Crozier hits out at unions

Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier condemned union leaders during a TV interview in the UK. The chief executive accused them hampering efforts to make the business more efficient during an interview with Sky News.

He said: “In a nutshell what we have is a company that needs to modernise to survive and a union that, whilst on the face of it is saying it’s up for modernisation, is actually doing pretty much everything it can to frustrate those changes on the ground.”

Crozier went on to highlight problems in the London area

“What we really need is people to get on with that modernisation. We’re now in the final throes of that and we’re doing that in London, and in London the union and some of our people don’t want to make those changes. All we’re asking for is our people to work in London all the hours they are paid to work and I do not think for any company that that is an unreasonable request.”

Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), also spoke to the news channel during Jeff Randall Live, with the union ballotting its 121,000 Royal Mail members over national strike action.

He said: “The fact of the matter is, I don’t think Royal Mail would dispute this, that changes have taken place without support of the workforce. That’ll be signified by the ballot result we’re expecting which will be a yes vote.”