CWU calls strike ballot in the post
The Communication Workers Union is issuing around 130,000 ballot papers to Royal Mail workers asking them to support industrial action. The ballot has been called in response to a 2.5% pay offer and the implementation of £350 million of cuts in work places. In addition the ballot has been called to oppose Royal Mail's business plan that includes £1.5 billion cuts over the next 5 years. CWU's proposal to resolve the dispute is: * an inflation pay increase; * Royal Mail to set aside the business plan and provide a period of calm to allow negotiations for a national agreement on the impact of...