Royal Mail asks the families’ of employees to help out to ‘save Christmas’

Royal Mail described the initiative as 'really great'

The Royal Mail has urged its staff to bring their parents, siblings and friends to work to help deal with strike action and “save Christmas” this winter. Members of the CWU union - which represents more than 115,000 postal workers - have taken industrial action amid calls for better pay. Workers began 48-hour strike on Wednesday, December 14, and another two-day strike is lined up for Friday, December 23. This will make the festive period more difficult for both people and businesses as they look to get presents, cards and parcels delivered on time. [caption id="attachment_371075" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers and supporters attend a rally organised by the CWU at Parliament Square on December 9, 2022 in London (Getty)[/caption] This has led the Royal Mail to issue a bizarre plea to workers to bring family members to work to tackle the staff shortages this winter. On Thursday, staff were asked in a memo to “bring friends and family to support the operation and deliver Christmas”. The scheme was described by bosses as “a really great initiative” and “really quick.” https://twitter.com/CWUnews/status/1603505707881336832 Non-operational staff from Royal Mail’s tax, legal, accounting and marketing departments have also been asked to stop all other work between now and Christmas and help to deliver as much mail as possible.