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14/08/2003
Fears grow of strike as postal talks breakdown
A breakdown in talks to resolve a postal workers pay dispute has raised fears of the first postal workers strike in seven years.
Discussions between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the management side of the Royal Mail held at the conciliation service yesterday ended without agreement.
The CWU will now ballot its members with the results of the ballot to be announced next month.
Management offered 14.5% over 18 months but the CWU branded the offer as “dishonest” and claimed that the award tabled would only be 3% from October to be followed by 1.5% in April 2004.
Previous talks had indicated that Royal Mail were suggesting that 30,000 redundancies were being sought.
Royal Mail, which is losing £750,000-a-day, is seeking radical cutbacks in staffing and the introduction of single delivery schedules.
(SP)
Discussions between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the management side of the Royal Mail held at the conciliation service yesterday ended without agreement.
The CWU will now ballot its members with the results of the ballot to be announced next month.
Management offered 14.5% over 18 months but the CWU branded the offer as “dishonest” and claimed that the award tabled would only be 3% from October to be followed by 1.5% in April 2004.
Previous talks had indicated that Royal Mail were suggesting that 30,000 redundancies were being sought.
Royal Mail, which is losing £750,000-a-day, is seeking radical cutbacks in staffing and the introduction of single delivery schedules.
(SP)
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