On October 8, 2009
Royal Mail Dispute a Test Case on Employee Flexibility
The Royal Mail union’s vote in favour of strike action has undoubtedly caused a stir for being potentially the first big national industrial action of this recession. It will jog memories of other big public sector strikes, but there are a number of issues that make this dispute indicative of the moment, rather than a throwback to the tripartite era of the 1970s, when Labour prime ministers called summits of unions and business leaders at Number 10. Clearly, public opinion will impact on the prospect of a lengthy strike in the company’s busiest time of the year and both sides are playing to the fears of the general public. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has stressed that they are not against…
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