Royal Mail slams CWU |
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| Written by Roberta Murray | |
| Thursday, 29 October 2009 | |
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Royal Mail strike continues as management accuse CWU of walking away from 'progressive' talks. The latest Royal Mail strike is in full swing after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) allegedly walk away from talks that were, according to Royal Mail management, making significant progress. In a press release out this morning Royal Mail condemned the CWU’s decision to walk away as peace talks were making significant progress and the union’s failure to call off this week’s industrial action.The company said the union was playing havoc with customer confidence and urged the CWU to come back to the table. Mark Higson, Managing Director of Royal Mail Letters, thanked Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, for all his help and support over the last few days and said that Royal Mail is willing to talk for as long as it takes to resolve the current dispute and get everyone back to delivering consistent service for customers. Higson said: “We have repeatedly asked for a common sense approach that allows a strike-free Christmas while we talk about the future yet even that seems too much for the CWU to accept. “Yesterday we were once again on the verge of a sensible agreement that would have allowed us to enter into in-depth discussions with the union over the future of Royal Mail in an atmosphere of calm - but just like last week the CWU leadership has failed to carry its own Postal Executive Committee, which appears to be split with London members at odds with the rest of the country and unable to reach any decision."
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