ROYAL MAIL OPPOSES INDEPENDENT REVIEW

Stoke MPs and the Mayor of Stoke have today (Thursday 20th December) supported postal workers on strike in Burslem and have joined with the Communication Workers Union in calling for the case of twelve suspended workers to be heard by an independent appeals panel.

Labour MPs for Stoke-on-Trent Joan Whalley and Robert Flello along with the Mayor of Stoke Mark Meredith have called on Royal Mail to allow the case to be heard by an independently chaired appeals panel. Royal Mail is still refusing to apply this standard process to the case of workers suspended in September at Burslem delivery office.

Midlands Regional Secretary, Lee Barron, said: “The CWU has put forward a sensible way to resolve this dispute and get the post moving. Royal Mail is being completely unreasonable in its refusal to allow this case to be heard by an independent appeals panel.

“Considering the seriousness of the situation and lack of trust in Royal Mail management at the site it’s plainly obvious that a level of independent judgement needs to be brought in. We are glad that the local community and politicians are showing strong support for the resolution of this dispute by an independent appeals panel and we will continue to work to resolve this dispute with Royal Mail.”

Basic Facts:

• Over one hundred workers are on strike in Burslem over the suspension of twelve postal workers in September.
• Three of the suspended workers are already having their cases heard by the independent appeals panel but Royal Mail a re refusing to allow the remaining nine the same treatment.

Further info and messages of support:

Lee Barron
Midland Regional Secretary
Communication Workers Union
46 - 48, Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3TH

0121 5034662
0785 0247191

midlandregion@cwu.org

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