Eastern Number 5 Branch Committee recommend that you VOTE YES to the pay deal.

10th June 2016 

ROYAL MAIL PAY OFFER 2016

 

Dear Colleague,

 

Last week an announcement was made that Royal Mail had made a pay offer, details of which are below;

 

In line with the pay policy carried at the March Policy Forum;

• the offer provides for a straight forward 1 year, no strings deal in the form of a 1.6% increase in basic pay,

• pay supplements, skills and unsocial attendance allowances, London Weighting, Scottish Distant Island allowance,

• overtime and scheduled attendance rates

• all backdated to 4th April for weekly paid staff (1st April for monthly paid).

 

The 1.6% offer reflects inflation as measured by the March Retail Price Index (RPI) in line with the principle consistently adopted by the union that RPI rather than CPI should be the key cost of living benchmark in pay negotiations. The offer means that members’ earnings will keep pace with inflation (it’s worth noting that the April RPI fell to 1.3%).

 

Ballot papers were dispatched yesterday 9th June 2016 and ballot closes on the 30th June 2016.

 

Eastern Number 5 Branch Committee recommend that you VOTE YES to this pay deal.

Yours Sincerely

 

Amanda Hill

Branch Secretary