Royal Mail to walk away from strike ending talks on Monday

COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION

19/11/2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROYAL MAIL TO WALK AWAY FROM TALKS TO SETTLE STRIKES FROM MONDAY

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) have today been informed by Royal Mail Group CEO Simon Thompson that negotiations to find a settlement to the long running dispute on pay and change will end on Monday.

This comes after the company presented documents to the union today (Saturday 19th November) with a deadline of Monday to agree to them.

A CWU spokesperson said: “Millions of customers and thousands of businesses are relying on the postal service.

“120,000 postal workers are desperate to protect their terms and conditions.

“The next strikes are on Thursday – for the company to walk away from talks three days before that is reckless.

“We call on the government, media and all businesses to demand Royal Mail takes a serious attitude to these negotiations and matches the unions commitment to reach an agreement.”

ENDS

For further information or press enquiries, please contact CWU Press Officer Marcus Barnett at mbarnett@cwu.org.