We MUST Stay United - Brief

[lovejoy]

Following Yesterdays decision to postpone any strike action until the 4th September at least we are writing to assure members that this move is in no way, shape or form a climb down from YOUR UNION and it is Royal Mail who are now quite blatantly on the back foot.

We can all be very proud that the action we have taken has brought Royal Mail back to the negotiating table. Many people thought this would never happen. How many times have we been told by management that ‘the deal is the deal’?!

We have proven all the doubters to be wrong and we have also exposed managements weaknesses when faced with united action. The decision to call off the action was not taken lightly by the PEC. We have to look at the key factors behind this decision.
• Royal Mails Attitude
From April we have had letter after letter from Royal Mail stating ‘there is simply no more money’ and there will be no negotiations. From this position they have back pedalled and signed up to a statement that was written word for word by YOUR UNION. This clearly demonstrates who now has control of this dispute.
• The Public
The CWU website is now receiving millions of visits per day and the general public are right behind our campaign to save postal services. If we had turned down the offer of talks and taken strike action then this would have put our public support in severe jeopardy.
• The Membership
Whilst a large number of members can cope with the financial strains of a rolling dispute, others cannot. This gives us all a chance of some respite financially.

This dispute is by no means over. We now have 3 weeks of in confidence, intensive negotiations. If by that time an agreement has been made that can be voted on by the membership then that is fine. If not we will simply rise to the challenge once again and take action just as mail volumes start to climb into the autumn period.

[Macca]

ARGUS
2007 pay bulletin number 92
No Quarter Given
Following Yesterdays decision to postpone any strike action until the 4th September at least we are writing to assure members that this move is in no way, shape or form a climb down from YOUR UNION and it is Royal Mail who are now quite blatantly on the back foot.

We can all be very proud that the action we have taken has brought Royal Mail back to the negotiating table. Many people thought this would never happen. How many times have we been told by management that ‘the deal is the deal’?!

We have proven all the doubters to be wrong and we have also exposed managements weaknesses when faced with united action. The decision to call off the action was not taken lightly by the PEC. We have to look at the key factors behind this decision.
• Royal Mails Attitude
From April we have had letter after letter from Royal Mail stating ‘there is simply no more money’ and there will be no negotiations. From this position they have back pedalled and signed up to a statement that was written word for word by YOUR UNION. This clearly demonstrates who now has control of this dispute.
• The Public
The CWU website is now receiving millions of visits per day and the general public are right behind our campaign to save postal services. If we had turned down the offer of talks and taken strike action then this would have put our public support in severe jeopardy.
• The Membership
Whilst a large number of members can cope with the financial strains of a rolling dispute, others cannot. This gives us all a chance of some respite financially.

This dispute is by no means over. We now have 3 weeks of in confidence, intensive negotiations. If by that time an agreement has been made that can be voted on by the membership then that is fine. If not we will simply rise to the challenge once again and take action just as mail volumes start to climb into the autumn period.
Keep the Faith
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