CWU cancels strikes after legal threat
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced via a public online briefing on 30 October that it was cancelling department-by-department strikes planned in early November, following threats of legal action from Royal Mail. CWU officials said Royal Mail had raised objections about the information given to them by the union about which members had been balloted in just three out of 1,500 workplaces. However, the CWU’s legal department’s advice was that facing down Royal Mail’s threats in court could lead to the entire ballot being injuncted. Planned all-out strikes on 12 and 14 November...