Postal Section

See below for the latest information on the current dispute in Royal Mail Group.

LTB 886/07                                                                                    8th October 2007

TO:      ALL BRANCHES WITH POSTAL MEMBERS 

Dear Colleague

ROYAL MAIL DISPUTE – Industrial Action Programme

Further to LTB 849/07 the Union’s Postal Executive has agreed to announce further strike Action. 

The next Action will be a continuation of site specific/functional strikes.  This means Royal Mail will face a further week of continuous disruption to mail services.   

The full Programme of the next planned strikes commencing Monday 15^th October 2007 is detailed below.  For individuals it will mean one further 24 hour strike over the next week. 

There is no doubt that the rolling Programme will now have a major impact on the company following the two 48 hour strikes.  Talks are continuing with the business however there are still significant hurdles to overcome which is why we must continue to apply further pressure in order for an acceptable agreement to be reached.  

• Mail Centres and Airports - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 18.00 Monday 15^th October 2007 and before 18.00 Tuesday 16^th October 2007.
• Deliveries and Separate Collection Hubs - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 03.00 Tuesday 16^th October 2007 and before 03.00 Wednesday 17^th October 2007.
• Network - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 12 noon Wednesday 17^th October 2007 and before 12 noon Thursday 18^th October 2007.
• MDECs - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 12 noon Thursday 18^th October 2007 and before 12 noon Friday 19^th October 2007.
• International/HWDC - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 14.00 Thursday 18^th October 2007 and before 14.00 Friday 19^th October 2007.

Yours sincerely 

Dave Ward      

DGS(P)