Referring to the £600 million paid to shareholders last year, Ward stated, “they created the financial crisis when they gave all that money away” but scolded workers, “we have to move on in our union”, “moving beyond blame” and “moaning about Royal Mail” to work together.
The four-day event capped a year in which the trade unions have sold out countless strikes, bringing unprecedented levels of national industrial action to almost a complete halt, with only NHS doctors still staging substantial actions.
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British postal workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a three-year pay deal with employer Royal Mail, ending a long dispute that has cost the company hundreds of millions of pounds and prompted the departure of its boss.
LONDON (Reuters) - British postal workers voted in favour of a pay deal with employer Royal Mail, their union said on Tuesday, in an end to a long dispute that has cost the company hundreds of millions of pounds and seen the exit of its boss.