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No Christmas strike for Royal Mail

LONDON (UPI) -- The union representing British postal workers agreed Thursday to a two-month "period of calm" to discuss modernization of the Royal Mail.

Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said negotiators for the Communication Workers Union and the Royal Mail moved closer this week to an agreement on jobs, wages and pensions, The Independent reported. The union had scheduled walkouts Friday and Monday.

"Royal Mail services will be free of any disruption up to and through the Christmas period," Barber said. 'That's what Royal Mail, that's what the CWU want and what both sides are committed to."

Postal officials say earlier walkouts delayed 35 million letters, creating a huge backlog of undelivered mail.

The TUC, a federation including the majority of British labor unions, helped broker the agreement for the "period of calm." Negotiations will continue during the next two months.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 11/05/2009

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