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Royal Mail staff agree deal over USO changes
Royal Mail has reached a deal with the postal workersβ union over pay and plans to reduce the number of days second class letters are delivered across the UK.
Royal Mail , which is routinely fined millions of pounds a year by the postal regulator for missing mandated delivery targets , said that the deal paves the way for improving its quality of service.
The company, which was acquired by Czech billionaire Daniel KΕetΓnskΓ½ for Β£3.6bn last year, was given permission by Ofcom to loosen its universal service obligations (USO) last July.
Royal Mail has been piloting the reforms, which include ending second-class post on Saturdays and reduce the service to alternating weekdays from Monday to Friday, in 35 offices.
However, the deal with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) will see the new reforms extended to another 240 delivery offices as part of a wider trial.