A Dundee MP has joined others in calling on the Royal Mail to ‘stop the threats of job cuts to valued postal workers and ‘engage meaningfully’ with the Communications Worker Union to find an acceptable solution to ongoing strike action, following weeks of strike action.
In a joint letter to the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mail, SNP MP Chris Law told the Royal Mail Chief that it is “unacceptable to see the language employed by Royal Mail in threatening its workforce with job losses because they dare to ask for a fair work package.”
Postal workers across Dundee joined national strike action this week, with several more strike days planned early next month, from the 2nd of November to the 4th of November.
Last week, the Royal Mail’s announced its intention to slash 10,000 jobs, citing the strike action and low parcel delivery sales as the reason. Chris Law MP has called this move a ‘tactic in the ongoing pay dispute with postal workers’ and has accused Royal Mail of ‘acting in bad faith’.
Commenting, Chris Law MP said:
“Whilst Dundee’s postal workers are struggling to make ends meet due to an out-of-control cost-of-living crisis, Royal Mail’s shareholders and senior leadership are benefiting from millions of pounds worth of bumper profits.
“I know how hard Royal Mail staff have worked over the last few years, particularly as they helped to keep the country moving during the pandemic, and it is sickening that as a reward they now face job cuts, pay threats and financial insecurity.
“The decision to strike will not have been easy for any of them, but I know that they recognise that this is about more than pay; it is also about protecting the universal mail service we all expect and value.
“It is vital that Royal Mail now come back to the negotiating table in good faith and ensure that the workers and their local communities are put at the heart of the discussion.
Copy of the letter: https://www.drewhendrymp.scot/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Royal-Mail-Strikes-251022.pdf
Chris Law 