CWU: Learning the lessons of the pay ballot defeat
By Tim Row, Leicester Delivery Office Unit Rep There are no simple explanations for the CWU postal pay ballot defeat. The point is to learn the lessons and move on. The union said beforehand that the ballot represented the crossroads for Royal Mail. The defeat now represents the crossroads for the union. Simply blaming the defeat on headquarters, management propaganda or the "the North" doesn't begin to address anything. First, we need to acknowledge the fact that even if the 1,600 or so votes that made the difference had gone the other way, we would have been facing the situation of going...