The Communication Workers Union said the South African Post Office was not only mistreating workers but was mismanaging itself into collapse.
The union also demands that the Postbank be reintegrated with the Post Office and that it becomes a monopoly in the delivery of parcels weighing 1kg or less. The Communication Workers Union is demanding the government bail out the struggling South African Post Office and ensure that the entity has a monopoly in the delivery of parcels weighing 1kg or less.
SAPO has continuously struggled to pay employees' medical aid contributions to the medical aid provider Medipos and is likely to consider taking steps to retrench staff after this year's Budget Speech effectively paved the way for it to cut 6 000 or 40% of its jobs in the medium term. Its salary bill accounts for 61% of its expenditure, according to its latest annual report. However, the union's demands do not begin and end with members' pockets.
The union also demands that all state institutions use SAPO as their primary service provider for registered mail and parcel delivery.
_Business Close it once
_Business Give them the monopoly because it will not last long. All SOEs under the ANC government have been run to the ground. It is a shame
_Business How is it possible that this government fuck everything up. Why why why. Your job are simple. Service delivery, keep law and order and focus on growth. But no you keep on be useless. 2024 will be a shocker for the ANC.
_Business Just another day in South Africa. Another failed SoE, another union protest. South Africans, google the definition of insanity.
_Business Tell them to take a hike. Another great example of SA unions thinking they are entitled to tell the rest of the country how we should put up with shoddy service to keep them happy. ESKOM another obvious example. No. Sorry. Not interested
_Business If they have monopoly then no parcel under 1kg will ever be delivered. Maybe the workers must internalize the issues and try to think why nobody wants to use the SAPO for deliveries.
_Business What so that our %^^ can be stolen. I think not
_Business NO WAYS! WE WILL NOT RECIEVE MAIL SAFELY AGAIN IF THEY OWNED MONOPOLY!
_Business So we won't be able to send or receive parcels in our town. Post office closed under lock and key for over a year. And rent has not been paid for at least 3 years for the building. No. Sorry for the job losses but....
_Business Let’s not waste anyone’s time with this
_Business Fire the whole lot of the useless clowns
_Business The PO was wrestled down to make way for private sector, its stupid how these politicians can be this selfish.
_Business Cyril is one to be blamed in all of this
_Business Didn’t know the SA post office still delivered any service.
_Business The pathetic Unions are going to demand themselves into oblivion. 😂😂😂 Silly uneducated children with an entitlement attitude
_Business Pep must take over SAPO.
_Business Another bailout. Funny how they didn't worry about this when they crippled SAPO a few years ago for their outrageous wage demands.
_Business Any business that requires government to enforce a monopoly is not really a business….
_Business We will never receive those parcels because everything will be stolen.
_Business There is nothing to bail out, they don’t exist in my area, three closed down, frankly I don’t want their useless service back 🖕