Posties’ union response to election material delays

COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION

02/07/2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CWU RESPONSE TO DELAY OF ELECTION MATERIALS 

Responding to reports of delays of general election materials arriving by post, CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said: “The postal services of the UK have been deliberately and grossly mismanaged by the current Royal Mail Board.

“Since 2022, 15,000 workers have been driven out of Royal Mail – many of whom were experienced and loyal local posties.

“At the same time the company face a recruitment and retention crisis as new workers on imposed inferior terms and conditions are leaving in their droves.

“The current governing party have overseen the outrageous privatisation of Royal Mail, sat in silence as hundreds of millions of pounds went to shareholders and did nothing to stand by workers during recent disputes. It is rich of them to now complain about the service.

“There needs to be a full and independent investigation into the actions of the current Board and their deliberate destruction of postal services in the UK. We will campaign for this to happen.

“We also call on the public to recognise that the frontline postal workers are doing their very best under impossible circumstances. With 25% of the electorate set to cast their vote by post it shows the service is still relevant – we now need politicians and the incoming government to step up and work with us to rebuild it.”

ENDS

For further information, please contact CWU Press Officer Marcus Barnett at mbarnett@cwu.org.