Further Royal Mail strikes benefit courier firms
Date: 03 August 2007
Royal Mail workers have agreed a further round of strikes, which will bring benefits to the wider courier delivery sector.
Following the first national Royal Mail strike in 11 years in June, and rolling strikes last month, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced the fresh wave of strikes in spite of intervention by ACAS, which organised talks between the CWU and Royal Mail this week.
The strike concerns postal workers' pay and a proposed modernisation plan, and will benefit courier firms in the UK as dissatisfied customers look to use other companies instead of Royal Mail. Uncertainty over when the walk-outs will end will benefit courier companies and owner-drivers.
Industrial action will take place between Thursday, August 9th and Friday, August 17th.
Dave Ward, deputy general secretary of the CWU, said: "Despite Royal Mail's stated position and with the prospect of imposed change, the Union has made a fresh offer for a period of calm.
"We have made yet another offer to Allan Leighton and Adam Crozier to call off the next planned strikes. All Royal Mail have to do is take a step back and engage in meaningful negotiations."
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