Postal workers on the picket line at the Kilburn Delivery Office in north west London. Picture date: November 24, 2022.
ROYAL MAIL bosses are “displaying a complete lack of integrity” during a long-running dispute over jobs and working conditions, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) charged today, after announcing another 24-hour strike.
The union said the walkout — set to involve more than 115,000 workers from 12.30pm on February 16 — is needed after management “began forcing through unagreed changes related to the structure of work.”
The reforms, which CWU said are in “direct contravention” of pre-existing agreements between the privatised firm and the union, “must be viewed as a real step toward derecognition of CWU” as they remove its right to negotiate at a local level.
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
