UK Royal Mail managers to deliver
Royal Mail managers will sort and deliver some post in an attempt to reduce the impact of a national strike, the group said as the Communication Workers Union set about finalising plans for a ballot on industrial action.
Up to 15,000 managers in Royal Mail’s letters operation are expected to concentrate on special delivery services, the profitable time-guaranteed services.
Royal Mail will try to encourage big customers to switch postal dates once it knows the strike days. A spokesman said the organisation was in the dark because it did not know whether the union would go for a series of one-day walkouts or prolonged action.
The union intends today to make Royal Mail aware of its plans to ballot members.
Meanwhile, Royal Mail could soon come under pressure over its accounts. The union is considering calling for an independent review of the accounts amid fears that the management may have exaggerated the original losses and subsequent improvement.
The row between Royal Mail and the union is over pay and job cuts. Royal Mail says it has offered a 14.5% pay rise over 18 months; the union says this contains only 4.5% of upfront money, with the rest linked to performance targets.
