Post truth: the dispute between Royal Mail’s management and union continues to escalate ✒️ olyduff
: a mountain of parcels, crowded delivery depots, and undelivered mail piled in lorries and trailers. This December, the cut-off date for the last Christmas post is unclear.may not be guaranteed to reach its destination in timeRoyal Mail’s initial pay offer was inflammatory – and management’s decision to pay £400m to shareholders last year was highly questionable, given “difficult” forecasts at the time about trouble ahead.
As for the CWU, it has targeted the crucial pre-Christmas delivery window to create maximum disruption and get noticed by the public, since postal strikes take longer to cause problems than, say, industrial action on the railways. Royal Mail does need modernisation in order to compete with parcel rivals willing to undercut it on pay and working conditions. The business says it could lose up to £450m this year following the drop in pandemic deliveries.
Yet management must take responsibility for failing to take the 140,000 workforce along with its plans to modernise. Some staff fear the Royal Mail becoming a “gig economy” employer. The best way out of the mess? A decent pay rise linked to more reform is needed – to help posties caught in the cost of living crunch, while also ensuring that the Royal Mail has a viable future.
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