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Royal Mail delivery vans parked up inside the Whitechapel delivery office, December 14, 2022
THOUSANDS of Parcelforce drivers could be entitled to worker rights such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage, according to legal experts.
Law firm Leigh Day has begun an investigation for a potential group claim on behalf of drivers delivering for Parcelforce, Royal Mail’s parcel arm.
Leigh Day said those working under “owner driver agreements,” which distinguish them from drivers who are employed directly by Royal Mail but deliver under the Parcelforce brand, may have been misclassified as self-employed independent contractors rather than workers.
Royal Mail’s job quality has plummeted, with gruelling hours, two-tier pay, intense surveillance, and poor work-life balance for postal workers — but our union is fighting back, writes CWU branch secretary JOHN CARSON
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’