Tag: Republic of Ireland

Directors and management at An Post are consulting libel lawyers following a strongly worded letter from the Communications Workers Union (CWU) to bossesat the troubled semi-State. After the workforce at SDS, An Post’s courier subsidiary, had picketed Thursday’s board meeting which confirmed an earlier decision to close it down, recriminations are beginning to fly between both sides in the continuing industrial relations warfare. Sources at An Post insist that the letter from the union accused managers of “an act of sabotage”, of “misrepresenting the financial position of SDS” and told the directors that they had been “coerced by misinformation”.

Management at An Post has sought the immediate intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to try to secure agreement on Christmas mail deliveries. The move was made yesterday as a row erupted on a separate front over the company’s decision to close its SDS parcel and courier service. The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU), citing a consultants’ report, claimed the decision was based on flawed financial projections and called for an independent inquiry. Executives of the company called a press conference to reject the allegation and accused the union of “not living in the real world”.