Scale Payment Delivery Offices (SPDO’s) – POL Closures

Scale Payment Delivery Offices (SPDO’s) – POL Closures

The Outdoor Department has been in discussion with Royal Mail nationally regarding SPDOs and in particular closures as a consequence of POL serving notice to remove the Mailwork from Sub Post Office’s as part of a POL Transformation Programme.

 

As a consequence of the programme a significant number of Branches and CWU Representatives are being approached regarding the merger/closure of SPDO’s on a previously unprecedented basis, and as things currently stand the “National Agreed Framework for Dealing with Delivery Office Mergers/Closures” should be followed by both parties.

 

Andrea Bowmer has been appointed to lead for Royal Mail in dealing with this programme and the Outdoor department has nominated Mike Newport as her interface. Mike was previously the coordinator for the National SPDO Group and will be the contact point for Branches should approaches be made by the employer regarding closing/merging SPDOs. Mikes email address is as follows:-

 

mike.newport@cwuessex.org

 

In some instances proposals have been put to CWU representatives that are clearly outside of existing national agreements or are stretching them beyond the bounds of reasonability, and in some cases are attempting to introduce initiatives that have been discussed (not agreed) as part of the tentative “Future of Delivery” talks. There have also been invites to trial certain initiatives which have not been agreed with the department. Where any of this occurs Branches/CWU Representatives should inform a CWU Divisional Representative and invoke the national IR Framework without delay, as well as informing Mike Newport.

 

In order to get some structure around what is currently happening a meeting has been arranged for the 12th January 2016 where we hope to agree a terms of reference for both parties to work to going forward. Branches will be further updated in due course.

 

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 535.17

Email address: outdoorsecretary@cwu.org

 

Yours sincerely

 

Bob Gibson

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Final DO MergerClosure Framework Agreement