Union leaders are set to hold a strike ballot among 12,000 Royal Mail managers and supervisors in the dispute over pay.
Officials at Amicus argued that an informal offer means 4 out of 10 senior staff would receive less than the inflation rate and would in effect suffer a drop in income.
Read MoreChanges to the way people pay for postage will cause utter confusion and lead to longer queues at post offices.
From August 21, letters and packages will be charged according to a complicated combination of size, width and weight.
And consumer groups predict that Royal Mail’s new Pricing in Proportion system will cause a flood of queries to counter staff.
Read MoreRoyal Mail is planning a pre-emptive strike to prevent competitors from cherry-picking major business clients, by bringing in a pricing structure that offers major discounts for city deliveries.
Called ‘zonal pricing’, the scheme will charge various rates according to the destination, and is to affect all mail sent through Mailsort 3 – the most popular service for direct mail. It will include magazine- delivery scheme Presstream.
Read MoreRoyal Mail’s major offensive to build awareness of pricing in proportion – including what is claimed to be the biggest door-drop push in UK history – is coming under fire for both its scale and timing
When Royal Mail revealed it was planning a campaign to support the introduction of pricing in proportion (PIP), it not only boasted that the push would reach every adult in the UK, but that it would be one of the biggest campaigns in the organisation’s 350-year history (PM November 11).
In theory, it would ensure that, as the pricing of mail changes on August 21 to include the size as well as weight, this is common knowledge for consumers and businesses alike. But, despite the campaign lasting over a month and consisting of many different elements, there are concerns that it will not be enough to make the change go through smoothly.
Read MoreResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39469) has announced the addition of “UK Home Delivery & Fulfilment 2006” to their offering.
“UK Home Delivery & Fulfilment 2006” provides a thorough analysis of the home delivery market – products ordered online, by phone, in store and by catalogue and delivered to the customer’s home or place or work. It includes full analysis of a survey of 2,000 consumers, exploring their motivations for using home delivery and their expectations of home delivery services.
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