Last minute deal means postal strike is called off
November 6, 2009
The U.K. is to avoid a scheduled postal strike after it was called in a last minute deal with postal union members. The Communication Workers’ Union has said that it will suspend the proposed strikes organized for tomorrow and Monday. They claim that a deal has now been reached over pensions and pay for its members.
Lord Mandelson, the U.K’s business secretary said that he was pleased that the strike had been put off. He continued to say that he thought that strikes of this kind were best resolved quickly and looked forward to working with the Royal Mail to sort out any future problems in relation to its worker’s demands. Mandelson also said that he hoped that any future plans to strike by the union could be avoided through discussions on how the Royal Mail could move forward in terms of modernization.
Brendan Barber, the TUC’s general secretary said that the decision not to strike in the period running up to Christmas and beyond gave both sides the opportunity to resolve issues and come up with a deal that would benefit all over the long term. He went on to point out that this was the first stage of a process that would need long term agreement and said that there was still a significant lack of trust from both sides. Mr. Barber went on to say that both the Royal Mail’s management and the union were committed to working out their differences to ensure that millions of customers do not suffer.
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