How much do postman get a week after tax?

[Southover Street Seagull]

I am afraid every business should have competition and the Royal Mail are a prime example of a company that have got away with monopolising the industry for far too long.

It has been good for business and the Royal Mail will have to find their place in the market as every business has to do in the country.

They have had a monoply because they are a public service. The monoply has enabled Royal Mail to keep stamp prices down for years. How the hell do you have the gall to say we have gotten away with it for so long?
What we are seeing now is the regulator setting up artificial competition that enables rivals to just cherry pick off the best parts(most profitable) of the postal market.
Not fair and open competition. Just making money for private companies at the expense of Royal Mail.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

I think Royal Mail are complaining about this unfair competition because they still have to deliver the items from the contracts they lose. E.g TNT steal a contract from Royal Mail, lets say Amazon and then Royal Mail still have to deliver it and for a silly rate which they make no money from. The regulator makes them do this and they have no choice. This is where the problem is!

But from what i can make out its impossible for Royal Mail to compete with these other companies. If they modernise then they can reduce the work force and reduce their costs to compete.

The problem there is they want to change our (posties) hours and make us lose our early morning allowance and replace it with a poxy pay increase which doesn't even cover the money we lose. As well as all the other strings attached. We were also told we would receive some shares if we comply with the cut backs, they will be worth £800 in five years. (We were also told in the letter explaining this....these shares aren't real!!)

When the machines come in, which they will eventually we all know this, the work force will be trimmed down dramatically and Royal Mails aim is to have 60/70% of the work force on 18 hour week contracts and pay to match.

The machines will sort and road the walks all they will need are people to deliver it. Thats why the posties like myself are against the change because we know eventually it will mean no job.

The facts regarding what one postman earns to another is irrelevant...anyone can do overtime at any job to bump up their wages. The fact is a postman takes home roughly £265 a week if they deliver 3 leaflets a week.

I'm afraid I have to be against you when it comes to reinvesting with new machinery, you see I am an engineer in Royal Mail.
We need the new machinery to be able to compete, but what we also need is a proper plan to use the new machinery with agreed job cuts with the CWU. We need to get the machines in and get them working before we cut the numbers of staff.Not Royal Mail's slash and burn policy of cuts, cuts and more cuts.
See Dave Ward's letter attached to Allan Leighton.
The CWU is not radical or extremist we just want constructive talks and forward thinking for the future of Royal Mail.

 

[John Byrne]

I don't think i said i was against the machines, just that they will result in job loses and reduced hours which will effect a large amount of people/ground workers in the company.

 

[John Byrne]

Another strike booked for friday....