A delegation from CCOO has met with the Vice-Minister of the Presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands, Alfonso Cabello, to convey to him the “very serious situation” that the public postal service in the Islands is going through.
The union has warned that Correos is applying a “policy of hidden cuts that puts at risk both employment and the territorial cohesion of the Canary Islands”.
During the meeting, CCOO presented the conclusions of the letter recently sent to the Presidency of SEPI, in which the breach of the Framework Agreement, signed on December 31, 2024, is denounced.
According to the union, Correos maintains blocked retirements and incentivized leaves contemplated in the Exit Plan, while it refuses to finalize an Entry Plan that guarantees generational replacement and staff stability in the Archipelago.
“Canarias cannot afford a low-cost Correos”
For CCOO, the situation in the Canary Islands is "doubly alarming" due to the island condition of the territory.
“We are witnessing a constant trickle of retirements that are not being covered and a temporary employment rate of around 25%, with thousands of part-time contracts preventing many Canary Islands families from making ends meet,” union representatives said after the meeting.
CCOO also conveyed in the meeting that Correos intends to impose a new Distribution Operating Model, based on continuous staff cuts, the elimination of positions, and the lack of hiring to cover absences.
"It is a model that consolidates and chronicles the permanent staff adjustment in the company and that, furthermore, constitutes the antechamber of a second model for Offices and the rural area."
"This new approach will affect male and female workers, with even deeper labor consequences, and will negatively impact the quality and frequency of the postal service provided to citizens."
This union has warned that the structural staff shortage is causing a "visible deterioration in the service that citizens receive, especially on the non-capital islands and in rural areas, where postal delivery is a basic right guaranteed by law that the company is letting die of starvation".
In these conditions of "precariousness and insufficient staffing", they summarize, "it is very difficult to guarantee a quality postal service for the citizens of the Canary Islands".