Postal union agrees to sell-out deal with Royal Mail

[stephen500]

Britain: Postal union agrees to sell-out deal with Royal Mail
By Julie Hyland
15 October 2007

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct20 ... -o15.shtml

''By means of legal threats and with the connivance of the trade union bureaucracy, Royal Mail hopes to end the postal dispute and achieve its aim of overturning working conditions and pension rights, and eliminate tens of thousands of jobs.

This is the meaning of Friday’s announcement that talks between Adam Crozier, Royal Mail’s chief executive, Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress and Billy Hayes and Dave Ward, leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) had ended in agreement.

That this agreement will be at the expense of postal workers was made clear by the fact that, more than 48 hours after the announcement, no details on it have been released. A terse two-line statement issued by Royal Mail and the CWU said that the “agreed terms covering all the issues in the dispute will be considered by the union’s Executive on Mondayâ€

[dvbuk55]

Let us hope it isn't a sell out deal - but those of us long in the tooth knew we were on a hiding to nothing.

[tenpole tudorsack]

I'LL VOTE "NO" SIMPLY ON TWO ISSUES... A SELLOUT ON FLEXIBILITY AND INCREASED DOOR TO DOORS FOR BUGGER ALL

[madmax]

They certainly won't be getting my vote - a massive big NO
:lfo :cfo