Cabinet members’ no reply to CWU’s talks plea

More than two-thirds of the Cabinet have ignored a plea from postal workers for talks on the Royal Mail dispute amid a national ballot for industrial action.

by Tribune Web Editor
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

by Chris McLaughlin

More than two-thirds of the Cabinet have ignored a plea from postal workers for talks on the Royal Mail dispute amid a national ballot for industrial action.

The failure of a response has prompted unprecedented action from the Communication Workers Union, which has taken out adverts in newspapers and magazines, including Tribune, to “name and shame” the silent ministers.

The adverts, headed “NO REPLY”, are being placed to coincide with the Labour Party conference and refer to a letter from general secretary Billy Hayes sent on July 23

In it, he refers to the “underlying pension fund deficit, regulation and the need to modernise the company to take account of changing market conditions” and requests a meeting to discuss the future of a successful Royal Mail.

Only five Cabinet members have replied: Harriet Harman, Peter Hain, Alan Johnson, Bob Ainsworth and Lord Adonis. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson was not one of the recipients.

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  • http://Getonwithwork!1 Scare of being on dole

    Its about time CWU faces reality of life, understand what is work, and get on with it. Those days are gone when former postman now union officials went home 3-4 hours before their finishing times.

    Stop blaming others for the cause of strike action, you are the cause of it as you do not wish to change.

    I am a postman, and let me keep my job and customers. Strikes drive away customers due to reliability issues.

  • Darrell

    Dont wish to change, you are joking are you not?

    The CWU wants the phase 3 section of the agreement from 2007 to be implemented fairly, yet all across the country we hear accounts of RML doing the exact opposite.

    Phase 4 was due April 2008 not September 2009, this is not acceptable . RML walked away from phase 4 not the CWU! Why?

    Whether strikes are appropriate or not do not deny there are some very real and serious issues going on!

  • Darrell

    Dont wish to change, you are joking are you not?

    The CWU wants the phase 3 section of the agreement from 2007 to be implemented fairly, yet all across the country we hear accounts of RML doing the exact opposite.

    Phase 4 was due April 2008 not September 2009, this is not acceptable . RML walked away from phase 4 not the CWU! Why?

    Whether strikes are appropriate or not do not deny there are some very real and serious issues going on!

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