Royal Mail: Views from both sides of the picket line

Royal Mail: Views from both sides of the picket line

Dec 09, 2022 by BBC

Key Facts

  • The rest were out on strike for the 13th day of industrial action by CWU union members since the beginning of the year - and there are five more days to come.
  • Image source, BBC Image caption, Royal Mail employs agency workers during the peak Christmas season For Joy, who is a manager at the plant, it is important "to keep moving the mail" even if it doesn't leave the centre until striking posties return to work.
  • Like Joy, he has worked for the company for decades, but a dispute over pay, looming redundancies and what Nick believes are unfair changes to working conditions mean that strike action is the only option for him.
  • Image caption, Jay Brooks is the plant manager at Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant sorting centre Instead of working at their own office on a strike day, they will volunteer to travel to another site to help process the mail, where they join agency workers who are employed by Royal Mail at this busy time of the year, he said.

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