Union to make last-minute postal strike decision
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- ITN
Union to make last-minute postal strike decision
A decision on whether to go ahead with a fresh wave of postal strikes will be taken by union leaders later - just hours before the industrial action is due to begin. The postal executive of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will meet to discuss any progress made during talks with the Royal Mail, which were aimed at breaking the deadlock in a row over jobs, pay and modernisation. The two sides have been neogiating for the past two days, after agreeing to meet under the chairmanship of TUC general secretary Brendan Barber. Up to 120,000 CWU members staged two 24-hour walkouts last week, which delayed more than 30 million items of mail. A similar number of workers are due to strike on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, threatening fresh disruption to deliveries. The union has announced that 43,700 staff in mail centres as well as drivers and garage staff will strike on Thursday. On Friday, 400 workers who deal with badly addressed mail in Plymouth, Stockport and Stoke will strike, and 77,000 delivery and collection staff will walk out on Saturday.
ITN | October 27, 2009
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