The Strike

[stephen500]

Paul Tolhurst, Royal Mail's operations director, said on Radio four that the union should get round the table because Royal Mail have paused their changes till January.
Bascially he is saying don't strike over Christmas when we make the most money and you the union have the most leverage.
Leave it till January when we won't care if you strike and you won't have any leverage!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 296305.stm

[emanon66]

Precisely why now is the time to turn the screw and not give in to any wishy washy 'no strike deals', he had his chances and now its time to stand UNITED AS A UNION and see this one through to victory.

[major_eyeswater]

About time thats all I can say. We have been taking to much from this shower of s**t and now it's our turn. Get out there on the picket line and make sure you are all ready to tell the public what goes on don't be shy or coy the people have a right to know. I am very proud to be a part of this great UNION and i'll be putting in 110% to make sure that every one I come into contact with gets the facts and not the bulls**t management put out. SO LETS PULL TOGETHER THIS TIME AND WIN ONE FOR A CHANGE. And to quote Jack London a scab is the lowest form of life and every working man and woman who strike should make sure that no back stabbing low life scab benifits from our efforts. DOWN WITH LEYTON DOWN WITH CROZIER AND THE ONLY GOOD SCAB IS A DEAD ONE.
LOVE YOU ALL
TIM ROWSE
GREENFORD


GREAT POST.

[major_eyeswater]

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AMICUS SECTION
15 October 2009
Regional Secretaries


Dear Colleague

CWU Dispute

You will be aware that the CWU have announced that they are in dispute with Royal Mail and that this may result in strike action being undertaken by CWU members.

I can advise you that at this stage, our members are not in dispute with Royal Mail. We wrote to our members on the 3 September 2009 on the matter (copy attached). Clearly, as our members are not in dispute with Royal Mail then we are required to advise those members to work as normal.

We have also advised our members to respect the right of CWU members to enter into dispute and to take no actions that could transgress upon their dispute.

Also attached is a copy of the advice that the CWU give to their members who are not involved in a dispute.

Regretfully, there appear to be some elements that seek to deflect from the issues and to promote a dispute between Unite and the CWU by making various unsubstantiated allegations against our members.

We have a very good working relationship with the CWU at national level and there is a clear line of communication open between Dave Ward, CWU Deputy General Secretary and myself.

We have agreed that we will jointly investigate any allegations that could be substantiated.

To date, the CWU at national level, have raised no complaints against any of our members.

We can anticipate that Branches, Regional Committees, Regional Officers etc may receive model resolutions from various sources accusing Unite members of undermining the CWU dispute.

In such cases my advice is to refer any CWU member or representative to Dave Ward who, if he believes that there is a genuine issue of concern, may then raise the issue with me directly and we will jointly seek to resolve that issue.

We can anticipate that unless a quick resolution to the dispute is found, then it could result in a long drawn out and damaging one. We know that Royal Mail has already put into place contingency plans that include the opening up of alternative mail depots and are employing hundreds of casual staff on four month contracts.

Although Unite are not directly involved in this dispute, we stand ready to play our part in assisting both the CWU and Royal Mail to come to a speedy resolution to their present difficulties.

I trust that this will assist you.

Best wishes

Yours sincerely

Paul Reuter
National Officer