The mess gets messier as seemingly small differences between company and CWU become magnified
Virtually the only point of agreement between the Royal Mail and the Communications Workers Union (CWU) on Wednesday was that talks ended at about 1.30am in the morning. The reasons for the failure of negotiations were, inevitably, disputed.
The company cited differences over terms and conditions for new employees – or, more precisely, whether lower rates should be equalised with the rest of the workforce over three years or five.
