Postal strike set for March
A national postal strike will take place in the first week of March unless progress has been made in a pay dispute, union leaders warned yesterday.
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HOW MUCH WILL THE PUBLIC BE AFFECTED BY PRIVATISATION PLANS FOR MAIL DELIVERY?
Following Postcomms announcement that 30% of mail deliveries and sorting offices services are to be subject to competition, within months, Consignia & CWU agree that the potential benefits of competition are being lost by introducing the competition too quickly. Any private firm wanting to take over part of its business would want the most profitable part the cities and towns. This could be to the detriment of the remote and rural service. Postcom paints a different picture. It does not think private companies would come in quickly, set up their own delivery system, and swipe the cream of Consignia’s business from under its nose. A spokesman explained that only 7% of mail is person-to-person, such as birthday cards or private letters. The rest of the mail is business related, with 85% directly from one business to another. Postcom expects, that by opening up 30% of Consignia’s monopoly to competition, it will not be your postie on the beat who will be affected; nor will it be deliveries to remote or rural areas; rather, it will be business post.
Read MoreConsignia Legal Threat
Postal group Consignia has been threatened with legal action after reports that deliveries to thousands of rural homes in Scotland have been cut back to save money. Media reports said that 2,284 rural homes in Scotland have stopped receiving deliveries on a Saturday.
Read MorePostal workders to vote on industrial action
Postal services may be hit by a national strike. Almost 150,000 Royal Mail workers are to be balloted on industrial action over a pay dispute
Read MoreBRITISH POSTAL STRIKE AVERTED AS EMPLOYERS PROMISES NO INVOLUNTARY CUTS
The union representing postal workers called off a strike threat Friday after reaching an agreement with employers that job cuts would be through voluntary retirement only. The Communication Workers Union had threatened strikes in the new year after Consignia, the public company which runs the Post Office, said it intended to cut 30,000 jobs _ or 15 percent of the work force. “We are delighted that we have reached agreement so our members know that no one can put them out of a job. Any job losses will be dealt with through collective bargaining and on a voluntary basis,” said John Keggie, deputy general secretary of the union.
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