GMB union claims UK Mail 'pay cut or no job' offer to 6,000 drivers is illegal

29/01/2018

DHL-owned UK Mail is facing legal action after allegedly “forcing” some 6,000 of its drivers to accept a £2,000 pay cut or lose their jobs.

The GMB union said drivers at 55 sites across the country were being “marched” into offices and told to sign the ...

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David foy
January 31, 2018 at 4:43 pm
i worked for uk mail since 2006 and its always been same i do 100 deliveries a day. the money they take off us this is going to update computer system apparently it cost 4 million that what we been informed but yet they all drive around in new bmws and get bonus – I can’t even have holiday as it’s too expensive to have cover at a cost of £340 a day to deliver their parcels

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Jason
February 01, 2018 at 1:54 pm
Hi I have worked for UK Mail for just over 3 years. This is the second time in less than a year that they have cut our rates, 3% in April 2017 and now by another 4%. I have just gone back and compared what I did last January compared to this January and I am doing on average 7 drops a day less now than compared to this time last year. I am doing 1 less postcode than I did last year but as this was a small built up area compared to what I am left with I am in fact doing more miles. So their claims do not seem to add up.

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- Stewart
  February 20, 2018 at 10:36 pm
  Being self employed in the courier game is now a busted flush.DHL/UK Mail have given us 2 pay cuts in the last year.They also have cut the Saturday rate for delivering DHL parcels.In-Post collection rates cut as well.Their claim of increased deliveries is a joke.They take on more drivers,thus diluting areas.Moral is low and its only going to get worse.. theyve got you by the balls because they know theres plenty of others to take your place.
  
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