Dave Ward

[POSTMAN]

Dave Ward, deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), has much riding on the dispute with Royal Mail.

Four years ago the union narrowly lost a ballot for national strike action against all expectations.

However, since then pay and conditions have improved substantially, as Mr Ward has pursued a campaign to bring postal workers’ pay into line with the national average pay. Now Royal Mail has abruptly pulled the shutters down and a strike looks all but inevitable.

Mr Ward, a South Londoner and former postman in Tooting, will also want a successful result for his own election hopes. Next year he has to stand for reelection to the deputy general secretary’s role in charge of post. It would be his second reelection after winning the job nine years ago.

Last week Mr Ward stood down from the Labour Party’s ruling National Executive Committee, saying that there had never been so many differences between the Government’s policies and what the union wanted.

More differences are likely to flare at the union’s conference as the CWU presses for a change in direction from Labour as the party mounts its leadership and deputy leadership contests.

TIMES

[L Tommo]

KEEP EM PEELED!!!

OUT


DONT LET OUR ££££ BACK ANYONE ELSE APART FROM OURSELVES!!

[mailman71]

new labour and the tories whats the difference, labour should at least be listening to the union's side of things.
at least in the past when we had strikes with the tories we knew were we stood if labour are'nt going to doanything then pull our money out