Union sounds alarm over shared vans plan

Communication workers’ union the CWU has warned that a reported plan by the Royal Mail to reintroduce shared delivery vans on a voluntary basis could endanger lives.

The union’s deputy general secretary (postal), Terry Pullinger, accused Royal Mail management of basing workplace health and safety on economic worries in the build-up to Christmas

He said that the company is “going against everything they supported at the start of this pandemic”, and criticised the timing of the decision, saying: “In the last couple of weeks, the landscape has drastically changed.

“It’s getting worse, with areas of this country getting shut down. To now make the move to put two people back in the van is reckless.”

https://www.cwu.org/news/new-royal-mail-shared-van-plan-is-reckless-and-will-see-coronavirus-spread-say-cwu