LtB 771/13 National Dispute

[cloherty1976]

The question I suppose is do we trust the Unions judgement.

It's not the union's judgement on whether to call a strike that worries me but their judgement on whether or not to keep the pretence up.

If you assess all of those things and come to the conclusion that a strike is not in the best interests of the negotiation process then that's fine,it's what we pay the union for,to make those kinds of calls but if you do then the best thing to do is withdraw the threat of strike action entirely because if you can see that you can be damn sure those on the other side of the table can see it too.

If you don't what you are left with is an empty threat and 115,000 impatient members not knowing whether they are coming or going,It isn't fair on the membership,It isn't honest and above all it isn't serving any purpose other than making the union look foolish.

If the union truly believes it can finalise an agreement by next week then fine it can be done without the silly,empty threat and with the membership stood down,If they had any doubt whatsoever they should have served notice a week ago if not before then.

I have always stated there would be no strike as I said the union are weak and to tell you the truth I don't think they know what to do. It has to be played that they got the best possible deal but I doubt us mere mortals will hardly notice the difference from the original offer. They say they are all in agreement to keep pushing Royal Mail for a better deal but how can this be true as there are so many different functions that surely some are going to be better off and some worse off so how can they all agree?