Royal Mail condemns further CWU strikes

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Royal Mail today condemned the Communication Workers Union call for further strike action in London over essential changes to which the union have already agreed and which are being implemented in Royal Mail units throughout the UK. Customers will not understand how the union can claim to support modernisation but then announce strike action to halt existing efforts to modernise Royal Mail in London.

The CWU claims to have offered a "moratorium" on industrial action when in fact they are demanding a moratorium on further change at Royal Mail - and at a time when we urgently need to accelerate the pace of change in the face of an annual 10% decline in UK mail volumes. All our stakeholders, including our shareholder, the Government, are encouraging Royal Mail to modernise even more quickly yet the CWU persists in opposing change.

Royal Mail is simply asking for the union to honour existing agreements on modernisation and changes in working practices - including the agreement its leaders signed in the presence of the TUC in 2007 - to address falling volumes and to improve efficiency in London as our people have already done successfully in units throughout the UK. The fact is that 20% fewer items are being delivered in central London each day compared to two years ago, while efficiency lags behind the rest of the UK, with productivity in some parts of the capital around 35% below the best UK units.

The CWU’s strike action can only hurt customers and drive them away either to electronic communications or other postal companies. Particularly at risk is our vitally important online fulfilment and packets business - which is crucial to ensuring a successful future for the Royal Mail and its employees and to securing the Universal Service - but where large customers have a real choice to use other operators.

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[TrueBlueTerrier]

The CWU claims to have offered a "moratorium" on industrial action when in fact they are demanding a moratorium on further change at Royal Mail

Lie The Union asked for all EA action to stop and would stop striking - nothing to do with stopping change

Royal Mail is simply asking for the union to honour existing agreements on modernisation and changes in working practices - including the agreement its leaders signed in the presence of the TUC in 2007 -

Lie - Royal Mail are ignoring Phase 4 of the same agreement as evidenced in part by the Pay Freeze with no negotiation

The fact is that 20% fewer items are being delivered in central London each day compared to two years ago, while efficiency lags behind the rest of the UK, with productivity in some parts of the capital around 35% below the best UK units.

Lie Or did they fiddle their own audit which was the basis for some of the bonuses.

The CWU’s strike action can only hurt customers and drive them away either to electronic communications or other postal companies. Particularly at risk is our vitally important online fulfilment and packets business - which is crucial to ensuring a successful future for the Royal Mail and its employees and to securing the Universal Service - but where large customers have a real choice to use other operators.

Well honour your parts of the Pay and Mod agreement and the strikes would go away.

[stokes11eg]

Now--this is when the C.W.U should go to press and refute these statements--but will they!.

[DGP1]

Now--this is when the C.W.U should go to press and refute these statements--but will they!.

I know but at least we have Teebs to refute their lies.

[pickaname]

"All our stakeholders, including our shareholder, the Government"

Its crap like this that really gets up my nose. Its as though theyre acting like a private company. When will they submit to the FACT that RM is a PUBLIC SERVICE owned by THE PUBLIC and not owned by the management.

Grrrr....I hate this firm big style.

[stokes11eg]

Now--this is when the C.W.U should go to press and refute these statements--but will they!.

I know but at least we have Teebs to refute their lies.

Sadly, i go back to the days when honesty was the Keyword with employers,if this is modernisation, you can keep it. Teebs foe General sec, when billy boy bolts.

[Big Daz]

DGS(p) TBT

and

GS Dingo

Or vice versa

[jockstrapp]

The CWU’s strike action can only hurt customers and drive them away either to electronic communications or other postal companies

Yes but who will still be delivering every companies mail

[axeman]

And it's postmen / women detest the atitudes displayed by managment both junior and senior by forcing change upon us by executive action and stealth :mfo :lfo

[norbert]

"All our stakeholders, including our shareholder, the Government"

Its crap like this that really gets up my nose. Its as though theyre acting like a private company. When will they submit to the FACT that RM is a PUBLIC SERVICE owned by THE PUBLIC and not owned by the management.

Grrrr....I hate this firm big style.

the irony is that is being done very ! badly - the other it's the worst of the old PO , i.e. the pettiness , the spite etc and the worst of the private sector , i.e. a bunch of bean counting shysters and charlatans , making some private equity vultures look touchy feely . A mess ! .

[SW17]

I would like to say we have taken 15+ years of growth and absorbed dutys without an increase of staff or decent pay to reflect the growth over the years, Royal Mail whilst making massive profits £££££ want to slash staff because they think letters are down? - I Tie up the same amount of bundles for my walk as I have done for the last 5 years and wonder if Royal Mail will be as quick to put dutys back in when mail (letters) increase as we come out of this recession - I think not! - We are not thick - we are not slaves - we are one of the hardest working industries who Royal Mail should be proud of and it's time to start showing it - we should be on the same if not similar wages as the underground workers and untill they wake up and get with reality we will become stronger in our resolve.

[Night Tonic]

We are one of the hardest working industries.We should be on the same if not similar wages as the underground workers.

What??? £32k for this job? You kidding? Much as we like to see the job as important its hardly skilled and not THAT hard work in comparison to most other jobs. I agree it might be when you first start but heck its not ricket science.

[k979aaa]

We are one of the hardest working industries.We should be on the same if not similar wages as the underground workers.

What??? £32k for this job? You kidding? Much as we like to see the job as important its hardly skilled and not THAT hard work in comparison to most other jobs. I agree it might be when you first start but heck its not ricket science.

I think you should take some vitamin C for that!.

[DGP1]

We are one of the hardest working industries.We should be on the same if not similar wages as the underground workers.

What??? £32k for this job? You kidding? Much as we like to see the job as important its hardly skilled and not THAT hard work in comparison to most other jobs. I agree it might be when you first start but heck its not ricket science.

I think you should take some vitamin C for that!.

Although if you had rickets then you'd be worth £32k but as you can cure it with vitamin d which we get from sunlight you delivery man would ever suffer from it.

[Night Tonic]

Hey how about one of those Japanese auto-walkers. Should cure rickets AND the gruelling work some seem to think it is. Press the button, away you go