Royal Mail has agreed to take part in “intensive negotiations” with union leaders in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have staged a series of strikes and are due to walk out again around Black Friday and Cyber Monday at the end of the month.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: “Royal Mail and CWU recognise that it is crucial to the future of the company and the long-term job security of its employees that we reach agreement to resolve the current pay and change disputes. There will now be an intensive period of negotiations on all aspects of pay and change, facilitated by Acas, from Monday, November 7 to Tuesday, November 15.”
Strikes have been announced around Black Friday on November 25 and Cyber Monday on November 28. The CWU withdrew strikes planned for November 12 and 14, saying it wanted to take more “proportionate” action.
