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		<title>Deal or no Deal?</title>
		<link>http://redpostie.com/2010/03/what-a-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First there was the Bible. Then there was War and Peace. Now there is the &#8220;Business Transformation 2010 and Beyond&#8221; agreement weighing in at a massive 80 pages. And what a deal it is! The media are billing it as a victory for the union with posties getting &#8220;paid more for working less&#8221;. The Mirror... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2010/03/what-a-deal/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Send out a search party for CWU leaders</title>
		<link>http://redpostie.com/2010/02/send-out-a-search-party-for-cwu-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negotiations have dragged on for so long now the CWU tops have just stopped issuing deadlines! When was the last time we heard from them anyway? Hopefully they are still alive and havent been roasted and eaten in snowbound Berkshire by starving Royal Mail managers. Or maybe Roger Poole will get suspicious that they&#8217;ve been... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2010/02/send-out-a-search-party-for-cwu-leaders/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A deal in sight &#8211; kiss your weekend goodbye?</title>
		<link>http://redpostie.com/2010/02/a-deal-in-sight-kiss-your-weekend-goodbye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://redpostie.com/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember back to early November 2009? We took two successful national strike days after a big yes vote, the Postal Exec pulled the strike for talks, the Interim Agreement they assured us had strict oversight rules and tight deadlines aiming for a deal by Xmas&#8230;. Here we are in mid-February. Deadline after deadline has been... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2010/02/a-deal-in-sight-kiss-your-weekend-goodbye/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgwater posties walk out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hundred Bridgwater DO posties walked out in defence of two suspended workmates, highlighting the way Royal Mail really operates, outside the fairytale land of smiles and spin that is your average issue of Courier. One was accused of intimidation by a staff member and the other hit by a customer complaint. Staff didn’t wait... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2010/02/bridgwater-posties-walk-out/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dispatches Disses Posties</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight’s Dispatches documentary “Post Office Undercover” barely concealed its anti-union, pro-privatisation bias. Two journalists Joe and Karim went undercover as agency postal workers to expose the problems in Royal Mail. The hidden camera showed again and again postal workers forced to deal with too few staff and unsustainable workloads. But put through the Dispatches camera’s... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2010/02/dispatches-disses-posties/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Support London&#8217;s call to restart the national strike</title>
		<link>http://redpostie.com/2009/11/has-the-interim-agreement-helped-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is a national agreement they’re breaking, it’s a national union, therefore it requires national action.&#8221; London division officials are demanding the PEC restore the national strike, under pressure from their own members. Finally! It will surprise nobody that London Royal Mail managers have refused to budge on cuts or dismantled scab mail centres. London... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2009/11/has-the-interim-agreement-helped-us/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>London to PEC: put the strike back on</title>
		<link>http://redpostie.com/2009/11/london-put-the-strike-back-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postal Workers&#8217; Dispute &#8211; London Update 20.11.09 from Shop Stewards Network At this afternoon&#8217;s meeting of the London Divisional Committee it was reported that after some six meetings with London Royal Mail they are still refusing to honour the full terms of the interim agreement. All they want to do is make more cuts and... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2009/11/london-put-the-strike-back-on/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A letter to Dave Ward &#8211; Roy Mayall in Guardian</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discontent with the &#8220;sell-out&#8221; Interim Agreement has even leaked out into the Guardian! This shows how widespread the distrust and anger are. Let&#8217;s not trust in the leadership that dumped our 2007 strike, a strategy that bins our Xmas trump card, or wait till after New Years&#8217;s to start up again &#8211; restart the strikes... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2009/11/a-letter-to-dave-ward-roy-mayall-in-guardian/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How did Jane Loftus vote?</title>
		<link>http://redpostie.com/2009/11/how-did-jane-loftus-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The postal CWU does not have a rank and file movement, or even an organised left like many unions. However it does have Jane Loftus, CWU president, Chair of the Postal Executive Committee, and member of the Socialist Workers Party. The problem is, the CWU website states &#8220;The Postal Executive unanimously endorsed the attached agreement.&#8221;... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2009/11/how-did-jane-loftus-vote/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reinstate the strikes – don’t give Crozier an early Christmas present!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After weeks of closed talks, the Postal Executive met yesterday afternoon and voted to call off the strikes scheduled for today and Monday. Post workers must demand to immediately see all the details of the latest offer and have a chance, this Sunday, to meet, discuss the deal and decide for themselves what is the... <a href="http://redpostie.com/2009/11/reinstate-the-strikes-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-give-crozier-an-early-christmas-present/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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