The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Union may suspend talks if no headway made over modernisation plans The postal dispute could reignite next week if Royal Mail continues to stall over peace talks, sources close to the Communication Workers Union have warned. The two sides began negotiations under the auspices of mediation service Acas this week but it is understood that little headway has been made. "So far, it's been a case...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) has taken a swipe at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), saying yesterday that its "weak leadership" had resulted in a monopoly for cellphone operators and a system that benefited rich customers and the "multinationals" themselves.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Icasa was unable to regulate the telecommunications industry, enabling operators to exploit the poor, the Communication Workers' Union said on Monday.
Simon Darby (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
It's all a bit too late now, but I thought you might like another example of the hatred and fear of the BNP demonstrated inside Troughminster. This formed the basis of an early day motion a couple of weeks ago: BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY APPEARANCE ON QUESTION TIME Mr Virendra Sharma John Mann Mr Andrew Dismore Mike Gapes Laura Moffatt Mark Lazarowicz Julie Morgan That this House believes that the BBC...
Lenin's Tomb (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What lies behind the postal workers' union's decision to call off the strikes that were planned for tomorrow and Monday and begin a 'period of calm'? Well judging from the CWU website and what Dave Ward has to say about the 'interim' agreement it seems like another shoddy deal . What do Royal Mail get out of the deal? A guarantee of no strikes until after Christmas. What do postal workers get? A promise...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Royal Mail and CWU seek to negotiate modernisation by establishing a 'radically different culture' in industrial relations A deal between postal workers and Royal Mail that ended the prospect of strikes disrupting the Christmas post aims to introduce a "radically different culture" of trust between the two sides, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said. CWU leaders agreed unanimously...
PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Further to my blog yesterday it has now been reported that the postal strikes, due to take place today and Monday, have been called off as a last minute agreement between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union has now been reached. For more details click here.
Holyrood Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Is it my imagination or do I detect a note of disappointment on the part of the press with regard to the suspension of the Royal Mail strikes? Here is The Guardian for example:The postal workers union has called off a third round of strikes due to start tomorrow after reaching an "interim" peace deal with Royal Mail management.Leaders of the Communication Workers Union agreed unanimously...
Finance Markets (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The planned postal strikes for today and Monday have been called off after the Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) agreed to continue talks but would halt any strike action until the New Year. Details of the agreement reached between both sides are due to be released today. According to TUC leader, Brendan Barber, the [...]
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The national postal strike has been put on hold after both sides in the dispute agreed to a “period of calm” before Christmas, The Times reports. The Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union said that they would continue talks on the company’s modernisation plans without the spectre of industrial action. Two planned 24-hour walkouts for today and Monday, each involving up to...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• Agreement after days of talks between Royal Mail and CWU • Industrial action had been planned for tomorrow and Monday A fresh wave of postal strikes have been dramatically called off tonight just hours before the latest walkouts were due to start. Sources told the Press Association that 24-hour national stoppages due to be held tomorrow and next Monday would not go ahead after a deal was...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Royal Mail strikes planned for Friday and Monday are reportedly called off by the Communication Workers Union.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
CWU executive meets in wake of talks aimed at breaking deadlock over jobs, pay and modernisation Postal union leaders are meeting to decide whether to press ahead with two more national strikes. Officials from the Communication Workers Union have held several meetings with Royal Mail bosses in the past fortnight amid deadlock over jobs, pay and modernisation. The union declined to comment on rumours...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
It is widely reported that the Communication Workers Union will appear in the High Court tomorrow seeking an injunction preventing Royal Mail from hiring temporary workers to help to break the postal strikes. Even if the CWU succeeds, though, its victory is likely to prove pyrrhic.
The Appalling Strangeness (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The latest from the CWU - those people who are breaking the postal service in this country and making sure you don't get your mail: The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is going to the High Court on Friday to seek an injunction preventing Royal Mail from using 30,000 agency workers. It accuses Royal Mail of using agency workers as strike breakers to do the work of CWU members involved in the continuing...
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