Former SP National Councilor Corrado Pardini to become Post Director

The Pardini brothers laid an egg for the unions: their big brother Giorgio did not prevent the SP national councilor Corrado Pardini (54), who was voted out in the autumn, from taking on the post as a board member.

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The joy of this should be limited for the Minister of Post Simonetta Sommaruga (60, SP). She had to justify herself on Friday because of a “Tages-Anzeiger” article on personnel. The article accused her of having to send a person from Ticino to the board of directors – and to elect the Italian-Swiss dual citizen. But that was not the point.

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You rubbed your eyes at the post office

In the Post-VR, two seats are reserved for the unions – and they occupy them at their own discretion. The HR association Transfair proposed the CEO of Swisspower AG, Ronny Kaufmann, in November 2018.

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At the post office, people rubbed their eyes as to why a company boss should act as a personnel representative – but it is customary to wave through the unions’ proposals unless there are compelling reasons – for example criminal proceedings. The Federal Council also nodded to Kaufmann.

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And now Pardini. The fact that the Syndicom union, in whose management Giorgio Pardini is sitting, proposes his brother, caused astonishment among the yellow giant. But there was no choice here either. Since Pardini was not at fault, the Federal Council also nodded to him yesterday.

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Pardini has union experience – first in the trade union construction and industry, later at Unia. But he has no affinity for the post office.

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Fair selection process

Syndicom’s logistics sector, with which Giorgio Pardini has nothing to do, conducted a selection process for the VR position. There were several applicants. The election committee consisted of postal workers, it is said from trade union circles. But because Giorgio did not prevent his brother Corrado Pardini from running, the felt accusation is now liable.

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The two cases Kaufmann and Pardini cast bad light on the unions. Because why didn’t you port a woman? And why did Syndicom not suggest a person from Latin Switzerland after the death of Michel Gobet († 65) from Neuchâtel?

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