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POSTIES have accused Royal Mail bosses of “unforgivable greed” after it emerged they were awarded over £2 million in new shares while workers struck over poor pay.
Four of the firm’s senior staff were handed the hefty conditional share awards this month, according to postal workers’ union CWU, with CEO Simon Thompson receiving the largest amount of £300,000.
“A day after Royal Mail workers took strike action against savage real-terms pay cuts, those enforcing that pay cut – who have been pleading poverty in the media – award themselves shares worth over £2m,” a CWU spokesperson said.
NEU members at Woodfield School in north London are taking sustained industrial action against enforced cuts to learning support assistants’ hours and pay. MARY ADOSSIDES reports
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