By a Central London postal worker THE POSTAL union UCW is selling out the London dispute over staff transfers between sorting offices.
An all-London Royal Mail strike could have spread wider. as bosses ince to truster work to out of the capital. A hightumout postal ballot voted to retect manaeement's terms and Roval Mail is pressing for massively increased productivity in London, making' area. Royal Mail made a national profit of £252m last year. Faster automated sorting involves huge job losses. the closure of several mechanised letter offices, and large-scale relocation of workers.
Already many long serving staff, seeing job losses and tightening discipline and sickness rules, have taken carly volunThe next stage is to move workinto unfilled vacancies in local sorting offices and elsewhere.
UCW's London region rejected the terms and pushed the national executive to balk for Four days of negraces los rour days or negotiations ico to a deal with Royal Mail. UCW officers managed to get most though he same money is just presented in different ways, and it includes union co-operation with closures and increased productivity.
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SOCIALIST OUTLOOK No. 47, July-August 1993. Page 6