Industrial Action at Accrington Delivery Office

 LTB 740/16 - ACCRINGTON DELIVERY OFFICE – INDUSTRIAL ACTION

No. 740/2016

19 December 2016

ACCRINGTON DELIVERY OFFICE – INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Dear Colleagues,

Branches will wish to be aware that CWU members at Accrington Delivery Office took a second day of strike action on Saturday 17^th December as a result of the failure of Royal Mail to implement a joint CWU/Royal Mail recommendation from a Flashpoint report published on 24^th August relating to aggressive and bullying management of the office.

Last Saturday’s action followed a one day strike on Saturday 10^th December and if the issue remains unresolved will be followed by further one day strikes on 23^rd and 31^st December.

The dispute raises a number of serious issues:

• Disregard of the welfare of employees. Royal Mail has abrogated its duty of care to employees by failure to address management behaviours far outside the standards the company says it expects from all employees.  
• Disregard of its agreements with CWU. Royal Mail is acting in breach of the Agenda for Growth Agreement by failure amounting to refusal to implement a joint recommendation made through the Flashpoint Procedure – which is designed to avoid industrial action. 
• Disregard of its duty to customers. 85 managers have been deployed in Accrington on the last two Saturdays to undertake the work of striking delivery staff but customer service was still disrupted by Royal Mail’s refusal to implement the agreed recommendation of the Flashpoint report.

 I am sure Branches, Representatives and members will wish to send messages of support to members in Accrington who are standing up to bullying and harassment. In addition, members are facing loss of 4 days earnings over the holiday period.

Messages of support should be sent to:

Martin Berry, Branch Secretary, East Lancs Amal Branch, Union Room, Delivery Office, Bank Parade,

Burnley, Lancs. BB11 1DY

Tel:     07800 794221

Email: cwueastlancsamal@gmail.com

Donations should be sent clearly marked “Accrington DO Dispute” to the following account:

Bank:                              Unity Trust 

Name of Account:           CWU North West Regional Fund

Acc No:                           33954055

Sort Code:                      608301 

All enquiries regarding the content of this LTB should be addressed to the PTCS Department, quoting reference 412.

Yours sincerely, 

 

RAY ELLIS

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

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