Cabinet members’ no reply to CWU’s talks plea

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by Chris McLaughlin

More than two-thirds of the Cabinet have ignored a plea from postal workers for talks on the Royal Mail dispute amid a national ballot for industrial action.

The failure of a response has prompted unprecedented action from the Communication Workers Union, which has taken out adverts in newspapers and magazines, including Tribune, to “name and shame” the silent ministers.

The adverts, headed “NO REPLY”, are being placed to coincide with the Labour Party conference and refer to a letter from general secretary Billy Hayes sent on July 23

In it, he refers to the “underlying pension fund deficit, regulation and the need to modernise the company to take account of changing market conditions” and requests a meeting to discuss the future of a successful Royal Mail.

Only five Cabinet members have replied: Harriet Harman, Peter Hain, Alan Johnson, Bob Ainsworth and Lord Adonis. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson was not one of the recipients.

[janitor]

Surely Billy has now got the message. Hold a ballot and stop funding these people, they are not our friends.

[The Jarvie Ward]

Surely Billy has now got the message. Hold a ballot and stop funding these people, they are not our friends.

You would think so wouldnt you but i fear not !

Our members are out on the street, official or unofficial, losing money in a fight to protect their own future and the future of postal sevices itself and OUR union funds Labour to the tune of 7 figures with OUR money, and it also funds individual MP's aswell with OUR money - it is time for this rug to be pulled !

[BELIAL]

Looks like this new PR company the union are using have a few tricks up their sleeves

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Looks like this new PR company the union are using have a few tricks up their sleeves

Well that's dandy - but we could really do with a strategy.