Mail staff vote to boycott rivals

Royal Mail workers have voted in favour of boycotting competitors’ mail and have massively rejected the Government’s controversial plan to privatise the company.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Jun 2013, 01:01 BST

A ballot of 112,000 delivery, sorting office and other postal staff by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) showed that 96 per cent opposed the planned sell-off of Royal Mail.

More than nine out of 10 said they backed a boycott of mail handled by rival companies amid union fears that jobs will be hit by “unfair” competition.

The ballot, which had a turnout of 74 per cent, also returned huge votes in favour of the union’s claim for an above-inflation pay increase, and a policy of non- co-operation against the “relentless pursuit” of performance demands.