Pay freeze figures prove value of trade union membership

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while Royal Mail workers have seen wages rise by 3.5 per cent. This proves the value of trade union membership," said Billy.

Not yet we haven't Billy and last year we were below average(1.5%) and the year before that we were below average(2%) and the year before that we were below average(0%) and the year before that we were below average(1.5%)
That's without going down the dark alleys of D2D losses,Delivery Supplements,Shift Allowances and rampant inflation.
If you're going to tell a story tell the whole story not just the juicy bits.
The membership aren't complete mugs.

Excellent FT even our own union has joined the RM ranks of tweaking the figures to make things look rosey 1.5 + 2 + 0 +1.5 + 3 (this years proposed, rise mind we haven't got that yet ) / 5 years = 1.6% average when I was at school A deffinate decline in living standards when inflation is on average 3.5% + for those 5 years....... Not too much to blow your trumpet about Billy & Co

Add to that the loss in wages from BT 2010 and we're probably on less pay now than 3 years ago.