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NOTE – THIS ARTICLE/PRESS RELEASE NOT RE-ISSUED OR ADDED TO WEBSITE/ME-NEWS AS RESULT WAS A NO VOTE.
In view of today’s announcement of the results of the CWU ballot for industrial action over the pay dispute with Royal Mail, Triangle is re-issuing the results of a survey of major mail users (initially released on 29 August). We believe that the voice of the mail user should be heard in this debate.

Triangle Management Services Limited (the leading specialist consultants to the mail industry) has interviewed a sample of Royal Mail’s leading customers and has found that they all believe any strike action should lead to some period of immediate deregulation. The majority (over 70%) of the top users interviewed, who collectively spend around £400 million a year on post, say that if there is industrial disruption then private carriers should be allowed to collect and deliver indefinitely not just during the period of any strike. All would prefer to pay the current Royal Mail tariffs but over 40% would be prepared to pay more – some up to 50% more than they are currently paying. Almost 90% of those interviewed said that a strike (if it lasted more than a month) would have a significant, major or catastrophic effect on their business.