An Post workers vote to accept two-year pay deal

Independent auditors confirmed that 86.7% of members’ ballots of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) returned voted in favour of accepting the agreement. File picture

Workers at An Post have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a two-year pay deal.

Independent auditors confirmed that 86.7% of members’ ballots of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) returned voted in favour of accepting the agreement.

The two-year pay deal commences on January 1 of this year and expires on December 31, 2027.

The agreement provides for a 2% increase effective from January 1, and a 1% increase from July 1. A further 2% rise will come into effect on January 1, 2027.

A €650 voucher, pro rata for part-time staff, will be issued in October.

In a statement, the CWU said pensionable increases will be applied to the pensionable pay scales as per the agreed Pension Agreement with a 2% pensionable increase from January 1, up to 2% pensionable increase from January 1, 2025.

CWU general secretary, Seán McDonagh, welcomed the ballot approval. "While it will provide certainty in earnings terms, our union’s focus now turns to the obligations on government to respond to the higher inflationary costs for workers fueled by recent Budgets, and the government’s willingness to cave in to sectoral demands instead of a fairer and broader response to support workers and their families. In this regard, we fully support the demands of ICTU," he said.

The ballot auditors said a total of 5,667 ballots were returned. The total number of valid votes was 5,643.