CWU Focused on Achieving Resolution
Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, said: "Talks will continue
between CWU and Royal Mail at the TUC next week. We are very
grateful to the TUC for their efforts in helping to try and find a
resolution to this dispute.
"We advised Royal Mail and all those in the negotiations last
night (Thursday) that the CWU would be serving notice for further
strike action today. They agreed to keep talks ongoing in the
run-up to that action. The Union is consistently frustrated that
Royal Mail keep walking away when we get close to a deal but we
hope that that will not be the case next week.
"It is not necessary for this strike to take place and the
union remains focussed on reaching an agreement. We hope that
Royal Mail will also now be equally focussed.
"CWU is determined to reach an agreement or make enough
progress to call off strike action next week."
CWU will be making no further statement until after talks take
place next week.
Strike action has been set for 121,000 postal workers UK-wide for
24 hours from 3am on Friday 6th November and for 24 hours from 3am
Monday 9th November.
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Kevin Slocombe, Head of Communications, Mobile: 07714504413,
E-mail: kslocombe@cwu.org
Karl Stewart, for local/regional media enquiries, Tel: 020 8971
7395, Mobile: 07595272132, E-mail: kstewart@cwu.org
