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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by fian on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:49AM (#16307749)
DPD is wholly owned by La Poste which is 73% owned by the French government.

Seems ironic that a company owned by a government with strong social welfare and laws preventing long work hours would act in such a hostile way towards staff in pursuit of profits.

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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:08AM (#16307816)
> which is 73% owned by the French government.

As has been remarked, the long-term effect of privatisation in the UK has been that much of the economy is still government-owned. It's just not the UK government that owns it any more.

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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by lozenge on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:18AM (#16307846)
DPD has always been a private company.
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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by lordfoom on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:51AM (#16308222)
A private company owned by the French Government, no?
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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:24AM (#16307868)
There are other companies in the Delivery space, for instance The Royal Mail, also a privately owned company now.
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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by isolli on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:29AM (#16308135)
True. RATP (the French, state-owned public transport operator) runs many bus lines in London. And EDF (the French, state-owned utility) owns EDF Energy in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_United_Busways

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDF_Energy

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