The Mail union accuses the Royal Mail of using agency workers as strike breakers to do the work of CWU members involved in the continuing UK-wide industrial dispute and is seeking an injunction preventing Royal Mail from using 30,000 agency workers.
All Out
Two more strike days have been announced. These are Friday, 6th and Monday, 9th November.
Unlike the current strikes, which have involved members in different roles striking on different days, the two new dates will be all-out strikes.
35m items delayed
Royal Mail has said that the strikes have delayed 35 million items. That’s 35 million bits of business that other providers could be taking.
No work today or tomorrow or the day after
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The second phase of the CWU’s nationwide postal strikes are now happening with 44 thousand members striking on Thursday (today). Further 24-hour strikes are due to take place on Friday and Saturday.
“I can see the strike action increasing now,” CWU general secretary Billy Hayes has said – great!
This weeks strikes or no post this week (either)
- Thursday 43,700 staff in mail centres, delivery units in mail centres, network logistic drivers and garage staff walking out from 0400 GMT
- Friday 400 Sites in Plymouth, Stockport and Stoke will be doing bugger all too
- Saturday 77,000 delivery and collection staff across the UK
Union attacks Royal Mail
The CWU hopes to show that the Royal Mail is breaking employment law by hiring 30,000 temporary workers to deal with the backlog of post and the expected Christmas rush.
Second Official 24-hour mail strike begins
Delivery and collection workers at Royal Mail walked out as part of nationwide strikes.
Further strikes at Royal Mail will take place next week, starting on Thursday 29 October, says the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
Picket Line at Lavender Hill Post Office
If the strikes continue for a prolonged period contingency plans for delivery of hospital appointments and medical test results have been drawn up.
More days of post strikes
After months of unofficial strikes by the british mail workers today sees the first day of official action and also the announcement by the CWU of more official action to come.
The prime minister has urged both sides to resume negotiations to bring an end to the “self-defeating” strike. However, he shouldn’t be wasting his time, rather he should be opening up the British mail market to free and fair competion. That way workers can work, mail will be delivered and strikers can strike for as long as they have a job left.
Official Postal strikes will begin on Thursday 22 October
The Communication Workers Union has confirmed that nationwide postal strikes will begin on Thursday 22 October. The union said it had no choice but to announce a strike after the Royal Mail rejected its latest set of proposals. This is of course total rubbish. The union is choosing to destroy the Royal Mail. If that’s their attitude then the sooner the whole thing is closed down the better. Let other businesses with workers who wish to provide a service get on with the job and we can all benefit.
On the first day, mail centre staff and network drivers will strike. On Friday 23 October it will be delivery and collection staff.
Move along Luddites
Royal Mail will suffer long term damage if the planned national postal strike goes ahead, Gordon Brown has warned.
The Prime Minister said the firm could lose major contracts if the “unnecessary” walk-out was not averted.
The sooner UK businesses and consumers take their business to alternative providers the sooner the country can move ahead. Gordon Brown should remove barriers preventing fair competition in the postal market to enable postal services from providers who wish to work to flourish.