No. 347/2016 - Royal Mail Pay 2016

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 01 Jun 2016, 15:33

No. 347/2016

1st June 2016
Dear Colleagues,

Royal Mail Pay 2016

Following further meetings with Royal Mail, a pay offer was received from the business on 26th May 2016 which was considered by the Postal Executive at a meeting on 31st May.

In line with the pay policy carried at the March Policy Forum, the offer provides for a straight forward 1 year, no strings deal in the form of a 1.6% increase in basic pay, pay supplements, skills and unsocial attendance allowances, London Weighting, Scottish Distant Island allowance, overtime and scheduled attendance rates backdated to 4th April for weekly paid staff (1st April for monthly paid).

The 1.6% offer reflects inflation as measured by the March Retail Price Index (RPI) in line with the principle consistently adopted by the union that RPI rather than CPI should be the key cost of living benchmark in pay negotiations. The offer means that members’ earnings will keep pace with inflation (it’s worth noting that the April RPI fell to 1.3%).

The view of the pay negotiating team, endorsed by the Postal Executive at its meeting yesterday is that the offer represents an acceptable conclusion to the 2016 pay talks that meets the policies we have adopted for a clean, 1 year, no strings deal. The offer will therefore be recommended for acceptance in an individual members’ ballot. Ballot papers will be issued from 9th June; the ballot will close on 30th June.

Any enquiries in relation to the content of this LTB should be addressed to the DGSP Department quoting reference 60000.

Yours Sincerely,

Ray Ellis
Acting Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 01 Jun 2016, 15:47

ROYAL MAIL AND CWU ONE-YEAR PAY AGREEMENT

· Royal Mail and CWU negotiators have reached agreement on a 1.6% increase in base salary for all CWU-represented grade employees (including Parcelforce Worldwide), backdated to early April 2016. The CWU will recommend that members accept the offer in a ballot
· Royal Mail and the CWU will quickly begin talks on a range of issues

Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union (CWU) negotiators have today reached agreement on a one-year pay deal for 2016-17. The pay deal is subject to a ballot in favour by CWU members. The Union will recommend that its members accept the pay offer.

CWU-grade employees at Royal Mail (including Parcelforce Worldwide) will receive a 1.6 per cent increase in base salary, backdated to early April 2016. The pay increase also applies to basic pay supplements, skills and shift allowances, London Weighting, overtime and scheduled attendance rates.

ENDS

pants123 · Post by **pants123** » 01 Jun 2016, 17:23

a 1.6 % pay rise..... no strings attached sounds excellent....

I cannot for one minute believe delivery will not be screwed over in some way.... all in the name of profit and money..

My view is when is enough profit enough ???

People make the world go round... not bits of paper..

money...

The elite think different... so who am I.. to question the elite..

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 01 Jun 2016, 17:29

pants123 wrote:The elite think different... so who am I.. to question the elite..

Someone that lives in a Democracy. Go forth and question young man.

Postie.11 · Post by **Postie.11** » 01 Jun 2016, 17:55

So roughly £5 a week extra take home? And that's a good deal because there's no strings is it? I look forward to telling my wife!

pants123 · Post by **pants123** » 01 Jun 2016, 18:10

There is far bigger things going on in this world...

Very dangerous things...

wannabeek · Post by **wannabeek** » 01 Jun 2016, 18:28

£5 a week? Every week?!

Don't dismiss that too fast. It may be peanuts to you but that's 25 pints of home-brew to me. Every week. Happy days ahead and no need to tell the missus - it said no strings, right.

Jefferson Starfish · Post by **Jefferson Starfish** » 01 Jun 2016, 18:47

wannabeek wrote:£5 a week? Every week?!

Don't dismiss that too fast. It may be peanuts to you but that's 25 pints of home-brew to me. Every week. Happy days ahead and no need to tell the missus - it said no strings, right.

20p a pint? Must be the good stuff then.

wannabeek · Post by **wannabeek** » 01 Jun 2016, 19:00

Yeah! Can't believe more people don't home-brew. 20p for a pint of good ale without frills.

cvilidiot · Post by **cvilidiot** » 01 Jun 2016, 19:21

Any idea of what unite have achieved in the other pay talks going on?
I know we shouldn't covet our neighbours ass... but its our neighbours ass that makes me see my friggin ass on a daily basis

borgpicard · Post by **borgpicard** » 01 Jun 2016, 19:39

Delivery staff shafted again, no strings eh ?, more hours taken out more like.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 01 Jun 2016, 19:58

it isn't a fiver. BEFORE the N.I. contributions increase, my take home pay for a flat week was £337.20. AFTER the N.I. contributions increase it was £334.70. the pay increase represents a £6.86 rise. less tax and N.I. it comes to £4.66. add this to my current take home pay of £334.70. it comes to £339.36. ...a grand old rise of £2.16 from my previous pay of £337.20. great rise that.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 01 Jun 2016, 20:01

I will be voting no

geordieboy123 · Post by **geordieboy123** » 01 Jun 2016, 20:39

daveyeff wrote:I will be voting no

I will be going with my unions recommendation to accept, the real battle is to come ie one wave so let's carefully choose our battles.

Postie.11 · Post by **Postie.11** » 01 Jun 2016, 20:46

geordieboy123 wrote:
daveyeff wrote:I will be voting no
I will be going with my unions recommendation to accept, the real battle is to come ie one wave so let's carefully choose our battles.

Maybe the real battle is still to come, but it does'nt mean we should accept this now! I just think for the amount of work we do, that we deserve a bit more. I will also be voting no