Royal Mail strike action set for delay (!!!)

[chooch]

Chris Ship - Deputy Political Editor -ITV
' The ballot papers to Royal Mail workers will no longer happen next Friday as planned.

I understand there is a delay in the membership list.

The Communication Workers Union - which met in Birmingham at lunchtime - is likely to send out the ballot papers in the following week.

The union has to give 7 days notice of its plans to ballot members - and 7 days notice to Royal Mail of its plans to strike (should the workers vote for one).

It means the earliest date for strike action will no longer be October 10.

But the CWU dispute with Royal Mail will still hang over the company as the government tries to find investors for the privatisation.

[worktotime]

Chris Ship - Deputy Political Editor -ITV
' The ballot papers to Royal Mail workers will no longer happen next Friday as planned.

I understand there is a delay in the membership list.

The Communication Workers Union - which met in Birmingham at lunchtime - is likely to send out the ballot papers in the following week.

The union has to give 7 days notice of its plans to ballot members - and 7 days notice to Royal Mail of its plans to strike (should the workers vote for one).

It means the earliest date for strike action will no longer be October 10.

But the CWU dispute with Royal Mail will still hang over the company as the government tries to find investors for the privatisation.

to be honest that just says it all about the cwu they must have known about this weeks / months ago yet another load of bollocks , while r/m and the gov are pushing it through as fast as possible we are all sat waiting to see what big dave and his merry men are doing , it makes you think take what r/m have offered and get what you can off them thaen worry about it in 3 years time

[cloherty1976]

A delay and they have not sent in legal challenges yet . Said this would happen but to admit this yourself is unbelievable. Maybe it's a union tactic!

[tpost]

There has been trouble over the membership lists before,it should have been sorted

[steven100]

Have faith in our union .

[worktotime]

Have faith in our union .

its hard to have faith in them , all this should have been planned ages ago.

[Spartacus]

The membership lists have to be exactly right or the business will call foul and drag us through the courts.

All branches have recently been tasked with ensuring the lists are all correct, there's probably some delays in returning the amended lists due to annual leave etc.


It has to be right this time more than ever.

[britwrit]

Sad but.... Tuesday the 15th won't much of a difference compared to Thursday the 10th.

[chooch]

and this Bunch of Clowns..
' Michael Fallon pushes the Envelope '
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'..MPs argue about the privatisation of the Royal Mail.'

[BingBong]

youve got to be shitting me! i give up!

[DirtyHarry]

For once, just once, can they not keep their incompetence in check?

[mandelsons_toenail]

Well

I was there today.

Dave ward said not to worry if things slip a couple of days, he said membership lists are spot on, but there a couple of things they are working on with their lawyers after correspondence from rm.

Why is this thread even here, the title is misleading and as usual the CWU are being slated

Amazing

[BingBong]

Well

I was there today.

Dave ward said not to worry if things slip a couple of days, he said membership lists are spot on, but there a couple of things they are working on with their lawyers after correspondence from rm.

Why is this thread even here, the title is misleading and as usual the CWU are being slated

Amazing

as you was there can i ask what your overall thought on the whole conference was?

[General Mannerheim]

Well

I was there today.

Dave ward said not to worry if things slip a couple of days, he said membership lists are spot on, but there a couple of things they are working on with their lawyers after correspondence from rm.

Why is this thread even here, the title is misleading and as usual the CWU are being slated

Amazing

Q1.Did you meet anybody interesting then?
Q2.Have they got a plan B?
Q3.When you say not to worry,should I be worried that Fat Dave said to be not worried?
Q4.Did you attend the backslapping party afterwards.
Q5.Set squared sandwiches or Whist pies?

[SpacePhoenix]

From the CWU's point of view it might work out better as it probably means any strikes will be November at the earliest, last year November seemed way busier then December