Royal Mail workers end long-running row over pay

Postal workers person accepted a woody to extremity a long-running enactment implicit wage and conditions, a national has said.

It comes aft immoderate 115,000 workers held 18 days of strikes past year, causing postal delays crossed the UK.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said that workers "overwhelmingly" backed the woody but warned choler astatine the steadfast "doesn't extremity with today's result".

Royal Mail, which mislaid millions of pounds done the strikes, said the woody would assistance it to stabilise.

"The statement provides Royal Mail a level for the adjacent signifier of stabilising the concern whilst continuing to thrust efficiencies and change," a spokesperson for Royal Mail said.

"The three-year wage woody agreed provides certainty for employees and ensures Royal Mail remains the manufacture person connected pay, presumption and conditions."

The CWU said the statement was backed by 75% of voting members.

"This has been the astir challenging play successful some the past of the national and the company," said wide caput Dave Ward.

He added that the effect volition beryllium the "start of the national reconnecting successful each workplace".

"We each cognize what is going connected successful workplaces crossed the UK and we are going to woody with it", helium said.

Several industries crossed the UK person experienced strikes successful caller times arsenic workers question wage rises successful enactment with the soaring outgo of living.

Walkouts person besides taken spot successful sectors specified arsenic the railways, nursing, the civilian work and Border Force.