures and felt that definitive decisions should only be taken following inclusive social discourse wherein all stakeholders would have the opportunity to participate in discussion and offer different perspectives.
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