Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes
Business, Innovation and Skills
Written answers and statements, 16 October 2009
Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had on the terms of proposals put by the Communication Workers Union to Royal Mail on 13 October 2009 on the postal services dispute; and if he will make a statement.
Patrick McFadden (Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
Ministers have met with both parties over the past weeks to listen to their views and to encourage dialogue but have made it very clear that strikes are not the way to resolve differences or safeguard the future of our postal service. It is for Royal Mail's management and the union to resolve the dispute through talks.