Postal row over Euro poll pay gap

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Royal Mail staff in Londonderry have decided not to handle European election literature because of a pay dispute.

Postal workers in Derry are paid the lowest fee in Northern Ireland for delivering such items.

In Lisburn, Holywood, Ballyclare and Newtownabbey, staff are paid 6.6 pence per item. In Derry it is 4.2 pence.

"There is a national agreement with the CWU covering payment for delivery of election communications," a Royal Mail spokesperson said.

"We are continuing to talk to the Communication Workers Union and our employees in Londonderry Delivery Office in seeking to resolve this issue."

Staff in Omagh, Newtownards, Ballymena and Limavady will all get a marginally higher rate than the Derry workers ranging from 4.6 pence to 4.8 pence.

In 2005, staff at the Derry sorting office boycotted election mail over a pay dispute and political parties delivered their own literature.

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Royal Mail staff in Londonderry have decided not to handle European election literature because of a pay dispute.

Postal workers in Derry are paid the lowest fee in Northern Ireland for delivering such items.

In Lisburn, Holywood, Ballyclare and Newtownabbey, staff are paid 6.6 pence per item. In Derry it is 4.2 pence.

"There is a national agreement with the CWU covering payment for delivery of election communications," a Royal Mail spokesperson said.

"We are continuing to talk to the Communication Workers Union and our employees in Londonderry Delivery Office in seeking to resolve this issue."

Staff in Omagh, Newtownards, Ballymena and Limavady will all get a marginally higher rate than the Derry workers ranging from 4.6 pence to 4.8 pence.

In 2005, staff at the Derry sorting office boycotted election mail over a pay dispute and political parties delivered their own literature.

How can there be different rates for the same area, I don't even know what my office is getting

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They are lucky we only get the absolute minimum of 3p