Strikes Royal Mail

CWU union leaders have called off six planned days of Royal Mail strikes over the next two weeks after bosses threatened a legal challenge.

The CWU’s head of communications Chris Webb said that many workers online had responded to the news with anger at bosses—and at union leaders. And be prepared to defy the law. Now there are reports of Royal Mail managers docking pay and refusing overtime in a bid to turn the screw on workers. Now union leaders say they’ll meet to discuss the future of the action. “And it has been hard to focus on the negotiations when you’re also out on strike. Announcing the decision to call off strikes, CWU general secretary Dave Ward said the union had received a letter from Royal Mail lawyers on Friday. The CWU said its postal executive would meet to call further strikes. And whenever Ward reports on positive-sounding talks with Thompson’s underlings, Thompson pops up to say it’s rubbish. The CWU said bosses “have also confirmed that as of tomorrow, they are introducing lesser terms for new entrants and owner drivers into Royal Mail.” But he added that after calling strikes off, union leaders would focus on negotiations with bosses at conciliation service Acas. But, in a move that workers and their union leaders should Royal Mail said it was a 7 percent rise over two years, plus a lump sum payment of 2 percent this year.

Postal workers began a 19-day series of strikes this month, with the latest taking place on October 20.

“We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience the CWU’s continued strike action will cause. Rather than responding to our offer of Acas talks, the CWU announced further damaging industrial action, once again taking the path of prolonging disruption over resolution. “The CWU has a responsibility to recognise the reality of the situation Royal Mail faces as a business and engage urgently on the changes required. During strike days, special delivery parcels should still get to their destination, and Covid-19 test kits and prescriptions would be prioritised, said Royal Mail. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “On September 22, Royal Mail invited CWU to enter into talks through Acas to find a resolution to our dispute on change and pay. Royal Mail said: “We will be starting the process of consulting on rightsizing the business in response to the impact of industrial action, delays in delivering agreed productivity improvements and lower parcel volumes.”

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are involved in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. A series of strikes have taken place in recent ...

They will not be forced into submission so easily, and we will be reminding the company of their determination at Acas in the coming days." We will continue to do all we can to keep business, companies and the country connected." "The current focus of the coming days will be negotiations that can hopefully achieve a sensible deal to end this dispute. We still need to secure a decent future of this industry, and no attempts to attack our union and our members will change our determination in fighting for that. A [series of strikes](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/royal-mail-19-day-strike-begins-in-edinburgh-the-dates-delivery-affected-including-black-friday-week-3878188) have taken place in recent weeks and more action had been planned for November 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10. [Dave Ward](/topic/dave-ward) said: "We recognise the deep frustration felt by many members over this decision.

A series of strikes by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has taken place in recent months following a dispute over pay and…

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced it has withdrawn planned strike action in the next two weeks (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10 November).— Royal Mail (@RoyalMail) Royal Mail said in a statement: “The Communication Workers Union has announced it has withdrawn planned strike action in the next two weeks (November 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10). “The CWU has withdrawn strike action following Royal Mail writing to CWU to highlight numerous material concerns with the formal notification of planned rolling strike action. [ Black Friday](https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/19739257.black-friday-deals-notonthehighstreet-launches-sale-50-percent-off/), [Cyber Monday ](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19655603.black-friday-2021-black-friday-year-uk---date-time/)and the Christmas build-up. Royal Mail workers have cancelled the upcoming industrial action due to take place on November 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10. What has the Royal Mail said about the strikes? The union has withdrawn the industrial action notices over the next two weeks including on November 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 following the letter. [Warning as thousands of Royal Mail stamps will be unusable within 100 days](https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23073020.royal-mail-stamps-without-barcode-will-unusable-within-100-days/) We want an agreement and Royal Mail Group now have 10 days of talks to prove they do too - or we will call further action.— The CWU (@CWUnews) “But the fact remains that the current direction of Royal Mail doesn’t benefit the company, the community or the country. [Royal Mail workers](https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/22952738.royal-mail-strike-dates-2022-workers-launch-48-hour-strike/) have called off planned strikes due to take place in the next few weeks following a challenge from the mail service. A series of strikes by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has taken place in recent months following a dispute over pay and conditions.

Planned strikes by Royal Mail workers in November have been called off following a challenge by the company.

“Simon can’t dodge the reality that a mood of rebellion is sweeping postal workers who won’t accept Thompson’s hostile and bizarre behaviour. CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: “Instead of sitting down and sorting out his problems like an adult, Simon Thompson chose to be a vanishing act instead. The postal service will not be delivering letters on these days, with the exception of Special Delivery. “Royal Mail and CWU have planned talks at Acas tomorrow, Monday October 31. The CMU said that following a letter from Royal Mail’s legal team, it has decided to withdraw industrial action notices over the next fortnight. A series of strikes have taken place in recent weeks and more action had been planned in the run-up to Christmas.

On Sunday, Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials unilaterally cancelled six days of strikes due to start Wednesday, capitulating to legal threats from ...

Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson has demonstrated from the start that the company has no intention of behaving “reasonably”. The CWU has announced a mass meeting for tomorrow (Tuesday, November 1) at 7pm, but Royal Mail workers must take the initiative. We urge Royal Mail workers who agree with this fight to Even now, they are on their knees offering an “alternative business plan” to help Royal Mail boost profits and facilitate restructuring, just as they did in last year’s Pathway to Change agreement. The strikes are designed to put pressure on the company to behave more reasonably in those negotiations.” The strikes are not the objective. “Should have a week’s strike” was a common response, along with “another sellout”, “I want to cancel my membership”, “union bent over and took it from behind again”, “all out [on strike] for F***’s sake” and “These guys are in bed with the Tories”. Others wrote, “embarrassing”, “farce”, “bottled it”, “bullshit” and “you only had one job”. On Sunday, the CWU’s decision to cancel strikes provoked fury among 15,000 Royal Mail workers who attended the union’s online “update” meeting. Neither did the CWU set out the legal advice provided by their own lawyers, despite citing this as their reason for cancelling strikes. Royal Mail’s announcement has blown the CWU’s corporatist strategy out of the water. So that will be no strike action over the next two weeks.”