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| Royal Mail pay offer accepted by Communication Workers Union | Royal Mail pay offer accepted by Communication Workers Union |
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| An end to the long-running dispute at Royal Mail is closer after the postal union recommended that its members should accept the latest offer. | |
| The row over workers' pay, jobs and conditions led to a series of walkouts last year. | The row over workers' pay, jobs and conditions led to a series of walkouts last year. |
| Royal Mail's owner, International Distributions Services, said it had reached agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) | |
| The deal will be put to union members in the coming weeks. | The deal will be put to union members in the coming weeks. |
| Royal Mail said if the deal was approved by the CWU membership it would represent a "good outcome for customers, employees and shareholders". | |
| Dave Ward, the general secretary of the CWU, said: ''We are completely satisfied that if people look at this agreement in the context of the magnitude of this dispute they will see this as a good agreement that will stand the test of time.'' | |
| The deal, if backed by members, will see staff receive a 10% salary increase and a one-off lump sum of £500. | |
| Royal Mail also said operational changes would improve competitiveness, particularly in next-day parcels, reduce cost and environmental impact, and improve quality of service for its customers. | |
| The agreement also includes a commitment to no compulsory redundancies and covers changes to sick pay, attendance standards, ill health retirement and revised contracts for new starters. | |
| Around 115,000 CWU members working for Royal Mail have been in dispute over pay since the spring of 2022, when workers were offered a 5.5% pay rise, | |
| But the CWU said the offer was not enough, with workers being squeezed by inflation and the cost of living crisis. | |
| The union also objected to proposed changes to working conditions, including compulsory Sunday working. | |
| Royal Mail workers staged a series of walkouts last year, including in the lead up to Christmas. | |
| Earlier this month, Royal Mail said a return to industrial action could result in the postal service going into administration. | |
| It said the strikes had cost the company £200m in lost business and in covering striking staff. | |
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