Latest editorial
A general view of Royal Mail vans at Swadlincote Post Office, Derbyshire
CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage.
Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment.
Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today.
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