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Royal Mail: £11.50 a week flat-rate rise

Key details

Pay increase: £11.50 per week

Employees covered (nos.): CWU grades (150,000)

Effective date: 4 April 2005

Royal Mail and the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) have agreed a pay package that awards an £11.50 per week increase on basic rates for operational postal grades and operational support grades at the postal operator. The deal, covering around 155,000 workers, was accepted in a ballot of union members by a margin of 12 to one.