Thread: [Update] The Royal Mail strike thread
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Old 24-10-2009, 10:58   #419
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Re: [Update] The Royal Mail strike thread
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Originally Posted by foreverwar View Post
But posties aren't on the minimum wage, so I don't understand your premise?

If you do a google on postmen's salaries, it tends to show that the average salary is approx £21700, which if you divide by 52*35 (weeks and hours in the week) gives £11.92 per hour, against the National Minimum Wage of £5.80 per hour.

And the dispute is also about modernisation of systems and processes.
Seems like catch 22 here - workers want more pay - RM saying no. blah blah blah
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