strike action

[happy hibee]

now that cwu have finally served notice on rm about national ballot why has it been extended to 8th Oct, edinburgh mail centre and distribution drivers had enough of bullying managers and them ignoring the union and want more action. ward & co better not strike a deal and give us the usual p*sh to go back and talk to the management, they did"nt listen when they took the duties out so they aint gonna listen now. area reps and all the staff sick to the back teeth of the sh*te they getting every day

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Already answered in another thread by Dingo http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... =1&t=18824" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

As much as I dont like the delay in the ballot timescale this was not the CWUs choice. The decison on the date when the ballot closes was the Independent scurtineers call and the union would be at risk for legal challenge if it ingnore the independent scurtineers recommendation and bearing in mind they have to sign off the ballot results and declare if it was conducted in line with they recommendation thens the CWU had no choice.

There choice to delay the ballot clousure by 8 days was due to the backlog which exists and the further strikes which are planned. She said for the union to be free from such a challenge then that is the timescale which was reasonable.

I think we all know Royal Mail will attempt to challenge the ballot but if the union decided to go against the independent scrutineers recommendation she may not sign of the ballot process as being fair and reasonable in which case the ballot result would be worthless.

Now if we are talking about the fact that we should have been balloted sooner then I would agree that the 3 month delay in balloting the membership sent out the wrong message to members and allowed Royal Mail to attack certain areas in the belief the CWU couldt produce a yes vote nationally. The phone polls suggust we will do but there is still a sizable chunk who need to be convinced and that is where reps must hold meetings with members. The bigger the yes vote the better chances of a deal.