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POSTAL workers called yesterday for immediate discussions with Parcelforce Worldwide to solve problems over working routes.
Delegates at the Communication Workers Union conference in Bournemouth warned existing agreements between the union and Parcelforce are in a “state of disrepair.”
They voted in favour of opening new negotiations with the Royal Mail subsidiary to balance routes more evenly.
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
