Former postmen are asking the post office to pay them overtime.

It all started with the story of Carmine Pascale, who had to turn to the Labor Inspectorate to get what he was entitled to.

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Carmine Pascale is a former precarious worker of Italian post, Originally from Montella, in the province of Avellino. Like many others, his professional experience at one of the most important companies in the country lasted just a few months. Then it ended. And Carmine became just another number.

POSTE ITALIANE DOESN'T PAY OVERTIME

But the most paradoxical part of the story isn't the usual story of precarious employment that, unfortunately, repeats itself with incredible frequency. Here the situation is more serious. In the few months in which Carmine worked as a delivery boy at Post of Prato-Pistoia districtIn fact, the young man had worked several hours of overtime, almost a hundred. And he was never paid. When he asked the company to verify his time cards, he received no response. So he turned to lawyer Rocco Bruno and went straight to the Provincial Office of Prato and Pistoia to have his rights upheld. And there, a ruling finally arrived (dated March 9, 2023) that completely rejected Poste Italiane's justifications (and even the attempt to settle the dispute through conciliation) and awarded Carmine the compensation for the overtime he had worked.

The former delivery boy also told his story to us at Don't waste, with a letter arriving in the editorial office's inbox, but first he raised the issue on social media. And here another significant fact occurred: many said they had received the same treatment from Poste Italiane, and furthermore reported the obsolete and dangerous delivery vehicles. Moreover, the company had already been ordered to pay overtime wages for a similar situation a few years ago, which it had not paid. Needless to say, we're not talking about any private company, but one in which the state, and specifically the government, effectively holds the role of major shareholders. And they shouldn't be making their voices heard only when appointments are being made!

POSTAL COLLECTIVE LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER

The Carmine Pascale case has gone viral and is causing considerable problems for Poste Italiane, a company accustomed to avoiding much scrutiny in the press when it comes to its relationships with its staff. Both permanent and temporary workers. Around 500 temporary workers have formed the collective Let's fight together The union, including through street protests, is calling for a freeze on the ranking of 9.320 former temporary employees awaiting permanent employment. Meanwhile, complaints to the Labor Inspectorate against Poste Italiane for unpaid overtime by delivery workers have been filed in Trieste, Foggia, Naples, and other Italian cities.

SLG-CUB POSTE UNION CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF ALL TEMPORARY WORKERS AT POSTE

The union is also taking action. The SLG-CUB Poste union has asked the Ministry of Labor, the National Labor Inspectorate, INPS, and INAIL to conduct a nationwide survey to determine exactly how many temporary workers are working without overtime pay. And what their wages are. To understand how many are in Carmine Pascale's situation.

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