Workers in Cambridgeshire show their support for strike against against the Royal Mail Group
POSTAL staff made a serious show of strength to Royal Mail Group (RMG) bosses today as 500 workplace meetings were held in support of a national strike ballot.
Thousands of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members took part in hundreds of meetings outside depot gates in support of the union’s ballot, which is scheduled to begin in late September.
Workers say that RMG is not honouring commitments on increasing pay and reducing weekly working hours from 39 to 35 by 2022, given to avoid strike action last year.
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
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