As announced, 6,000 full-time employees will be laid off in the first phase
Britain’s struggling Royal Mail plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs between now and August, its subsidiary International Distribution Services announced today, attributing the decision in part to strike action. mobilizations of its employees and the continuous reduction of the main sector of its commercial activity.
Specifically, the company announced that in the first phase it will be needed to fire up to 6,000 full-time frontline employees– in jobs like package delivery and processing– by March.
The British Royal Mail occupy approximately 140,000 employees.
Given some planned departures, actual layoffs are expected to reach 5,000 to 6,000, according to the company.
Royal Mail is looking to change the profile of its businesses in a bid to secure a bigger share of the next-day parcel delivery market as the coronavirus pandemic boosts online shopping.
Around 115,000 workers in the sorting and delivery departments have carried out one series of strikes against the company’s restructuring plans and demanding better wages after rising inflation.
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