From the ArcaMax Publishing, UK News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/uknews/s-643364-768370
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.