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CWU officials presented their plan to “change the dynamics of the dispute” and “up the ante”. But General Secretary Dave Ward and Acting General Secretary Andy Furey made clear the CWU executive is on its knees to Royal Mail shareholders.
The CWU’s abject capitulation before Royal Mail—it did not even issue a legal challenge to the company’s anti-strike tactics—was the green light for Royal Mail bosses to commence a frontal onslaught on postal workers that amounts to a declaration of war.
Further industrial action by Communication Workers Union members is also planned for the end of the month.
Postal union picket lines sprang up this morning outside postal centres across the UK in Yorkshire Wales, and Camden where CWU general secretary Dave Ward (pictured) joined workers.
Additional strike days have been announced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) against Royal Mail’s “new attempts to casualise their company”.