Managers agree deal ????

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Royal Mail agrees manager pay deal
Last Updated: Friday, 05 October 2007, 06:54 GMT
- Search: Royal Mail strike


Postal workers have walked out on strike over payThe Royal Mail has announced it has agreed a pay deal with 12,000 of its managers as postal workers continue a strike which has crippled deliveries across the UK.

The firm said it signed a deal on pay, modernisation and pension reform, including a 2.5% wage rise backdated to April for the managers.

The agreement also includes reforming the pension arrangements, according to Royal Mail.

A spokesman said it was an "excellent deal" for Royal Mail managers, adding: "It provides a 2.5% basic pay rise this year - which does not exceed what the company can afford - while recognising the positive role that managers will play in the modernisation of Royal Mail, essential to enable the company to compete in a market open to full competition."


Meanwhile members of the Communication Workers Union continued with a 48-hour strike, which will end at noon on Saturday, after rejecting a 2.5% pay offer and warning that the Royal Mail's modernisation plans would lead to 40,000 job losses.

Talks between the two sides continued on Saturday after the industrial action started, but there is little sign of a breakthrough in the long-running row.

The union has criticised the Government for not getting more involved in efforts to resolve the dispute.

Workers will stage a second 48-hour strike from early on Monday so deliveries will be affected until next week.

Businesses have warned that the strikes are causing huge problems for firms.

[meweavy]

Royal Mail agrees manager pay deal
Last Updated: Friday, 05 October 2007, 06:54 GMT
- Search: Royal Mail strike


Postal workers have walked out on strike over payThe Royal Mail has announced it has agreed a pay deal with 12,000 of its managers as postal workers continue a strike which has crippled deliveries across the UK.

The firm said it signed a deal on pay, modernisation and pension reform, including a 2.5% wage rise backdated to April for the managers.

The agreement also includes reforming the pension arrangements, according to Royal Mail.

A spokesman said it was an "excellent deal" for Royal Mail managers, adding: "It provides a 2.5% basic pay rise this year - which does not exceed what the company can afford - while recognising the positive role that managers will play in the modernisation of Royal Mail, essential to enable the company to compete in a market open to full competition."


Meanwhile members of the Communication Workers Union continued with a 48-hour strike, which will end at noon on Saturday, after rejecting a 2.5% pay offer and warning that the Royal Mail's modernisation plans would lead to 40,000 job losses.

Talks between the two sides continued on Saturday after the industrial action started, but there is little sign of a breakthrough in the long-running row.

The union has criticised the Government for not getting more involved in efforts to resolve the dispute.

Workers will stage a second 48-hour strike from early on Monday so deliveries will be affected until next week.

Businesses have warned that the strikes are causing huge problems for firms.

i bet the managers did get a nice little deal...wont be the same for the real workers though.

[BELIAL]

Lets go for 15% each year for the next three years then the screws can do our cut off's while earning less than us.

[stephen500]

Royal Mail agrees manager pay deal
Last Updated: Friday, 05 October 2007, 06:54 GMT
- Search: Royal Mail strike

12,000 of its managers as postal workers continue a strike which has crippled deliveries across the UK.

The firm said it signed a deal on pay, modernisation and pension reform, including a 2.5% wage rise backdated to April for the managers.

The agreement also includes reforming the pension arrangements, according to Royal Mail.

A spokesman said it was an "excellent deal" for Royal Mail managers, adding: "It provides a 2.5% basic pay rise this year - which does not exceed what the company can afford - while recognising the positive role that managers will play in the modernisation of Royal Mail, essential to enable the company to compete in a market open to full competition."
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Notice the backdating to April i am sure WE WILL NOT GET THAT
ROYAL MAIL IN PANDERING TO THE MANAGERS TO GET AT US HAVE THEY GIVEN THEM BETTER TERMS ON PENSIONS??

[frankie]

[frankie]

[strangler]

I would like to know exactly what their deal is on pensions. Surely if they got a better deal than RMs proposed offer it would look bad on RM in the media that they are making us workers accept the original proposal.