CTT administration has decided not to proceed to lay-off, according to the Government
"The information I have is that the CTT administration has very recently decided not to lay off," says the Assistant Secretary of State and Communications.
The Assistant Secretary of State and Communications said on Wednesday that his information is that the CTT (Post Office) administration has recently decided not to lay-off staff.
“The information I have is that the CTT administration has very recently decided not to go to lay-off,” said Alberto Souto de Miranda, who was speaking at the parliamentary committee on Economy, Innovation, Public Works and Housing, as part of a regular hearing.
He welcomed the decision, describing it as “courageous” at a time of falling revenues, due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, namely the 40% decrease in revenues from international parcel traffic.
As for dismissals, Souto de Miranda argued that the CTT “is perhaps the best Portuguese company”, with 12,300 workers, no dismissals during the crisis and “only the non-renewal of 50 workers” on fixed-term contracts.
Miranda also took the opportunity to express his gratitude, not only to the CTT administration, but also to the postmen themselves, who made the effort to deliver pension vouchers to 40,000 beneficiaries in the first phase.
“It was an initiative with risk for the CTT workers themselves and I would like to leave a word of recognition to the workers who helped to solve this problem.”
Alberto Souto de Miranda admitted that everything is heading in the right direction to negotiate the renewal of the concession contract with this post office administration.
“We have to give the benefit of the doubt to this administration, which, until now, has shown to have some social responsibility.”
Portugal accounts for 973 deaths associated with covid-19 in 24,505 confirmed cases of infection, according to the daily bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) on the pandemic released today.
The “Great Confinement” due to the pandemic led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to make unprecedented forecasts in its almost 75 years: the world economy could fall 3% in 2020, dragged by a 5.9% contraction in the United States, 7.5% in the eurozone and 5.2% in Japan.
For Portugal, the IMF forecasts a recession of 8% and an unemployment rate of 13.9% in 2020.
