Postal workers at a Royal Mail depot in south Bristol have voted unanimously to accept an agreement to end a long-running dispute over working conditions.
There will now be a full revision of deliveries from the Mead Street site as well as an independent review of employee and industrial relations.
This has been a long dispute but we are pleased that we have now been able to conclude an agreement that provides for a common sense way forward”.
Talks between Royal Mail managers and staff are expected to resume later. Credit: ITV News
Talks between Royal Mail staff and managers are expected to resume later after workers went on strike claiming the company operates a culture of bullying.
Staff at Bristol's Mead Street branch went on strike in December after becoming angry at increasing workloads.
Senior managers had to be brought in from around the country to deliver post to the south of the city.
Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union are due to take place Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Further talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union are due to take place today to try and prevent more strike action in Bristol. Postal workers at the Mead Street depot in Bedminster staged two walkouts before Christmas in a row over workloads.
A postman who suffered a suspected heart attack while trying to free his van from the snow on Exmoor has been named as John Bircham. He was based at Dulverton Delivery Office in West Somerset. Royal Mail have released this statement:
It is with great sadness that staff at Dulverton Delivery Office learned of the death of postman John Bircham at the weekend. John was a postman for 25 years and a valued member of staff. He will be sorely missed by his colleagues and our deepest sympathy goes to his family and friends at this sad time.
– Ian Frankum, Royal Mail Delivery and Collection Manager
Postal workers in South Bristol who went on strike before Christmas could be taking action again in their dispute over working conditions. The Communications Workers Union has met staff at the Royal Mail depot in Mead Street and says more strikes will take place unless it can be resolved.
A farmer from Wiltshire has described his surprise at receiving a postcard more than a century late. The card, which has a 1912 postmark, was delivered to Keith Potter's farm by Royal Mail.
It was addressed to a Vida Doel who had once lived at the same address, but whose family left 87 years ago.
Postal workers in Bristol have taken part in a second day of strike action. They're angry at increased workloads and claim that Royal Mail management operates a culture of bullying.
Senior managers from around the country were brought in to deliver post in the south of the city. Watch Dave Mason's report.
Postal workers at a depot in south Bristol are on strike again in a dispute over working conditions.
Royal Mail have drafted in managers to make deliveries in the BS4 and BS14 areas. Despite talks, agreement between managers and the CWU has not been reached.
Strike is over working conditions. The Communication and Workers Union says it's inevitable Christmas mail will be affected. Credit: West Country Tonight
