An end to the crisis in sight? Unions and management meet in Brussels and could find an agreement

Strike at bpost: no agreement between management and unions, the movement continues!

No agreement was reached between the management of the bpost group and the unions following a new meeting organized on Wednesday.

By Sudinfo with Belga

Published on 04/24/2024 at 6:25 p.m.

No agreement was reached between the management of the bpost group and the unions following a new meeting organized on Wednesday, indicated several union sources and the group’s spokesperson Laura Cerrada Crespo. Postmen and workers at sorting centers in Brussels and Wallonia have been on strike since Monday and are protesting in particular against the imminent end (June 30) of the state concession for the distribution of newspapers.

The solution put forward by bpost is a phased transfer of newspaper volumes to its subsidiary AMP, already responsible for supplying 4,000 press points across the country. “This path was developed to avoid a social plan within bpost, by allowing a gradual transfer of volumes towards an organizational model with lower costs”, underlines the spokesperson of the company in a reaction published at the end of the meeting with the unions. “This solution helps avoid any social shock and meets the expressed needs of newspaper publishers. »

Bpost: sorting centers still blocked in Wallonia and Brussels, concessions from management “largely insufficient” for the unions

However, management had to acknowledge the firm rejection of this solution by the unions.

“We still reject this solution and there is no formal agreement for a return to work,” explains Stéphane Daussaint, general manager of CSC-Transcom Postes. “We have made some progress but first we need to go back to the base to see how it is positioned. »

Between now and the new meeting scheduled for tomorrow/Thursday, the union delegate considers it unlikely that the movement will stop and that the sorting centers in Liège, Charleroi and Brussels will resume work.

An opinion shared by Thierry Tasset, general secretary of the CGSP Poste, who emphasizes the determination of workers to continue the movement.