latest update from CWUHQ

[stubaby]

Add the extra money RM has found on to the 2.5% and we are then only £4 a week short of the 4.8% that the CWU are after.

Now just need to sort out the shite proposals and we will be there

[Wild Rover]

Was wondering that too...has some sort of figures been revealed today?

[thebigguy]

the so called magic money RM has just found doesn't matter to me, they could offer double inflation rate and i still wouldn't accept it. ALL THE STRINGS HAS TO BE CUT OFF FROM THEIR GREAT NEW MODERNISATION PLANS

:lfo & DON'T FORGET :cfo ASWELL

[heapsy]

From a PEC member there is movement from Royal Mail.
I cannot divulge much but they are crippled nationally and have admitted they are in crisis.
Apparently there IS more money how much i do not know and there have has been movement they are crapping their pants.
Hold on tight boys!!

I know you cant say much to perk us up,but speaking for myself and a few close collegues the lack of correspondence from CWU is a tad disappointing,but you seem to be on the ball or know someone with their finger on the pulse,try your best to keep us informed without dropping yourself in the mire

Cheers

Steve

Here here! the union need to do more to keep the members informed, its times like these that communication is everything

[Fluke]

From a PEC member there is movement from Royal Mail.
I cannot divulge much but they are crippled nationally and have admitted they are in crisis.
Apparently there IS more money how much i do not know and there have has been movement they are crapping their pants.
Hold on tight boys!!

I know you cant say much to perk us up,but speaking for myself and a few close collegues the lack of correspondence from CWU is a tad disappointing,but you seem to be on the ball or know someone with their finger on the pulse,try your best to keep us informed without dropping yourself in the mire

Cheers

Steve

Here here! the union need to do more to keep the members informed, its times like these that communication is everything

Quoted for truth.

[stubaby]

From a PEC member there is movement from Royal Mail.
I cannot divulge much but they are crippled nationally and have admitted they are in crisis.
Apparently there IS more money how much i do not know and there have has been movement they are crapping their pants.
Hold on tight boys!!

I know you cant say much to perk us up,but speaking for myself and a few close collegues the lack of correspondence from CWU is a tad disappointing,but you seem to be on the ball or know someone with their finger on the pulse,try your best to keep us informed without dropping yourself in the mire

Cheers

Steve

Here here! the union need to do more to keep the members informed, its times like these that communication is everything

Quoted for truth.

Is that a compliment?

[Fluke]

Yes. Geek speak for "I agree with everything in the post."

[stubaby]

Yes. Geek speak for "I agree with everything in the post."

[stubaby]

Very strong rumour that there will be a joint statement in the next few hours calling off the strikes
Its not confirmed yet so everything continues as normal until its announced. (that is very important).

[DGP1]

Very strong rumour that there will be a joint statement in the next few hours calling off the strikes
Its not confirmed yet so everything continues as normal until its announced. (that is very important).

I hope not we need to continue on until we get an agreement not just talks because :lfo :cfo will just use the breathing space to try to screw us

[Wild Rover]

Call of the strikes? Hardly a deal has been done..wtf?

If the CWU agree to this, then the union is worthless/useless, and you have to wonder why exactly we supported their actions. All this talk of a union win yesterday is crap. They've won nothing. RM have admitted their in the s**t with backlogs - great - wasn't that the idea? Now we hear of a possible call of of strikes because their in the s**t, or because the original deal has been agreed? It's not the latter, is it?

Now i see RM are still delaying revealing the finicial state of the business because obviously something is their to be hidden/cover up.

I bet this rumour will be true. It's not for nothing Leighton is meeting them for the first time - face to face - looks like i'll be cancelling my CWU membership soon, should this rumour prove true......unless a very good agreement has been reached.

[dogfood]

I agree with you wild rover if the rumour is true I will probably withdraw from the union. However, at the moment it is just a rumour and we will have to see what has/has not been agreed.

[leelatic]

I thought if the RM made a serious attempt at negoiations the union were willing to suspend any action.I doubt a deal has been reached yet and surely we would get a vote on any deal? Don't ditch the Union yet!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

My feeling is that the strikes will be suspended not cancelled so that the option is still there to call us out if no satisfactory progress is achieved.

[dvbuk55]

I would NOT like to see us suspend the action just yet.

Lets not forget how we got into this situation!

The terrible twins thought it would be a two week wonder and we would bow to their will. We should not only make sure there is a cast iron agreement for negotiation but those agreements have to be long term, binding and unable to be reneged by either party without a financial penalty so large that neither party would be liable to break them. The financial penalties would not be the same for each party as obviously RM has infinitely more cash.

We should also ask for an apology from the two main protagonists as an individual letter to each and every employee for their error.

In addition each employee who has lost out financially should receive a one off payment as a goodwill gesture.