A postie warned Royal Mail will "wither on the vine" if the company goes ahead with a proposed 10,000 job cuts and changes to workers' conditions.
The West Derby postal worker, who asked not to be named for fear of his employer "taking action" against him, said it was a job for life when he joined the Royal Mail 27 years ago. But the 57-year-old said he and many colleagues "don't see a long-term future with Royal Mail, telling the ECHO: "The public service ethos meant something to me, and gradually over time, that's been eroded. It's still there, but it's hanging on by its fingertips."
Roughly 115,00 Royal Mail workers started 19 days of strike this month as part of a dispute over pay and conditions, disrupting the postal service for 24-hour blocks on key dates likes Black Friday in the lead-up to Christmas. The company gave staff a 2% pay rise this year, with a further 3.5% to be added, a real-terms pay cut the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said was "imposed" on staff, who earn around £25k per year.
