London posties return 91% yes vote for industrial action

London posties have delivered a massive yes vote for strike action in pursuance of a national agreement.

A CWU spokesperson for London said "It must be unprecedented to have 154 Royal Mail uniformed grade offices unanimously voting yes in such numbers, it does not happen often even in a national ballot.

Striking should be used a last resort but this is now our last resort to save our terms and condition and fight for our futures. "

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Postal Bill clears Lords

The Government's Postal Services Bill has cleared its third reading in the House of Lords and will now pass to the House of Commons.

In the commons 180 MPs have signed Early Day Motion 428 opposing the privatisation of Royal Mail of which 148 are Labour.

The Lords have also ignored that 75% of people now oppose the part-privatisation of Royal Mail, with 60% of people saying it needs to be reformed but must remain in the public sector according to an ICM poll.

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Post Office chat closed

The Business and Enterprise Committee web forum on the future of the Post Office has now closed

A bandwidth supping 327 posts were made on the sparsely advertised forum which closed its doors on March 10th.

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London calling,and then some

London are being balloted for strike action along with 50 other offices around the country over Royal Mail's cuts in services to the public and their jobs, terms and conditions.

In a letter to management the London Divisional Committee are asking Royal Mail to abide to national agreements and that their actions are in breach of the MTSF the IR Framework and the Pay & Mod agreements to name just a few.

The ballot opens on Monday 18th May and runs for two weeks.

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