Long running dispute at south Bristol Royal Mail depot finally ends
A LONG-running dispute over working hours at a Royal Mail depot in South Bristol has finally been resolved.
Workers at the Mead Street depot in Bedminster, which serves the BS4 and BS14 postcodes, held two 24-hour strikes in December which halted deliveries to areas including Knowle and Brislington.
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Mead Street Royal Mail depot
But on Sunday postal workers at the Royal Mail voted unanimously to accept an agreement to end the long running dispute following the involvement of ACAS.
The agreement provides for a full revision of the deliveries in the unit as well as an independent review of both employee and industrial relations at the site.
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Bristol Area CWU Official Rob Wotherspoon said “This has been a long dispute but we are pleased that we have now been able to conclude an agreement that provides for a common sense way forward”
3 Comments
by Bristolexpat
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 11:21AM
“All they've agreed to is how to have further discussions??
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning......”
by FromMendip
Monday, February 18 2013, 8:44PM
“As a customer of the Mead Street depot I can only say that on strike days our post arrived many hours earlier than it usually does. We often have to wait until well into the afternoon in 'normal' times.
Perhaps we can now look forward to earlier deliveries all the time.
For many years our postwoman (long since retired) delivered our post at 8.30am each day and you could almost set your watch by her.”
by EssexGas
Monday, February 18 2013, 7:31PM
“Well done to all concerned - especially the CWU Members in the Mead Street Delivery Unit :)”