The RM postal service is pretty bad - not helped by some staff who refuse to accept the sort of basic working practices that most profitable companies have to operate under.
I interviewed someone from the CWU this morning who couldn't explain in basic terms why they were opposed to changes in working practices.
RM could be brought to its knees with a walkout in the run up to the lucrative Christmas season as firms will switch to rival couriers.
But I wonder if a strike may ultimately play into the hands of RM anyway, which can argue the massive losses incurred by a strike will have to be countered by cutting jobs.
Personally, I think RM should stand firm.
The union's going to have little public sympathy and no political support if posties go on strike, and having looked in detail at the CWU's argument - I think it's very weak. The CWU has become too powerful, far too militant and isn't acting in the best long-term interests of its members.
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