9 days per member
3 national days-rest rolling.
Royal Mail Communications
New strike dates announced by CWU
We are very concerned that CWU has announced further strike dates today rather than taking up our suggestion of talks through Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) to resolve our dispute. Once again, CWU has chosen to take the path of prolonging disruption over resolution.
CWU has today announced that it plans to take a further nineteen days of damaging strike action during October, November and December. The action will be a combination of single days and rolling action across the network. The full list of dates announced can be found below.
This is in addition to three days of strike action already taken, and a further two days planned for Friday 30 September and Saturday 1 October 2022.
This is a significant escalation designed to inflict significant damage on our company, regardless of the implications for their members’ jobs.
We are losing £1million a day and must change faster in response to changing customer demands. Further strikes and resistance to transformation by CWU will only make our financial position worse, will drive away customers and threatens job security.
Unlike in other industries like the railways, our biggest customers can switch providers at the push of a button. If they cannot rely on us to deliver their products, that is exactly what they will do.
We are in constant dialogue with Acas who have made contact with the CWU. Our invitation to enter into talks through the Acas process remains open. Our people need the CWU leadership to recognise the reality of the situation Royal Mail faces as a business, and to engage urgently on the changes required.
We have extensive contingency plans in place to minimise disruption during industrial action and we will continue to do all we can to support our customers as much as we possibly can.
October – National Action – all Functions
24 hours from 04:00 Thursday 13th October into Friday 14th October (Pay)
24 hours from 04:00 Thursday 20th October into Friday 21st October (Change)
24 hours from 04:00 from Tuesday 25th October into Wednesday 26th October (Change)
November - Functional Action (with the Exception of a Single Day’s National Action)
24 hours from 04:00 on Wednesday 2nd November into Thursday 3rd November = All Network
24 hours from 04:00 on Thursday 3rd November into Friday 4th November = All Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC
24 hours from 04:00 on Friday 4th November into Saturday 5th November = All Deliveries
24 hours from 04:00 on Tuesday 8th November into Wednesday 9th November = All Network
24 hours from 04:00 on Wednesday 9th November into Thursday 10th November = Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC
24 hours from 04:00 on Thursday 10th November into Friday 11th November = All Deliveries
24 hours from 04:00 Monday 14th November into Thursday 15th November = All Network
24 hours from 04:00 Tuesday 15th November into Wednesday 16th November = Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC
24 hours from 04:00 Wednesday 16th November into Thursday 17th November = All Deliveries.
Black Friday week
24 hours from 04:00 on Wednesday 23rd November into Thursday 24th November = All Network
24 hours from 04:00 on Thursday 24th November into Friday 25th November = All Processing, Area Distribution, Collections, International, Admin and MDEC
24 hours from 04:00 on Friday 25th November into Saturday 26th November = All Deliveries
24 hours all out on Cyber Monday 28th November into Tuesday 29th November = Everyone
24 hours from 04:00 on Wednesday 30th November into Thursday 1st December = All Network
24 hours from 04:00 on Thursday 1st December into Friday 2nd December = All Processing, Area Distribution, Collections, International, Admin and MDEC
24 hours from 04:00 on Friday 2nd December into Saturday 3rd December = All Deliveries.
*CWU has said Parcelforce, Fleet and Engineers will be aligned to the most appropriate functional dates following consultation between the Officers and the Senior Reps.
