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bristolchris · Post by **bristolchris** » 01 Aug 2007, 12:04

Letter to Branches

No. 694/07 Ref: 60000 Date: 01 August 2007

TO: ALL BRANCHES WITH POSTAL MEMBERS

Dear Colleague

RE: Royal Mail Dispute

At the invitation of ACAS we met Royal Mailâ€™s senior management team yesterday afternoon.

The meeting explored the possibility of establishing a process for talks to get underway.

The meeting adjourned with both sides agreeing to reconvene at ACAS on Thursday 2nd August.

In the meantime the strike action, already notified, goes ahead.

Further information will be sent out in due course.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward,
Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 01 Aug 2007, 12:33

I hope this meeting is productive but in the meantime I hope the union announce further strike dates continuing on from the 8th August.
Otherwise it could be just a stalling tactic by RM to give breathing space from that date for the backlog to be cleared before talks break down and more dates are only then announced by the union.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 01 Aug 2007, 12:40

So if I read it right they have both agreed to have talks about the talks. So nothing substantive will come out of it, but it looks as though RM are the first to crack so these rolling strikes must have hit them hard.

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 01 Aug 2007, 13:38

strangler wrote:I hope this meeting is productive but in the meantime I hope the union announce further strike dates continuing on from the 8th August.
Otherwise it could be just a stalling tactic by RM to give breathing space from that date for the backlog to be cleared before talks break down and more dates are only then announced by the union.

Couldn't agree more. Keep up the pressure on them, it's oviously working.

wakkono · Post by **wakkono** » 01 Aug 2007, 13:42

is that right leighton and co have backed down and agreed to talk? if its right it just goes to show all of you who are doubters and thinking of scabbing what we are doing is working keep up the good work and support your delivery comrades on the picket line tomorrow morning !!!

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 01 Aug 2007, 14:33

I wouldn`t speak too soon! They`ll probably turn up to find a cardboard cutout of Leighton accompanied by an audio tape playing something along the lines of "Thank you for attending and allowing us to explain to you the business plan and how we need to change..." aaarrrgghh :lfo :cfo

ulster postie · Post by **ulster postie** » 01 Aug 2007, 14:55

so its talks about talks

we in N.I. know all about these, for 20years we had people who could not agree so they came up with this idea, its a total waist of time , just an excuse to stall for time ,HOPE THE CWU DONT FALL FOR THIS ONE & KEEP THE I/A GOING UNTILL RM RETURN TO THE TABLE WITH A FIRM COMMITMENT TO RESOLVE THIS

frankie · Post by **frankie** » 01 Aug 2007, 15:21

Even if the talks fail tomorrow, Dave Wards letter says strike action already notified, goes ahead. The union can still give the seven days notice from the Friday if need be. I shall be on duty tomorrow with my fellow strikers waving our flags that I brought home from the rally held in Bristol yesterday. We shall be waving them at the strike breakers and the dum when they cross the picket in the morning!!!

stubaby · Post by **stubaby** » 01 Aug 2007, 15:26

There was a few cracks in their latest s**t put up on the notice boards.
Like "we can't go on like this forever" and also my DUM told me that no executive action was going to take place!!

tatt · Post by **tatt** » 01 Aug 2007, 15:29

At the moment Royal Mail know posting are low and they can soon catch up with the backlog.But towards the end of the month and September we get into autumn pressure, thats when the rolling action will really hit home.

Post by **disheartened** » 01 Aug 2007, 15:49

strangler wrote:I hope this meeting is productive but in the meantime I hope the union announce further strike dates continuing on from the 8th August.
Otherwise it could be just a stalling tactic by RM to give breathing space from that date for the backlog to be cleared before talks break down and more dates are only then announced by the union.

Lets hope its not a meeting to clarify why we must modernise,we know why and what we need to do.If the meeting is just for Lieghton and Crozier to clarify this,it'll be a waste of time for ACAS being there and i should think they wont be happy,it needs to be reallistic grown up talks from both sides.

Here's hoping for a breakthrough........but i wont hold me breath.

Steve

dogfood · Post by **dogfood** » 01 Aug 2007, 16:00

The Union need to give RM 7 days notice of strike action, therefore unless the union announce further strike action for next week immediatley there will be a break in the rolling strikes, which will provide RM the chance to clear the backlog. Effectively undoing the benefits of the last 2 weeks action. So come union announce more rolling strikes for next week NOW.

goinpostal · Post by **goinpostal** » 01 Aug 2007, 16:13

dogfood wrote:The Union need to give RM 7 days notice of strike action, therefore unless the union announce further strike action for next week immediatley there will be a break in the rolling strikes, which will provide RM the chance to clear the backlog. Effectively undoing the benefits of the last 2 weeks action. So come union announce more rolling strikes for next week NOW.

too right same goes for strangler and ulster postie, ACAS is a ploy to get us talking not striking and if anything does change, just to shift things in RM's direction with them giving some token concessions not the other way around - the government wouldn't have set it up if it didn't work that way. Either way though, announce the strike days now as the way to keep the pressure on RM after all "we can talk while we walk"

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 01 Aug 2007, 16:18

so far all we have had at meetings is drones turning up to explain the situation and its probably the same thing again so lets not take anything for granted,however i have noticed a large upturn in comments from managers saying that we are striking for nothing and will loose,so if you turn that around as you must with management statements it means that someone somewhere is starting to take note,so heres hoping

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 01 Aug 2007, 16:29

The strikes previously announced are still going ahead despite the talks tomorrow.
I can`t see any reason why the union shouldn`t announce the next batch of strikes in the meantime.