Tag: Royal Mail

Legal threat to UK mail staff over strike

Posted by | Feb 3, 2006 | |

Royal Mail today threatened legal action against union officials representing postal workers on wildcat strike in Northern Ireland. The company said it did not think they had shown any real will to try to get the unofficial action in Belfast called off. It has written to a number of Communication Workers` Union representatives warning it could take action against them to recover financial losses caused to the firm by four days of unofficial action which has halted postal deliveries to much of Belfast. David Peden, Royal Mail commercial manager, said: “We have written to some individual union officials advising them they we may consider legal action. “Let`s be clear – there has been four days of unofficial action. We feel that there is no real evidence from union representatives to demonstrate any real will to get people back to work and are taking action accordingly.”

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Unions fear UK Royal Mail could loose 40,000 jobs to cut costs

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

Royal Mail is to begin a fresh round of cost-cutting that unions fear may trigger 40,000 job losses and a huge switch from full-time to part-time work, citing a Royal Mail spokesman, The Times reported. The plans could spark industrial unrest with the Communication Workers Union (CWU), especially because the two sides have just begun pay talks in which the union is seeking a 25 pct rise, the newspaper said. It wants to bring postal pay in line with the national average. A spokesman for Royal Mail told The Times that it was looking at job cuts and more use of part-time staff, but would not comment on the size of the plans. He said that automation would cut the need for labour and that competition meant that Royal Mail’s workload would be less. ‘It is too soon to speculate on the size of Royal Mail, but it is no secret that we intend to be more efficient and flexible than our competitors,’ he told The Times.

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UK Royal Mail appeals against compensation ruling

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

Royal Mail is appealing against a High Court decision that it should pay up to GBP40m in compensation to business customers for missing service targets. Last Thursday, a day before the deadline to appeal, the postal operator decided to continue the legal battle pitting it and regulator Postcomm against postal customers’ representative Postwatch. Postwatch went to the courts last year after differing with Postcomm over the amount of compensation the two organisations believed was due from Royal Mail to its customers for missing its service targets in 2003-2004. The total compensation due was GBP80m, but Postcomm allowed Royal Mail to withhold around GBP40m from customers who had paid invoices late during the year. In December, High Court judge Justice Sullivan upheld Postwatch’s challenge. The judge left the amount that Royal Mail should pay to be decided by negotiation between the two sides. Postwatch’s senior director Andy Frewin said last Friday that customers were unhappy about the appeal because it would mean a further wait for compensation.

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UK Royal Mail goes into directory enquiries

Posted by | Jan 29, 2006 | |

Royal Mail is to take on 118 118 and BT this week with the launch of a rival directory-enquiries service. The launch could lead to a price war, with Royal Mail undercutting its rivals with a 40p flat charge for up to two enquiries. The move is the latest attempt by Allan Leighton, chairman of Royal Mail, to generate new sources of income for the indebted business. The entry of Royal Mail into the Pounds 160m directory-enquiries market will be a blow for 118 118, The Number, which is reported to be working on plans to float this year. Royal Mail’s service -11 88 55 – will be run by the Post Office, a division of Royal Mail. Simon Carter, head of Post Office Home Phone, hopes to cash in on consumer dissatisfaction with current directory-enquiries services.

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Royal Mail – The Future by the CWU

Posted by | Jan 23, 2006 | |

All individual members employed within Royal Mail would have received a pamphlet this week on the Royal Mail letters strategy and the CWU’s vision and aims for the future.

The pamphlet tells members of Royal Mail’s plans, but most importantly, sets out the way the union intends to shape the future of jobs within the industry.
P:LibraryPostalCWU Future of RM leaflet 06.pdf

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