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Royal Mail consulting on 1,600 job cuts
Royal Mail is consulting with unions on plans to cut 1,600 jobs that it hopes will save £50 million. The firm said that around 300 "new or enhanced" roles would also be created.
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Royal Mail finds itself on collision course with Unite
Change has returned the company to profitability but at a price: the number employed by Royal Mail has fallen by 50,000 in the last decade.
Read the full story ›Unite 'may consider strike action' over Royal Mail cuts
The Unite union has said it will consider strike action if there are compulsory redundancies included in the 1,600 job losses.
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Royal Mail job losses 'will not impact frontline staff'
Job losses at Royal Mail will be mostly felt at the Group’s operational and head office managerial level.
The company said there would be: "no impact from this initiative on frontline employees, including postmen and women, or the services Royal Mail provides to its customers."
Royal Mail job cuts 'could save £50 million'
Royal Mail has said that it is starting consultations with unions to cut 1,600 jobs in a move which the company hopes will save £50 million.
In a statement Royal Mail said that around 300 "new or enhanced" roles would be created meaning a loss of 1,300 jobs.
Royal Mail consulting on 1,600 job cuts
Royal Mail is consulting on plans to cut 1,600 jobs, the company said today.
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Royal Mail finds itself on collision course with Unite
Change has returned the company to profitability but at a price: the number employed by Royal Mail has fallen by 50,000 in the last decade.