Irish postal workers must consider pay offer
The country’s 10,000 postal workers are to consider whether to accept a pay rise offer of 5.5% over four years.
The proposal was made during talks with An Post management at the Labour Relations Commission.
But the Communications Workers’ Union has said An Post’s plans for the future of collection and delivery services would have a devastating effect on the country’s postal system.
National Officer Sean McDonagh has said they are also seeking a mandate for industrial action.
Postal workers to discuss cost-cutting at An Post
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2004-11-06 11:00:06+00
Members of the Communications Workers Union are due to meet on Monday to discuss the latest cost-saving proposals from An Post.
It comes amid growing fears of a possible Christmas postal strike.
Workers are resisting management demands for 1,400 redundancies and a commitment to cutting the overtime bill.
CWU Officer Sean McDonagh has said that the postal workers want to have a viable national postal service and to have reasonable pay and conditions for the people that deliver that service.
He also said that the union has been in negotiations with An Post since March of this year and that he hopes that a strike will be avoided.
