Royal Mail

Pre-Christmas Strike?

Summary: (words 107)

There might be another strike at the Royal Post which could cause a problem with the Christmas deliveries. The CWU tells employees to prepare for an other strike. CWU did negotiate with Royal Mail but the Royal Mail did not offer to do enough concessions. Last October many employees at the post walked out so there is already a problem with more than 60 million letters and parcels that came to late to their addresses. The strikes started because of a problem between the Royal Mail management and her postal workers. The Royal Mail had spoken about modernisation in delivery methods and cutting jobs to realise that.

Source:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6936023.ece

Reaction: (words 107)

A strike is a reaction of the employees, when they don’t agree with the company. Mostly it is because the salary. This time the strike is because of modernisation in delivery methods. I think it’s sad that because of the modernisation the Royal Mail will be cutting jobs, but I think a strike does not help to avoid that. A strike mostly causes problems for citizens; think about strikes in public transport, and strikes of teachers. Also in this case the citizens have to deal again with the problems that it brings with the delivery of the post if the employees of Royal Mail decide to strike.