RM chief urges staff to "consider all the facts"..

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....before voting on strike action.

PERSONNEL TODAY

Royal Mail's HR chief has urged the organisation's staff to "consider all the facts" before deciding whether or not to vote for strike action.

Last week, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) began sending out 130,000 ballot papers to Royal Mail staff asking them to support industrial action. The ballot has been called in a row over pay and the organisation's business plan.

The CWU is angry at the offer of a 2.5% pay increase, and claims 40,000 jobs are at risk as the organisation modernises and work becomes increasingly automated.

But Tony McCarthy, Royal Mail's group director for people and organisational development, said market competition meant that change was necessary.

"Competition is taking revenue away from us and we've got to compete properly with other businesses," he told Personnel Today. "The organisation is changing, and change is often difficult for people. But they have to remember that things are a hell of a lot better now than they used to be.

"When they come to make a decision [on striking], staff have to have all the facts in front of them and fully understand the position the company is in," he said.

However, the CWU's deputy general secretary Dave Ward said the union had "no choice" but to ballot its members over the "unacceptable" business plan and pay offer.

The ballot will end on 7 June. A result is expected to be announced the same day.

[POSTMAN]

"When they come to make a decision [on striking], staff have to have all the facts in front of them and fully understand the position the company is in," he said.

We have that's why we're voting 'YES' you numnut!!

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here here postman. I think this RM clown should read a copy of billy hayes blog on the CWU site. He may learn that postcomm are to review the access products, which RM says is causing problems with revenue. If RM bothered to sit down talk to the union about these issues then their suicidal business plan can be thrown in the trash where it belongs.
All area and local reps should rally their members to sustain a massive YES vote.
How refreshing it is to hear the managers union (amicus) supporting the CWU in the strike ballot. I can't wait for Dave
Wards letter to land on my managers desk.
VOTE YES if you haven't done so already

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Fact : UNDER ROYAL MAILS PROPOSAL I WILL GET PAID LESS[color=#][/color] WILL HAVE TO WORK HARDER, AND SO WILL YOU

VOTE YES !