Postal workers held a rally this Friday to show their rejection of the sale of the historic building in Gabriel Miró square, while also criticizing that the forced transfer of 75 employees will take place in the middle of the Christmas campaign. . The unions CC OO and UGT regret that the postal agency has decided to “oversell” the property to Generalitat, solely to compensate for the economic losses incurred by this service at the national level.
Workers take turns passing through the assembly area, unfurling banners and shouting protest slogans. unions They criticize that the sale will be formalized for just 4.9m euros., when it invested in the adaptation of the Correos 4.5 building ten years ago. They think that this operation is only aimed at closing the economic deficit that has accumulated recently, and they blame the current president, Juan Manuel Serrano, for this.
CC OO and UGT also state that the sale will be concluded. Mandatory transfer of all departments in the middle of the Christmas campaign currently employed at this property, so a total of 75 workers. As a result, those attached to the main office will only be transferred to a temporary location for one year, requiring a search for another location in the center of Alicante that will serve as headquarters to the main office. office. , with their representation for rental and new air conditioning business. The rest of the group will be transferred to other buildings with the need to undertake some improvement work, as in the case of Bono Guarner street.
José Joaquín Oliva, the provincial secretary of the CCOO’s Post Office, laments the loss of assets the organization will suffer and claims it “means everything”. a moral blow to the workersThose who are incredibly involved in this loss of institutionalism”.
José Luis Rico, head of the UGT postal service, expresses himself in similar terms, and “The loss of identity that Correos will experiencein exchange for a minimum compensation for the sale”.