Royal Mail workers accept pay deal

Postal workers employed by Royal Mail have accepted a pay rise of Pounds 11.50 a week plus a Pounds 100 Christmas bonus, the Communication Workers Union has announced. The annual increase in basic pay is worth about 3.8 per cent for most postal workers rising to 4.5 per cent for the lowest paid “providing all workers with an above inflation increase”, said David Ward, the CWU’s deputy general secretary.

Royal Mail said that the agreement with the CWU had been reached ahead of schedule, the first time this had happened for a number of years, and was a “good example of the current constructive relationship the company has with the union”.