Royal Mail management has a certain mentality towards its staff. Basically they want to introduce new technology that will see 40,000 lose their jobs and they dont give a shit as long it is implemented as soon as possible. The postal service will be dumbed down to compete against the likes of TNT etc but to the detriment of you and I. Being offered 2.5 % is a joke when the wages are crap to start with (real inflation is about 8% taking into consideration what people are earning at this level). Also, in effect the posties will be taking a large pay cut as they will lose shift allowances when the night duties are abolished , plus the overtime will go as well. Sorting the mail later means the business post will get utmost priority so we wont get residential post until 3 pm if we are lucky. Amalgamating postal rounds so that less delivery staff are used is another way or increasing productivity but at the end of the day there will be no reward. Labour were the political party that represented the working class but no longer does so , perhaps it is because we have aspirations to better ourselves that this Government has decided to become just like the Tories before them.
