Exclusive: Documents seen by the Daily Mirror reveal how the privatised postal giant is preparing to dish out perks to managers who are being tasked with overseeing large-scale redundancies and shift changes The Mirror revealed last week how Royal Mail had paid out £1.9billion to shareholders since privatisation ( Image: …
Read More »Royal Mail’s £2bn to shareholders as it refuses staff decent pay rise and plans jobs axe
Exclusive: Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to shareholders since it was privatised in 2013 and chief executive Simon Thompson got a pay and perks deal worth £753,000 in its last financial year Daniel Kretinsky’s overall wealth is estimated at £3billion ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Royal Mail has …
Read More »UK postal union sits on strike mandate at Royal Mail after 115,000 vote for action against 2 percent pay award
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is sitting on the largest strike mandate it has been handed for decades, refusing to name any dates for action against Royal Mail’s imposition of a 2 percent pay award this year. Around 115,000 postal workers at 1,500 workplaces returned a 97.6 percent vote for …
Read More »UK firms announce hundreds of thousands of redundancies
UK firms announce hundreds of thousands of redundancies By Barry Mason 14 September 2020 Hundreds of thousands of workers are being laid off in the UK, as corporations impose restructuring programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the BBC revealed that 3,672 employers had given notice of more than …
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