Postal pay offer : Could end postal strikes

By Susie Watkins 21st Apr 2023

This was the picket line in Frome last September
This was the picket line in Frome last September

The postal dispute could be coming to a close.

If members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) accept a 10% pay rise over three years it will signal an end to the row over jobs and conditions which led to a series of walkouts last year.

Union members will be balloted on the offer in the coming weeks.

According to The Guardian newspaper the deal also includes a one-off lump sum of £500 for all CWU-grade employees in Royal Mail and Parcelforce, regardless of union membership – about 120,000 workers.

According to the BBC both the Royal Mail and the CWU said it was a "good" deal.

There are reports that there will also be changes to working patterns, which means postal delivery workers will work 39 hours per week in the peak Christmas season, 35 hours a week over the summer and 37 hours over the rest of the year.

     

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