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.
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.
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Hide AdThe 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.