Russian post office to cut its 33,000 jobs

The Russian post office said today that it intended to cut its staff by at least eight percent in 2010, leading to about 33,000 job losses.

The state-controlled post office plans ?gradual cuts of the total staff of no less than eight per cent,? it said in a statement, adding that cuts would affect the management at its branches.

The number of postal workers has fallen by three percent since the beginning of the year, and now totals 415,000 people, the statement said.

The Russian post office has 42,000 branches across the country.