Times

[Stormproof]

Post workers threaten a fresh round of strikesChristine Buckley, Industrial Editor
Postal workers warned of more national strikes yesterday as union anger over Gordon Brown’s 2 per cent cap on public sector pay boiled over at the Trades Union Congress.

The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) will set new strike dates next week unless Royal Mail improves a 6.7 per cent pay offer over two years.

Although Royal Mail is publicly owned, the offer to postal workers is well above pay offers made to public sector workers. At first Royal Mail offered only a pay freeze, saying that it couldn’t afford an increase. It then raised that to 2.5 per cent for one year after the CWU threatened a strike ballot.

The union staged two days of national action and a month-long programme of rolling action across the postal network before agreeing to suspend action to allow more talks to take place.

However, the CWU has thrown out the offer because of disagreements on changes to working practices and the pension scheme.

The union wants to take strike action by the end of the month and so will have to give seven days’ notice by the end of next week.

Meanwhile, local government workers are about to ballot over strike action after rejecting a revised pay offer and civil servants could be asked if they want to mount national strikes over pay, job losses and the use of private companies in public services.

Delegates at the TUC in Brighton attacked the Prime Minister in two debates over public services and some called for coordinated strike action. Steve Cox of the Prison Officers’ Association, which last month staged a wildcat walkout, said: “None of us wants a return to the winter [of discontent] of 1978 but if the Government continues down this road and ignores the warnings and shuts the door in our faces we will have no alternative and we should all be out on the streets.â€

[BELIAL]

They can stick the pay cut somewhere painful now the period of calm is over, Peter Hain you complete and utter sell out snivelling shitpig scum, fully aware no excuses sell out scum,scum scum scum,







not surprised however ,the man is predictable, but still scum.

[baldrick]

See http://socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13006
(I still can't do this cut and paste stuff)

[baldrick]

They can stick the pay cut somewhere painful now the period of calm is over, Peter Hain you complete and utter sell out snivelling shitpig scum, fully aware no excuses sell out scum,scum scum scum,

not surprised however ,the man is predictable, but still scum.

He used to work for the CWU as a researcher didn't he?

[The Inspector]

They can stick the pay cut somewhere painful now the period of calm is over, Peter Hain you complete and utter sell out snivelling shitpig scum, fully aware no excuses sell out scum,scum scum scum,







not surprised however ,the man is predictable, but still scum.

When Hain was a Young Liberal - years ago - he got nicked in SW London for robbery. At the time - he got off claiming a Police 'fit-up'! I hope that the people who fought for him - are severely - kicking their own a*ses!

[Stormproof]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/unions/s ... 80,00.html

The article ends with

Key players

· Public and Commercial Services Union Intends to ballot 270,000 civil servants at end of month for industrial action. Expect one-day strikes and overtime bans to hit job centres, tax offices, driving tests, passport applications, courts and museums.

· Public and Commercial Services Union Intends to ballot 270,000 civil servants at end of month for industrial action. Expect one-day strikes and overtime bans to hit job centres, tax offices, driving tests, passport applications, courts and museums.

· Unison Rejected 2.45% pay deal for local government employees. Industrial action ballot. One-day strikes could hit refuse collections, council tax offices, and housing departments. Health workers could accept revised pay deal hitting coordinated strike action.

· Prison Officers' Association One wildcat strike over phasing of pay deal. Union reserving right to call more illegal walkouts.

· Police Federation Rejected 2.32% pay deal. Dispute with binding arbitration. If the home secretary blocks deal renewed calls for power to strike likely.

· Communication Workers Union Strike by postal workers over job cuts and pay now suspended. But union has rejected a 3% pay rise and will call out workers again at end of September.

· National Union of Teachers Backed coordinated union today. Lining up for a strike over pay later in the year.

· Rail, maritime and transport union Underground strike over jobs guarantee at Metronet suspended. Two one-day strikes on One railway for Saturday and Monday over reinstatement of a guard who tackled a drunken fare dodger.

· GMB, Unite, Community Strike ballot in 83 Remploy factories, employing disabled workers, over government closure plan. Result from the three unions to be announced during Labour party conference.
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[cruisey]

Arrogant labour party ministers at dinner last night in brighton were telling the media not to worry, and that the strikes won't cause a problem. I think they need to talk to RM about the damage co-ordinated strike causes. They're in for a massive shock.