Royal Mail workers announce more strike dates

bristolchris · Post by **bristolchris** » 02 Aug 2007, 21:20

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticN ... 8020070802

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Mail workers announced a new wave of 24-hour strikes on Thursday after talks failed to resolve a dispute over pay and job cuts.

Workers held the first national walk-out in 11 years in June and there were further rolling strikes last month.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the industrial action was due to Royal Mail's "below inflation pay offer" and its plans to reduce the workforce by around 40,000 by automating mail-sorting processes.
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It said the latest strikes would come against the Royal Mail's modernisation plans, due to start on August 13, which would make changes to delivery times and reduce customer services.

"The union has made a fresh offer for a period of calm," CWU Deputy General Secretary Dave Ward said on Thursday. "All Royal Mail have to do is take a step back and engage in meaningful negotiations."

The planned 24-hour stoppages will affect different Royal Mail units from August 9 to 17.

The Royal Mail said it could not understand why the CWU had announced more strike dates when the parties were engaged in talks at the conciliation service Acas.

It said the strikes were costing the company business.

"Royal Mail also deplores the move by the union, in spite of these talks, to attempt to cause further disruption to customers' mail," a spokesman said.

"As the CWU is responsible for calling the strikes, they are clearly free to stop this damaging action at any time. Royal Mail urges them to do so, in the interests of our customers, our people, and the future of the business."

QUOTE "As the CWU is responsible for calling the strikes" And Big Al & C (& GOVERNMENT) are responsible FOR causing THEM!

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 02 Aug 2007, 23:18

malady= double plus ungood/ remedey = shagging with fishhooks

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 03 Aug 2007, 15:28

SOMEONE LIKES SOME HEAVY READING,WAS THAT 1984,OR WAS IT FROM THE DEMOLITION MAN,THE BIT IN THE COSY FUTURE?

L Tommo · Post by **L Tommo** » 03 Aug 2007, 19:12

Looks like ive been outdone???

= not me anymore!!!

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 03 Aug 2007, 19:16

ROCKY wrote:SOMEONE LIKES SOME HEAVY READING,WAS THAT 1984,OR WAS IT FROM THE DEMOLITION MAN,THE BIT IN THE COSY FUTURE?

1984.

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 03 Aug 2007, 19:46

cheers thought it might have been but its a long time since i read my g orwell

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 03 Aug 2007, 19:54

ROCKY wrote:cheers thought it might have been but its a long time since i read my g orwell

You don't need to with thar pair in charge and their lackeys scanning this site!

michael147 · Post by **michael147** » 04 Aug 2007, 21:17

Yes 1984 i believe it was called "newspeak" an attempt to drastically cut the numbers of words in language to limit what one could to say to the bare and mundane .

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 05 Aug 2007, 08:31

oh rats.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 05 Aug 2007, 09:42

For all you thought criminals out there there is actually a thought provoking site based on 1984 http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns_frames.html.