Costin said unionists and IMF officials discussed the fact that the Government does not apply concrete measures to reintegrate people laid off from state companies on the labor market.
“Nobody talks about modernization, all they talk about is layoffs, so 3,000 people will take to the streets in two weeks to protests this false restructuring step,” said Costin.
He added the IMF agreed the Government doesn’t think about coherent modernization programs.
Costin said layoffs alone don’t solve anything and only keep postponing the adoption of concrete measures.
A joint mission of the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and the World Bank is in Romania between July 19 and August 1 for a second review of a precautionary stand-by agreement.
Posta Romana will continue its reorganization with the closing of 450 offices and restructuring of 1,400 jobs, having closed 900 offices earlier this year, bringing its network to 6,100 units, the company said on July 12.
Posta Romana general manager Dan Neagoe said at the time laid off personnel could be redistributed to other company branches, such as the banking or insurance firms it plans to set up. An evaluation will determine whether layoffs are necessary, he added.
The state-owned postal company plans to provide financial-banking services through its offices starting with 2012, by setting up such a company on its own or in partnership with a bank, or as a distributor for financial products and services through its own network and personnel.
The company is currently running a pilot-project selling general insurance policies in 500 offices, a figure which will double by the end of the year.
Posta Romana is Romania’s biggest postal service company and has a network of 7,100 local offices. The company employs 34,200 people, of which over 11,000 are mail carriers. The company is expected to lower its staff numbers to 32,663 by the end of the year.
Posta Romana is 75% owned by the state, through the Ministry of Communications, and 25% owned by investment fund Fondul Proprietatea.