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10/10/2007
Royal Mail Express Concern Over Wildcat Strikes
Royal Mail has said that it is "extremely concerned" about wildcat strikes by postal workers, which are taking place despite the end of the latest official 48-hour strike.
Up to 130,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were due to return to work on Wednesday following the strike.
However, Royal Mail have confirmed that unofficial strike action is taking place in Liverpool and London.
A statement issued by Royal Mail said: "Unlawful action is wholly unacceptable and must be condemned by the trade union."
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also urged the striking staff to return to work. Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, he said that there was "no justification" for the strike.
Union leaders were due to meet on Wednesday to review the dispute, which concerns pay, pensions and flexible working hours and the firm's modernisation plans, which Royal Mail insist are necessary in order to ensure that it remains competitive, but which the CWU says will cost thousands of jobs.
On Tuesday, the dispute erupted into a bitter war of words, with the union complaining that the way employees were treated was like "slavery". Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier responded by accusing the union of talking "cobblers". Speaking on BBC Radio 4's 'Today' show, Mr Crozier said that Royal Mail were only trying to make staff work their paid hours. He said: "We are simply asking people to work the 37 hours and 20 minutes they are getting paid to work and, if they have to work longer, then of course they get paid overtime.
"For the union to say they can't accept this is frankly not a tenable position."
(KMcA)
Up to 130,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were due to return to work on Wednesday following the strike.
However, Royal Mail have confirmed that unofficial strike action is taking place in Liverpool and London.
A statement issued by Royal Mail said: "Unlawful action is wholly unacceptable and must be condemned by the trade union."
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also urged the striking staff to return to work. Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, he said that there was "no justification" for the strike.
Union leaders were due to meet on Wednesday to review the dispute, which concerns pay, pensions and flexible working hours and the firm's modernisation plans, which Royal Mail insist are necessary in order to ensure that it remains competitive, but which the CWU says will cost thousands of jobs.
On Tuesday, the dispute erupted into a bitter war of words, with the union complaining that the way employees were treated was like "slavery". Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier responded by accusing the union of talking "cobblers". Speaking on BBC Radio 4's 'Today' show, Mr Crozier said that Royal Mail were only trying to make staff work their paid hours. He said: "We are simply asking people to work the 37 hours and 20 minutes they are getting paid to work and, if they have to work longer, then of course they get paid overtime.
"For the union to say they can't accept this is frankly not a tenable position."
(KMcA)
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