Royal Mail industrial action

Early day motion 728, tabled 19 December 2022 by Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party). Signed by 30 members.

That this House fully supports the more than 100,000 postal workers at Royal Mail engaging in strike action in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions; notes the £758 million in profit made by Royal Mail in the financial year 2021-2022, an increase of £56 million from the previous financial year; acknowledges that the hard work and dedication of Royal Mail’s workforce has heavily contributed towards the organisation’s yearly profits; values the essential work carried out by Royal Mail staff across the UK; denounces Royal Mail’s intentions to cut 10,000 jobs by August 2023, including 6,000 redundancies; urges Royal Mail to negotiate a fairer deal to better support their workforce now and in the future; and wishes Royal Mail workers every success in their fight for better pay and conditions.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 11, Labour 9, Independent 3, Plaid Cymru 3, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.