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Postal union deciding whether to strike again

published Thu, Nov 05 2009 06:40 GMT
CWU executive meets in wake of talks aimed at breaking deadlock over jobs, pay and modernisationPostal union leaders are meeting to decide whether to press ahead with two more national strikes.Officials from the Communication Workers Union have held several meetings with Royal Mail bosses in the past fortnight amid deadlock over jobs, pay and modernisation.The union declined to comment on rumours that a draft deal had been agreed, confirming only that the union's postal executive is meeting to decide the next move.Two waves of national strikes have been held and further 24-hour walkouts are due tomorrow and next Monday involving 121,000 workers, threatening major disruption to mail deliveries.The union has been in talks with Royal Mail chaired by the TUC ...

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