In an ongoing conflict over the reorganisation of the French postal service in rural France, workers have been taking on-and-off strike action for months, causing severe delays in some areas. READ ALSO French postal service starts drone delivery in the AlpsSo why are France's rural postal workers so unhappy? Postal workers in rural France have had to adapt their work days to the changing face of modern mail correspondence. It reflects the already profound gap between Metropolitan and rural France, widened by a changing modern economy. “You cannot compress kilometers.”But Olivier Marçais, a manager of La Poste en Occitanie, told France 3 that the reorganisations reflect the changing realities of the post service in France.

Source: The Local January 13, 2020 09:56 UTC