[Dx-qsl] UK Royal Mail - Industrial Action

Sat Sep 29 09:43:38 EDT 2007

Royal Mail has suffered several 48 hour strikes during the summer. 
While these caused some disruption within the UK, to the 'Outside World'
they probably were not noticed at all.
These were suspended while talks were being held, but are now starting
up again.
I quote the latest Press Release
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has announced further strike
action, in the form of two 48-hour strikes, from lunchtime on Thursday
4th - lunchtime on Saturday 6th October, and from the early hours of
Monday 8th - early hours Wednesday 10th October. 
This will be followed by an unspecified programme of weekly strikes,
starting w/c October 15th, until the resolution of the dispute. 
The situation is very serious, as this action will severely limit our
ability to provide any services for the coming period. Customers should
expect severe disruption to all postal services during the strikes and
for a significant period afterwards. 
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What this effectively means this time is that the UK's Postal services
will be virtually shut down from Thursday 4th until Wednesday the 10th
October. 
Such is Life
Graham
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