2009 Labor Disputes and Strikes - 2009 Royal Mail Industrial Disputes, 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery Strikes (Paperback)

Chapters: 2009 Royal Mail Industrial Disputes, 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery Strikes, 2009 City of Toronto Inside and Outside Workers Strike, 2008-2009 Cork Hurlers Strike, 2009 Leeds Refuse Workers Strike, Istanbul Metalworkers Strike of 2008-2009, 2009 City of Windsor Inside and Outside Workers Strike. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2009 Royal Mail industrial disputes is an industrial dispute in the United Kingdom involving Royal Mail and members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which began in the summer of 2009. It was the country's first industrial action involving postal workers for two years and came about after the Communication Workers Union accused Royal Mail of refusing to enter into dialogue regarding how the implementation of modernisation plans would affect the job security of postal workers. The strike action began on a local level after postal workers at Royal Mail offices in London and Edinburgh accused their bosses of cutting jobs and services, which they claimed broke the 2007 Pay and Modernisation Agreement, the agreement that was struck to end the 2007 strikes, and accused Royal Mail of threatening modernisation of the service. After a series of localised walkouts over the summer months, and after failing to reach an agreement, the CWU opened a national ballot for industrial action in September 2009. On 8 October, it was announced that postal workers had voted three to one in favour of taking strike action over job security and working conditions. It was later announced that a national strike would be held on Thursday 22 October and Friday 23 October. After further talks failed, more strikes were announced to take place on Thursday 29 October, Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October. Discussions continued throu...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2477192