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Door-to-door direct mail
Latest update
- Figures for the past 12 months show a rise in unadressed mail volumes from 28 billion to 3.2bn - up 14 per cent. And projections for the coming year predict a further 16 per cent increase - up to 3.7bn.
- The growth of this activity is protecting jobs and counterbalancing decline in some other areas providing further proof that this was very much the right step to take.
July 2011: Postal newsletter: general update on issues including ColleagueShare, World Class Mail, pensions, the London mail centre dispute and key policies agreed at this year's annual conference.
Background
Last year's Business Transformation - 2010 and Beyond agreement altered the arrangements for delivery of direct mail, unadressed mail, or "door-to-door" work by:
- Removing the cap of three items per week by bringing this into
normal workload.
- Introducing a standard, across the board £20 per week
payment for all as opposed to payment on a "per-item"
basis meaning the payment system is now fair and equal for all. It
is worth noting that all of the monies paid out to delivery workers
under the "door-to-door" system are now used to fund the
flat rate £20 payment to all. Royal Mail has not made
any financial savings from this payment system change.
- Allowing adequate "prep" time and incorporating this
work as part of a normal workload. If any of you experience
problems over this, then please contact your unit rep, or contact
us here at CWU HQ.
- The changes mean that more of this work can come into delivery
in the future, existing jobs can be protected and, hopefully, new
jobs can be created.
- A few more years of "no change" would have meant
continued unfairness, no door-to-door work at all and no extra
money for anyone and Royal Mail eventually losing this activity
altogether.
- This issue was the one which sparked more debate than any other during negotiations between Royal Mail and the union. There were a lot of people who opposed this change, but the overwhelming Yes vote in the national ballot showed that it was supported by the vast majority of members.
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