RMG CEO Simon Thompson has responded to CWU GS Dave Ward's letter offering talks. A meeting will now take place tomorrow. Dave Ward and Andy Furey will attend on behalf of the CWU

[Rommagic]

Royal Mail and the Cwu is this true?.

[clashcityrocker]

by Woody Guthrie » 22 minutes ago

Royal Mail Group CEO Simon Thompson has responded to CWU General Secretary Dave Ward’s letter offering talks. A meeting will now take place tomorrow. Dave Ward and Andy Furey will attend on behalf of the CWU.

We will of course update you on all developments but reps and members should continue preparations for strike action on Friday and Saturday #StandByYourPost
Only dead fish

[norris9]

Simon will probably walk in dressed as a troll, laugh, then walk out.

That's the kind of games they have been playing so far.

[Skuse]

by Woody Guthrie » 22 minutes ago

Royal Mail Group CEO Simon Thompson has responded to CWU General Secretary Dave Ward’s letter offering talks. A meeting will now take place tomorrow. Dave Ward and Andy Furey will attend on behalf of the CWU.

We will of course update you on all developments but reps and members should continue preparations for strike action on Friday and Saturday #StandByYourPost
Only dead fish

Twatface Thompson will probably pull another stunt the odious little toad

[daveyeff]

Cant see anything coming out of it....mebbies just to ask why we wont go to acas....i hope Wardy gives it to the c*** straight.

[Grads75]

They should say to Thompson unless this meeting is genuine for talks and not time-wasting the 19 days will definitely go ahead

[Grads75]

They should say to Thompson unless this meeting is genuine for talks and not time-wasting the 19 days will definitely go ahead no more talks

[2chorizon]

Strike will be called off Fri & Sat as a “goodwill gesture” & some snivelling waffle about “giving ACAS a chance”

I knew it would be bottled. Said it from day 1

You heard it here first.

[RHONE]

I hope big Dave gives a Glasgow kiss

[roadrunner bill]

Funny the comments on Simon Thompson.. who is the devils best mate..

[CRIBMAD]

Strike will be called off Fri & Sat as a “goodwill gesture” & some snivelling waffle about “giving ACAS a chance”

I knew it would be bottled. Said it from day 1

You heard it here first.

It better not be called off , dont trust the fookers !

[einastronaut]

Realistically, they're going to struggle to get anywhere as long as the union only wants to negotiate the terms of its own "alternative vision" for the company and not negotiate the best terms for members to enact some of the company's vision. Management will say the Union aren't serious about talks and the Union will say management aren't serious and it'll be back to square one: not talking, and endless - and very probably ultimately fruitless - IA.

As much as we all want a positive outcome from all this, the Union need to accept that their fantasy wishlist plan of A) begging Labour to renationalize the business, and B) saving (and expanding) the USO somehow so that we're all also community social workers and whatnot as an alternative to a full restructuring of the business around efficient parcel delivery, is just not (for A) politically or (for B) commercially viable or realistic. It's a parcels world now, letters are not going to make a comeback in the digital age and they're never going to help balance the books and pay the salaries. The union has to come to terms with that somehow, and cede ground on modernization while also fighting to keep favourable terms and conditions within the new structures. Refusing to budge on ANYTHING is why management are now expanding it to attack EVERYTHING.

This is obviously going to be a fairly unpopular opinion here, so I'm sorry for that, and I do appreciate how hugely important it is to some people that everything stays exactly as it was, but it's not a unique opinion among much of the membership that we need to allow some change to protect our pay and T&Cs going forward. The longer these strikes go on, the more material damage it does to the company finances and the less likely we are to get the decent pay and conditions that we're after; it will simply become unaffordable.

[Shirtbuttons]

Do you really think he is going to turn up? He is playing games with you and I can almost guarantee the Friday and Saturday strikes will be called off as a good will gesture, before it goes to ACAS. We haven’t got the clout like the RMT have. We are too worried about upsetting the public. So what if we upset the public? It’s our future,not theirs, we don’t have time to talk to them anyway. Half of them don’t even know we are striking. They really don’t care. We need to get a grip and stop caving in. Are the RMT and Mick Lynch worried about what the public thinks?

[2chorizon]

Strike will be called off Fri & Sat as a “goodwill gesture” & some snivelling waffle about “giving ACAS a chance”

I knew it would be bottled. Said it from day 1

You heard it here first.

It better not be called off , dont trust the fookers !

A virtual £100 says it will be called off on thursday evening as a “goodwill gesture”

[postieblueshirt]

Strike will be called off Fri & Sat as a “goodwill gesture” & some snivelling waffle about “giving ACAS a chance”

I knew it would be bottled. Said it from day 1

You heard it here first.

Nice positive attitude I'm sure we will win this..