Conservatives have warned of the damaging consequences of a postal strike, and called on the Communication Workers Union to face up to the prospect of increased competition in the mail delivery market.
Commenting after postal workers voted in favour of industrial action, Shadow Industry Secretary Alan Duncan said: "A strike would be damaging to the Royal Mail and its employees, and harmful to customers."
In a CWU ballot on strike action over pay, some 77 per cent of the Royal Mail's members of the union supported industrial action, in what could be the first national postal strike since 1996. A series of walkouts will now be staged by around 130,000 CWU members, unless fresh talks result in a compromise agreement.
Speaking after the result of the union ballot was announced at the CWU conference in Bournemouth, Mr Duncan stated: "The Royal Mail faces significant challenges arising from greater competition in the postal services market and falling mail volumes. Royal Mail's management rightly believes that modernisation and improving productivity are essential to meeting these challenges."
He declared: "We are disappointed that CWU members have voted in favour of industrial action. A strike would be damaging to Royal Mail and its employees and harmful to customers. Increasing competition in the postal services market is a reality that the CWU need to deal with."
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Put the news bits in the Ballot one for the time being.
Put the news bits in the Ballot one for the time being.
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.