Future postal strike action hangs in the balance
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- ITN
Future postal strike action hangs in the balance
Both sides in the bitter postal workers dispute have been holding talks in a renewed bid to head off further strikes. Officials from the Communication Workers Union met Royal Mail managers on Wednesday even as a fresh wave of strikes was under way. Thousands of workers staged a 24-hour walkout on Thursday and more stoppages are in progress, with yet more planned for Saturday in the bitter row over jobs, pay and modernisation. Hopes of averting the action collapsed on Wednesday despite three days of talks between the two sides held under the chairmanship of TUC general secretary Brendan Barber. On Thursday, the union's postal executive held back from naming fresh strike dates as frantic efforts were made to get negotiations back on track, with reports that fresh talks would be held in Friday, though neither side would confirm that the meeting had been held.
ITN | October 30, 2009
