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Tue, 24 Jun, 2014 12:08:18 AM Delayed mail deliveries likely for next 3 days FTimes-STT Report, June 24  Photo – Lehtikuva. The national postal and logistic corporation, Itella, confirmed on Monday that its transport and terminal workers will begin a strike today.
Itella termed the strike illegitimate and said it may cause delays in cargo and mail deliveries throughout the country from Tuesday to Thursday.
MTV news reported that about 300 drivers will go on strike from the early hours on Tuesday. The drivers are all members of Transport Workers’ Union, ATK.
According to MTV, Itella was aware of the looming strike but had not yet issued a statement on the issue.
The strike is set to begin at 3:00 am and end at Thursday midnight.
The strike is related to the co-determination negotiations held in spring, which brought about new job descriptions of heavy-duty vehicle drivers.
According to the employees, the new collective agreement will force them to switch from collective agreement for truck industry to collective agreement for communications and logistics industry.
Photo – Str / Lehtikuva. Itella has promised to minimise delays in cargo and mail delivery through special arrangements.
Earlier, on June 13, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) called on Itella to improve its mail delivery services.
Ficora said Itella had breached the law by not making deliveries during the weekdays and asked for clarification from Itella by the end of August on the matter.
Normally, deliveries have to be made by the next day after the sending date.
Itella is in the process of implementing new distribution routes after going through a huge employee layoff in April.
That time Itella said the delays were because of the transition during the learning phase of the new distribution routes.
The corporation also promised to sort out the problem soon.
Education and Science Minister Krista Kiuru on that occasion asked Itella to adhere to mail deliveries throughout the weekdays.
The minister said it was unacceptable that a large number of households had been left without regular mail deliveries.
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