CWU LIVE – Your Royal Mail Questions Answered with Dave Ward and Martin Walsh

[tramssirhc]

No equalisation until a new delivery method is implemented. Equalisation on a qualifying period basis too. Typical CWU.

This qualifying period, I've read maybe three years, will just cause more resentment, it should be for all new entrants regardless of time in the job, and will it cause a three tier workforce as I can't see it been totally 100% equal with the old contracts..

Imagine a scenario where you went into a negotiation and you knew that what were agreeing would never happen. That's your three years. Ward and Walsh already know workers aren't staying. Anyone would think they did it deliberately.

[Playmail]

Only people who are gonna wait 3 years are the ones that are close to 3 years

[Mr Rush]

I found it pretty useful I skimmed through reading it in about 5 minutes as opposed to watching the whole borefest for over an hour.

The only reason these things are a video (like most stuff these days) is because the medium is the message. If they insist on this over text then they should shoot on film so they'll be financially motivated to get to the point sooner.

[GlassDoor]

Basically, they want us to do their jobs for them. What exactly are they getting paid 6 figure sums plus huge pension payments for. To Fail then ask the posties to do their jobs for them by emailing our MP's

[southoftheriver]

Sick of hearing about equalisation.

It has never been equal with people having old allowances that I didn't receive when I first started.

If you want to work for the company you have to take the terms and conditions on offer

[postmanplod2025]

three years haha they know fine well this job is a burnout exercise that no one is going last three years, sounds like another liberty from the cwu, they are so in cohoots with royal mail, its the same nonsense from cwu hardcore managers, rogue managers, blah blah blah, no body is buying ur crap

[goldy2007]

Sick of hearing about equalisation.

It has never been equal with people having old allowances that I didn't receive when I first started.

If you want to work for the company you have to take the terms and conditions on offer

Spot on 30 year guy will have more allowances than 15 year in the business

Never mind a new entrant

[Mr Rush]

To Fail then ask the posties to do their jobs for them by emailing our MP's

A glance at the news section of the forum will present many stories about MPs from all parties from all across the country complaining about quality of service. Awareness is not lacking. Nevertheless, political affiliation with the Labour Party should mean the union already has the ear of the government.

[tramssirhc]

This useless output is completely undermined by the wording of the email campaign to MP's. The attack launched by the CWU contradicts what these pair of clowns are saying here. It also asks workers to put their employment at risk by authoring statements that the employer can quite rightly say are a breach of contract. Ward and Walsh are cowards and the email campaign is shameful.

[tramssirhc]

"Dear MP,

I am writing to you today, as a Royal Mail postal worker and your constituent, to ask you to urgently intervene to protect postal services in our area, challenge unfair regulation and ensure the full terms of agreements between the new owners of Royal Mail (EP Group), the Communication Workers Union and the government are fully upheld.
 
In recent years, we have seen a deliberate and sustained attack on postal workers by the previous Royal Mail Group Board. Alongside this, the service to customers and businesses across the UK has been completely undermined. This includes mail delays and failures, prioritisation of parcels over letters and underreporting of the true extent of mismanagement that goes on in many workplaces across the UK.
 
For this reason, we cautiously welcomed the takeover by EP Group because the status quo under the previous Board was completely unsustainable. We are now at a crucial point with the new owners and we are seeing clear evidence that some of the negative forces from the previous administration still hold power and influence. 

In particular, the approach to changing the specification of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) is failing both the workforce and customers. Trials of Royal Mail’s preferred method of delivering the new specification, the ‘Optimised Delivery Model’ (ODM), have failed across the UK. However, some senior managers in the company are in denial of this and want to plough on recklessly with further deployment. This would create a nationwide situation where USO reform based on a flawed managerial model ends in disaster. 
 
It has also become clear that the ODM will not deliver the totally unrealistic cost savings that both Royal Mail and the regulator Ofcom claimed. The CWU raised serious questions when Ofcom said the new delivery method could save the company between £250m and £425m and when Royal Mail claimed it would save £300m, ahead of the pilots. Evidence of these savings has not materialised following the trials.

Despite these failures, it is clear that some within the senior leadership of Royal Mail want to blindly push on with this delivery model, putting the future of the company and our postal service at risk.

My union, the Communication Workers Union, supports reform of the USO and and ensuring that we have a sustainable postal service fit for the future. But we cannot and will not stand by and watch our postal service being destroyed by the same mismanagement that has caused so many problems in recent years. We are demanding these changes are handled fairly and competently- in a way that works for our customers, postal workers, and the future sustainability of the company. 
 
To ensure this happens, we need the new owners of Royal Mail, EP Group, to honour the agreement they made with my union and the government and agree a more realistic approach to USO reform. A key element of this agreement is the commitment from the new owners to end the two-tier terms and conditions for the workforce, imposed by the previous management in 2022. New entrants’ pay is now barely above minimum wage meaning Royal Mail is struggling to recruit and retain workers across the country.
 
The revolving door of staff coming in and out of the company causes chaos in the workplace and having a well-known, long-serving postie is now no longer an option for many communities. The new owners of Royal Mail have so far failed to implement the first step towards equalising new entrants pay and conditions by the date agreed and this must change if the company is to succeed in the future.
 
In addition to the issues within the company itself, Royal Mail is facing another crisis. The industry regulator Ofcom is not fit for purpose, having continuously failed the workforce and the public. Ofcom has constantly privileged parcel courier companies like Amazon, by leaving the wider parcels sector unregulated and allowing these companies to hive off profits from Royal Mail’s network without paying anything towards the universal network- the costs of which are entirely borne by Royal Mail. Ofcom have also rejected calls to modernise the USO to include tracked products and explicitly favour Royal Mail’s competitors as more ‘efficient’ for paying their falsely self-employed workers lower wages. This regulatory environment is completely unfair and untenable if the universal postal service is to survive.
 
We need immediate action to save our postal service. As your constituent and a Royal Mail employee, I am asking you to do the following:
 
- Ensure the government oversees and ensures any agreement on USO reform delivers improvements in quality of service and achieved by working with local posties not against them.  
 
- Engage with the new owners of Royal Mail, EP Group, to ensure they uphold the full terms of all agreements with the CWU and the government and call for them to immediately implement their commitment to ending all forms of two-tier working in Royal Mail by equalising new entrants terms and conditions. 

-  Support an overhaul of Ofcom and our calls for fair changes to regulation, to create a level playing field in the postal and logistics sector.

Thank you for your support in this crucial matter. I look forward to receiving your reply".

[toonshola]

This useless output is completely undermined by the wording of the email campaign to MP's. The attack launched by the CWU contradicts what these pair of clowns are saying here. It also asks workers to put their employment at risk by authoring statements that the employer can quite rightly say are a breach of contract. Ward and Walsh are cowards and the email campaign is shameful.

Spot on. These pair of useless twats have ran out of ideas in their thick skulls so are now asking members to do their work. At least we can take comfort that they will be taking their Christmas leave in around two weeks time. They need to recharge after the “intense” talks they have been in recently. They will resurface around 10th of January begging us to back them before the ODM is imposed on us.

[Mr Rush]

In my prosecution of Dave and Martin I will cite the famous case of Caller v. Five Star (1989).

[qwerty2]

In my prosecution of Dave and Martin I will cite the famous case of Caller v. Five Star (1989). l

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