Comments on: Postal Strikes postponed til New Year. Your mission, should you choose to accept it…

By: Carnival of Socialism « Harpymarx

Carnival of Socialism « Harpymarx — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:32:42 +0000

[...] the postal strike Lenin’s Tomb and Dave Semple think the CWU were wrong to postpone industrial action. And speaking of activism, Clare on the [...]

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:44:27 +0000

The CWU are looking after their member’s interests. Their members have families and Christmas expenses to worry about. They also have deeper relationships with their delivery customers (i.e all of us) than most other workers in society because they visit them every day of the year. Their members can’t afford to go into Christmas losing pay in their pay, they need their Xmas overtime and allowances and the tips they get. The CWU have used the threat to the Christmas Post to the level they can go before it does real and lasting damage to their members and they have got a freeze on the issues that concern them most. If they caried on much longer they wouldn’t be hitting RM where it really hurts (with the big business customers) because most of them, except those in home shopping sector, wind down their postal activity during December. If the CWU don’t get what they want from the negotiations over the next month or so they can resume their action in the New Year when their big business customers are looking at year end activity. Hayes, Ward and Co are far more savvy than you are giving them credit for – they know their industry.

By: Just what the hell is the CWU leadership up to?! « Harpymarx

Just what the hell is the CWU leadership up to?! « Harpymarx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:40 +0000

[...] to me like an almighty sell-out by the CWU leadership over the postal dispute. And I agree with David Semple when he writes, I’m also less than impressed by the role of the TUC, which has been seen to pressure the CWU [...]

By: Dave Semple

Dave Semple — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:03 +0000

It’s entirely possible Robert. But here, I’ll be expecting your story of what you were doing to support the postal workers, to go up as part of a series from around the UK!

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:24:50 +0000

Any bets Mandy has had a shell like in the TUC ears about letting the xmas post go through, and a few of the TUC will be getting a nice bonus for Christmas, say a seat on some silly committee.