CWU responds to report into self-employed working conditions
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CWU responds to report into self-employed working conditions
The treatment of self-employed workers in Parcelforce that has come to light in Frank Field’s report is a disgrace and completely unacceptable to the CWU.
We will be demanding an urgent meeting with the company and will take whatever steps are necessary to bring this to an end.
It must also be highlighted that Parcelforce is part of the Royal Mail Group and the overall company must now be held to account for operating in the same outrageous way, that it has consistently attacked it competitors for.
The CWU has been fighting against these employment models for over 15 years and if it was not for the union, Parcelforce would have 100 per cent owner drivers, like all of the companies we compete against. This is an employment model purely designed to take away employer responsibility to its employees, minimise costs and maximise profits – this must be challenged.
Dave Ward, General Secretary
Terry Pullinger, Deputy General Secretary (Postal)
Davie Robertson, National Officer
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Notes to editors:
- The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is the biggest Trade Union in the communications industry with 195,000 members in post, telecoms, mobile and financial services companies including Royal Mail, Post Office, Parcelforce, BT Group, EE, O2 and Santander.
For interview/further comment please contact: Nana Boakye, CWU Press Officer 020 8971 7267 /PressOfficer@cwu.org