Royal Mail strike over pay

3 releases from 1 party, 26 August 2022 to 27 August 2022.

Statements in order of publication

1. Support The Royal Mail Strikers

   • PBP
   • 26 August 2022
   • Call for action
   • Criticises a business, employer or industry

   People Before Profit backs the Communication Workers Union strike at Royal Mail in the North, saying the 2% rise is a nominal cut against 12.3% inflation and urging an all‑Ireland push for wages that match inflation.

   Original release

2. Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 2

   • PBP
   • 27 August 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises a business, employer or industry

   People Before Profit reports on picket interviews at three Royal Mail sites in Belfast, with workers describing management bribe offers, agency staff use and a two-tier workforce. It urges public support for a city centre rally on 31 August and the strike days that follow.

   Original release

3. Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 1

   • PBP
   • 27 August 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises a business, employer or industry

   People Before Profit reports on Royal Mail postal workers striking across Northern Ireland over a 2% imposed pay rise, drawing on interviews with CWU strikers at Belfast picket sites. It urges the public to support the next strike days and a rally.

   Original release

Parties with no matching statement found

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (not yet checked), so a statement may have been missed.

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