A clash took place last week between Royal Mail management at the Oxford mail centre and Bob Cullen, a leading CWU union rep, resulting in a complaint to the police.
The battle between Royal Mail bosses and the CWU postal workers’ union is at a crucial stage, the outcome of which will determine the future of the union in the industry.
The CWU postal workers’ union announced this week that it will resume strikes at Royal Mail after management walked out of talks aimed to settle the dispute over pay. It is now likely that the union will call action before the end of September.
Royal Mail bosses who slashed overtime payments to postal delivery workers, saying that the extra work could be done in far fewer hours than claimed by the CWU union, are now having to do the overtime themselves.
The postal workers' CWU union was in talks with Royal Mail about a possible improvement to the company's 2.5 percent pay offer as Socialist Worker went to press.
The likelihood of a resumption of strike action in Royal Mail is growing as talks between management and the CWU union have produced little in the way of an improved offer.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is angered at what it describes as "the irresponsible decision taken by Cable & Wireless to engage in the services of the notorious American firm of ‘union busters’, The Burke Group".
Postal workers in the CWU union have shown how we can challenge Gordon Brown’s 2 percent pay limit. Their solid strike action has forced an arrogant Royal Mail management to the negotiating table.
Royal mail management’s offer of negotiations and the CWU union’s decision to call off strikes set for last week has created a wide debate among postal workers’.
During the dispute Royal Mail management have victimised a number of workers. They actively encouraged scab workers to put in complaints against union activists.
A group of Socialist Worker supporters in the CWU union met last weekend to discuss the way forward for the crucial dispute that postal workers’ are involved in.
