Royal Mail bullies

Royal Mail chair Allan Leighton has admitted that "there's more bullying and harassment in Royal Mail than in any other company in the country".

He said that "staff at Royal Mail are trapped in a macho culture surrounded by mental and physical assault, where workers suffer in a culture of bullying and harassment and where staff have been assaulted including beatings and the use of knifes." CWU communication workers union general secretary Billy Hayes said the union had long been campaigning for the company to tackle bullying.