115,000 postal workers striking against Uberisation

COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION

30/09/2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

115,000 POSTIES ON STRIKE AGAINST “UBERISATION” TODAY AND SATURDAY

 

Postal workers have turned out in huge numbers this morning (Friday 30th September) as they walk out on strike against the “Uberisation” of Royal Mail.

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – the union for Royal Mail Group workers –  will take strike action today and on Saturday 1st October.

This will be followed by 19 further days of strike action in the build-up to Christmas.

The strike, which is related to pay and conditions (as opposed to pay), follows as Royal Mail’s management have made moves to serve notice on workers’ rights agreements with the CWU and side-line union representatives in future decision-making processes.

CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said: “Postal workers in this country will not meekly accept having their lives being made worse for the benefit of a wealthy few.

“We are seeing a national outpouring of anger from workers who are sick to the back teeth of an incompetent business elite who want to destroy a great institution, worsen working conditions and damage the communities our members serve.

“Workers will never accept the Uberisation of Royal Mail – nor will the public, who have backed us in unprecedented numbers in the past few months.

“Postal workers are not going to swerve in our determination, which is something that Royal Mail have got to realise.

“Royal Mail bosses have lost the dressing room, and unless they make efforts to get real on negotiating with workers representatives, serious disruption will continue.

“In the meantime, we urge every member of the public to stand by their postie.”

ENDS

Your nearest picket line can be found here.

Please note that the mandate for this strike derives from a different ballot to the most recent ballot concerning pay, whereas this earlier ballot is fundamentally related to terms and conditions.

For more information or media requests, please contact CWU Press Officer Marcus Barnett on mbarnett@cwu.org or 07812 590450.