date: 24 October 2009

embargo: For immediate release

Royal Mail Dispute

Royal Mail and the CWU have in recent days been in contact with the TUC over the current dispute and have sought the TUC's assistance in resolving any outstanding issues around the draft document discussed last Tuesday to avoid further industrial action and provide the basis for productive talks

on the future of Royal Mail.

As a result both Royal Mail and the CWU have accepted an invitation from the TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber to talks on Monday.

The TUC had previously assisted Royal Mail and the CWU to reach the 2007 Pay and Modernisation Agreement, which included talks on the longer term Royal Mail transformation agenda.

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Press release (200 words) issued 24 Oct 2009