{"id":7712,"date":"2023-01-30T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:02:28","slug":"royal-mail-strike-are-gig-economy-style-measures-affecting-workers-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/royal-mail-strike-are-gig-economy-style-measures-affecting-workers-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mail Strike: Are Gig Economy Style Measures Affecting Workers&#8217; Salaries?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers Union went on strike for&nbsp;fair pay and reasonable conditions over Christmas last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Royal Mail workers strongly opposed plans to introduce what they called gig economy style contracts into the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 115,000 postal workers have gone on strike since August 2022 as the Royal Mail proposed changes to Sunday working plans and introduced different working practices. The union say these changes have reduced pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105509000_iOS-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105509000_iOS-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105509000_iOS-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105509000_iOS-770x411.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105509000_iOS-1536x820.jpg 1536w, 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He said gig economy style contracts will make their salary less and they want the public to know about the real reason for their dispute action.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of small businesses owners said their business have been affected a lot because of the delayed deliveries and many customers complained about their service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Royal Mail chairman Keith Williams said the company was losing  \u00a31 million per day. And according to IDS, the industrial action cost nearly \u00a3200m so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/20230130_105456000_iOS-1.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no specific dates about strikes in 2023. The CWU has decided not to call further strike action and to continue negotiations with Royal Mail, because the company has put forward some potential settlements of these disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"ROYAL MAIL STRIKE\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-sdube7GbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"ROYAL MAIL STRIKE\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-sdube7GbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew Cockram talking to CardiffNewsPlus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers Union went on strike for&nbsp;fair pay and reasonable conditions over Christmas last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":970,"featured_media":7826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Royal Mail Strike: Are Gig Economy Style Measures Affecting Workers&#039; Salaries? 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