Unite has issued ballot papers to its manager level members to gain support for potential industrial action to further a claim for pay increases. The ballot will close on 21 April. Royal Mail has issued a statement on the matter “It is disappointing that Unite has chosen to ballot its members. However, a ballot does not mean that any action will take place. Royal Mail has engaged Unite in serious discussions around its pay claim from September 2015. We maintain we have put forward a fair and competitive offer which recognises the efforts of our managers and compares well with current inflation levels. We want to reach agreement so that our managers receive their pay award as quickly as possible.”
A Unite spokesperson said “The managers will be asked to vote on taking strike action and/or industrial action short of a strike after they overwhelmingly rejected a ‘paltry’ 1.3 per cent pay offer for the year starting September 2015 in a consultative ballot,”
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