The mail stop is even closer: Package threaten to delay several days, letters will go there maybe next year

the postal strike is even closer, because despite the efforts of employers Palta and the Postal and logistics industry employees union of the PAU have not converged in collective bargaining.

the two Sides are again in the morning conciliator Anemone Piekkalan house looking for controversy way out.

It is at the core of the package sorter of tes-terms of the agreement.

the Post in exceptional circumstances the director of Jarmo Ainasoja say that the Mail is not hired additional staff to take care of packages and letters, sorting and distribution, if the postal strike starts on Monday.

pau, president of Heidi Nieminen said that the Post office salary currently, the abundance of temporary employment in different parts of Finland to break the strike effects and in particular Postal scrape together the employees of packet processing tasks. Pau also Estonia is becoming employees practice these tasks.

Ainasojan the Postal service is committed to the fact that the staff does not increase the previously already indicated.

the temporary labor total personnel is about one-tenth.

– the amount of stick, this is not meant to exceed.

the Staff is, of course, less than usual, if the strike began.

Ainasoja says, that even with a small number of persons packets can be dealt with easily, because the packet handling is generally good.

Packets are delayed by many days

If the strike begins next Monday and lasts notified two weeks, the package travel delay home country for several days.

we Can talk about a number of days of delay of the packets, if the strike takes place as notified.

the Same is true abroad packets sent, but Ainasoja says that a lot depends on how the next couple of days-negotiations are progressing. The data packet flow specified as the negotiations progress.

the Letters are there, maybe next year

a letter in the mail instead of the delays can be weeks. And at worst they may be there until next year.

– Paper communication is more challenging. Can be talking about often after weeks of delay, where the distribution office is closed, and there is not to get letters and postal cards delivered, delays can be several weeks.

the Assessment changes depending on how much mail will become a distribution center for processing. Customer can facilitate the processing of careful labelling.

– If the address is clearly written, so that the sorting machine can read it easily, it speeds up the processing distribution centers. Important is, that the distribution centers do not need to clear addresses, Ainasoja winked.

ecommerce package get for christmas, if the strike is prolonged

If the strike lasts two weeks, christmas ecommerce package get to your destination, the Post office estimates.

the Package in the order it is important that the ecommerce space in the package is the customer's correct telephone number clearly written. If the Mail client send package, it is essential that it is well packed in a strong cardboard box.

Letters should not be protruding, and for them to even put the two cardboard, if the letter inside is the atypical shape of the content.

Consumers let's hope the patience of a possible strike at the dawn. Mail website you can follow how the interference is, for example, in different parts of Finland.

– Consumers hoping to composure. The post to update its website twice a day, where can you check the most common disorder of the situation during the strike, Ainasoja tell

Magazines and newspapers you will likely be distribute

If the strike would end within two weeks, however, it will take some time before everything returns to normal. If the strike lasts more than two weeks, its effect on postal parcels and letter of transportation will be re-evaluated.

Ainasoja believes that parcel delivery has time to recover before christmas, if the strike is prolonged. Christmas baskets and packages the Postal company to take care of as well as possible, and christmas mail not in danger, if the strike does not stretch.

the journal of the early distribution is not industrial action in the circuit, and it to treat many distributor. Early distribution strike can have effects in areas with post basic products distributed together with newspapers.

the Mail during the day portable magazines and newspapers you probably remain without sharing.

Trade unions: look at what distributor to use

Retail point of view the situation is irksome, says the Trade association. It is also the consumer, because consumers are already accustomed to the fact that an ecommerce package will get home in a few days, the Trade federation to view.

the Consumer's believe online sales may falter, but kuluttajaj plant in terms of good is it that the online shop package for distributors is more, said the benefits of valton director Tuula Loikkanen a Trade union.

When a consumer orders something online store, he can choose what distributor paketilleen use. Is it, for example a Post office, a mobile service, PostNord or DHL.

All distributors are not all online retailers of use, but different stores have different distributors, Loikkanen clarify.

– from This point forward the consumer should pay attention to what distributor to use, Loikkanen said.

If you strike a stretch, and would continue for more than two weeks, so it might feel quite a bit also stores discount event Black Friday online store mynnissä, Trade association said to. Black Friday is this year 29. November.

Negotiations have been stuck

the Negotiations have been sticky and they do not have so far to progress the kingdom of the mediator's office. Service sector employers Palta ry, the negotiator is the ceo of Tuomas Aarto .

Workers represented by the Postal and logistics union Pau chairman Heidi Nieminen.

the PAU has said that the strike starts, if the tes-negotiations and package sorter of working conditions does not reach an agreement.

the Post and the Defender are invoked by the fiercer the competition and the letter post reduction, which requires flexibility in working conditions.

Palta, objective is to change the current collective bargaining agreement closer to the media alliance and industrial union between the distribution agreement. But the contract PAUlla maintain your own, current message spacing and the logistics-sector collective bargaining. The contract period of personal wages as well as the evening and yötyölisä corresponding to the level of earnings is maintained, managing Aarto specify.

Pau according to the employer wants to tear up the existing collective agreement and replace it with the industry association and the media association between the distribution of the collective agreement provisions.

the work of the author according to the association it would mean low-paid workers of all conditions of deterioration: lower wages, longer working hours and life hampering the working time models.

President Nieminen specify that the employer proposal would mean the current working hours, workers depending on the 150-250 an hour increase in working time without replacing anything.

on Strike would be about 9 000 employees. Negotiations the district has approximately 10 000 employees. Most of the works in mail distribution duties.

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