Jiří Valter

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Royal Mail puts "Profit before safety", say postal workers, who claim that The Company does not protect you against The Risk to catch coronavirus.

There is a shortage of gloves, masks and hand sanitizers, and employees from the UK, told The Bbc .

they also maintain social distance at work is "almost impossible".

Royal Mail says it has invested £15m protective equipment and the health and wellbeing of employees is their top priority.

in The Last Two Weeks , which provide employees in eight Royal Mail locations, including three in Scotland, have lived, about safety. The Bbc has seen the shots of employees working sort of shoulder-to-shoulder in an office, with limited access to social distancing measures.

A supervisor based in The North of England, said: "It is More Than Two Weeks since the lockdown, and We Are in a situation where there is still a lack of PPE [personal protective equipment], there is still a lack of sanitisers, there is still a lack of direction. "

The Staff said, have the feeling they are "forced to choose between their work and their health".

"I'm afraid that my job be at risk if I Refuse a task, because I think it puts me in a precarious situation," he added.

Since the lockdown, there was an unofficial walk-outs at Royal Mail sites in Chatham, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Warrington, Didcot, Edinburgh, Alloa and Fife. to keep

delivery and sorting office Staff , based in The North -West and in The Midlands , described difficult conditions, with "no place", safely two feet away from each other. Also they feared for their jobs if they concern to the public.

A letter carrier, said: "the building That we don't work for the people, in order to be able, in the space. Everyone is gathered. We Are skin, among others. It is just completely impossible."

He also criticised The Company 's response, after he rounds raised concerns about low supplies of hand sanitizer during delivery.

"When all This Was kicking off, we said to [management] do we need this stuff. But our Big Boss upstairs said, 'no, you need to wash only the hands. I would like to wash my hands, but nowhere is open. Everything is closed. It is ridiculous. "

Another letter carrier, said: "We touch 850 letter boxes without protection. Coronavirus is spoken of as a nuisance in my office. "

"It is not too much to ask, to be perfectly prepared for The Job ," he added.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which for thousands of postal workers, raises Royal Mail to act slowly, in response to The Crisis .

North-West divisional rep Ian Taylor said it was "More Than Christmas" with the package and said it was essential that protective equipment that has reached front-line employees.

The CWU estimates that 20% of Royal Mail Staff are currently working on. That's the equivalent of around 26,000 postmen, who are either sick or self-isolation, at a time when shipments have increased significantly, as more and more people are shopping online, during the lockdown.

"people need to really think about what you buy in this particular time, it is placing incredible strain on frontline posties is said," Taylor.

postal workers told The Bbc that she's "exhausted" of the additional work, the delivery of the article, such as home gym-kits and garden furniture, junk or promotional E-mail. To relieve the load

Royal Mail has changed its policy on junk E-mail. It is Now Only to persons already receiving letters or Parcels .

employees, provides an increased number of packages, such as people ordering products online

The Company >specifies The Union 's claims and says, "where possible" workers a minimum of two metres apart, were held. Regular hand washing is encouraged with soap and water, among the Staff , and it enhanced disinfecting surfaces "at the end of cleaning of a community. "The Company has purchased, with 400,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, it said.

A spokesman for the Royal Mail , said: "In the assessment of the risks to our people and to make the necessary operational changes in order to protect you, we take professional medical and health and safety information on a daily basis.

"We already have a number of adjustments to our package handling procedures for the protection of our colleagues and our customers. "

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Source of news: bbc.com