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Correos abre la red postal a operadores privados a finales de mayo con descuentos de hasta el 20%


Los operadores postales privados podrán empezar a finales del próximo mes de mayo a utilizar la red postal pública de Correos para tramitar sus envíos, lo que les permitirá garantizar a sus clientes la entrega a cualquier parte del país de la mano de los carteros de la sociedad pública sin necesidad de contar con red propia.

Con esta medida se dará un paso más en la progresiva apertura a la competencia del sector, que arrancó en 1998 y que culminará en 2009 con la liberalización total del mercado.

Los operadores privados emplearán la red postal de Correos para sus envíos de igual forma que un cliente particular, esto es, pagando a la sociedad pública la correspondiente tarifa postal.

No obstante, Correos podrá aplicar descuentos de hasta el 20% a estas empresas en función de determinados parámetros, como son el volumen de envíos que le aporten, el hecho de que entreguen siempre en un mismo lugar, que lo hayan clasificado y que mantengan una regularidad en las entregas.

La sociedad postal pública podrá ofrecer estos descuentos porque gestionar el correo de las empresas privadas (un mínimo de 350.000 cartas anuales por empresa) le permitirá optimizar su red y sus recursos, con el consiguiente ahorro de costes. La sociedad postal tratará los envíos de las empresas privadas junto con el resto de sus propios envíos, tras la firma de los preceptivos convenios.

Así se establece en la Resolución de la Subsecretaria del Ministerio de Fomento que fija las reglas de juego del acceso de las empresas privadas a la red postal, a la que tuvo acceso Europa Press. Esta normativa se publicara en los próximos días en el Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) con el fin de que entre en vigor a finales de mayo.

BATALLA POR LOS GRANDES CLIENTES.

En la actualidad, y según datos de Fomento, existen unas 400 empresas postales privadas, si bien sólo una decena, entre las que destaca Unipost, tienen un tamaño y una cuota de negocio relevante. Se centran en gestión de envíos masivos de grandes empresas, entidades y Administraciones.

Hasta ahora, para abordar este negocio debían contar con logística propia, por lo que la mayor parte de estas empresas limitaban los envíos al entorno urbano, segmento de negocio que además ya está completamente liberalizado y en el que compiten de forma directa con Correos.

La legislación mantiene aún reservando a Correos el envío interurbano de cartas de menos 50 gramos de peso para compensar al operador por tener que garantizar el servicio público universal. En este segmento los privados sólo pueden operar en los envíos de más de 50 gramos y cobrando 2,5 veces la tarifa oficial. Ahora, con el acceso a la red postal (las instalaciones y los carteros de Correos) podrán garantizar a sus clientes la entrega de sus envíos a cualquier parte de España.

Fomento ha pactado este sistema con la patronal del sector (Asociación Profesional de Empresas de Reparto y Manipulación de Correspondencia, Asempre) y confía que beneficie a todas las partes y dinamice la competencia.

Se espera que los operadores privados trasladen los descuentos que les hará Correos a sus clientes para aumentar su negocio y competir con el operador público en captación de grandes clientes. Ello empujará a la empresa pública a competir optimizando sus prestaciones, con la consiguiente mejora del servicio de la que, en última instancia, se acaben beneficiando también los usuarios particulares.



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John Hegarty

Bernard Dupin
Claus Zanker

Deborah Bourque
Dieter Plehwe Postal unions across the world face very similar challenges and they are ready to fight to defend the postal service. That was the clear message from UNI Postal global union’s world conference in Athens in a broad ranging debate on a globalising and liberalising postal market.
“We are determined and we are all together in a global trade union family,” said UNI Postal President Rolf Büttner, summing up the debate. “We have to stick in there and fight liberalisation and privatisation.”
Reporting on new pressures on jobs in the Royal Mail in the de-regulated UK, Brian Scott of Amicus told delegates that the “people who are benefiting from liberalisation are the large companies who skim the cream and cherry pick”.

A ten-year campaign by US postal unions has helped retain a publicly owned postal system with a universal postal service, reported Jim Sauber from NALC USA.
The US Postal System is the second largest employer in the United States and recent legislation has been broadly acceptable to postal workers and their unions.
Moves to experiment with de-regulation were seen off - partly by massive email protests by postal members among the union’s 100,000 e-activists.
“We are very concerned at what is happening in Europe - if Europe goes down the road of total de-regulation then this is a battle we will have to fight again,” said Jim.
“We didn’t get everything in the final Bill but it should be good for postal service and the postal unions,” said John Hegarty from NPMHU USA. The unions are ready to go back to lobbying Congress over moves to outsource postal processing work to outside, private companies.

The CUPW in Canada has also been lobbying hard in recent years. Building links with customers and communities has been an important part in that effort, said Deborah Bourke. Recent moves by Canada Post to cut rural mail deliveries had to be amended after a revolt by a Canadian public that supports public services but there is still pressure for de-regulation.

The world’s postal system was a 19th century edition of globalisation, but one that brought people real benefits in communication, said researcher Dr Dieter Plehwe, from the Wissenschaft Zentrum Berlin.
Now we face cross border competition between what were national operators, new rules for post written by and for the express companies and four multinational companies forging a global oligarchy - FedEx and UPS in the United States and Deutsche Post World Net and TPG in Europe.
For unions the changes will mean the end of single company or postal operator union as many companies move into the market and unions will have to diversify.

Up to 60,000 postal jobs could go in France by 2012 if total de-regulation goes ahead in Europe, said the CGT-PTT’s Bernard Dupin. “This new offensive is dangerous because it is workers and customers who will foot the bill. We insist on the right of communication for all citizens and that will only be achieved if this directive is withdrawn.”
Anneke Stevens reported on the Dutch postal union’s fight against total de-regulation. 9,000 jobs have gone in the last five years and 7,500 more could go.
There is also growing competition between the German and the Dutch postal operators with Deutsche Post hiring people on low pay (sometimes below the minimum wage) and undermining collective agreements. The result has been a pay freeze for Dutch postal workers.
“We are in the eye of the cyclone,” said Michel Meyer, from Belgium’s CGSP-Poste, with competition coming from the large postal operators in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

The world’s experience so far of de-regulated postal markets is that they do not increase quality or lower prices (with the biggest companies generally benefiting), said Claus Zanker from Input Consulting, Stuttgart. “Apart from ideological motives there is no justification for full market opening.”
He said the EU plan to totally de-regulate left open the question of how a universal postal system will be supported. The formula was untested and the impact on the postal sector unclear. “The best solution is to retain a protected sector for the postal operators.”
Where markets have been completely de-regulated genuine competition has not been created and jobs have gone in large numbers.
In Sweden with de-regulation 25% of post offices closed and postal jobs collapsed from 70,000 to 38,000. In New Zealand the same process saw 43% of jobs disappear. In Italy jobs have fallen from 220,000 to 150,000 while at Deutsche Post under even partial liberalisation have more than halved - from 306,000 to 150,000.
The new operators have created far fewer jobs and with worse conditions - often casual and precarious. “So we will end up with wage dumping and a downward spiral,” he said.

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