Delivering the post is people-intensive. Someone has to walk, cycle or drive around with the post, which is An Post’s main business. The average pay of a postman working 37.5 hours a week is 24,000, including allowances. But with overtime factored in, the average pay rises dramatically to 39,000.
It is this 15,000 “wedge” that management wants to eliminate. According to them, it is equivalent to employing 500 extra workers.
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Read MoreA group of MPs is demanding that Royal Mail rethink its size-based pricing proposals by excluding mail order photograph developers from the charges, amid fears of a raft of job losses.
Twenty-five MPs, including high-profile members Jeremy Corbyn and Kevin McNamara, have signed an Early Day Motion designed to raise awareness of the issue.
Read MoreThe Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) executives met and decided not to spread industrial action outside of the greater Dublin region.
Union official Sean McDonagh said: “We have attempted at all stages to resolve this, despite lockouts and provocations, and said that this is madness and we need to get people working and have honest and open discussions. We have problems and need to address them in An Post”.
Read MoreRoyal Mail figures by mail type – from information given at ILT tour of RM Distribution Centre in Hatfield
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