What happened to this...

[FilthyBloke]

It was an empty slogan. Meaningless waffle.
I said back then that it was doomed to fail. Everything about what the CWU did was poorly executed.

It also diminishes the last big agreement as all of that seems ripped up now.

I’m not part of the union so don’t have any loyalty to them but I think loyalty has blinded a lot of its members. The empty slogans and flags that they waved whilst standing on the street in pointless one day strikes when Mr Ward seemed more interested in his personal spat with Mr Thompson and then claimed great victory with the committee meeting where ST was grilled.

ST got pretty much what he wanted. He barely budged. The CWU will claim he did budge but it was more a shuffle. Putting us in position for the next CEO (puppet) to make his move.

10% no strings attached.
Win the ballot win the dispute.
Solidarity.

All means nothing. Especially when 97% actually voted for strike action which the union ignored.

They need to hire a decent legal team for starters. Everything they have done in this dispute has come across amateurish.

The high fives after agreeing this sell out deal was just pitiful.

Both CWU and RM now have a work force that is disillusioned and unmotivated. And both are to blame.

It can be fixed, maybe, but I’m not sure the CWU will ever have the clout they had in the workplace like they have in yesteryears.

I think the worse thing of all was not reminding the membership that taking strike action would allow r.mail to rip up past agreements,i mean did they forget about it,we were beat before we started in this dispute i dont think simon was a grest opponent more so that our leadership were rotten and amateurish

That was a massive own goal by the CWU.
To rip up that protection with empty slogans is unforgivable.
As for ST, I agree I don’t think he’s particularly fierce but I think it just happened to coincide with weak union leadership. When they had to stand up and be counted they actually crumbled.