Royal Mail bosses on the back foot Following last months unofficial strike action by postal workers management seem to have been put temporarily onto the back foot. This is in marked contrast to the period following the recent narrow rejection of a national strike over pay and conditions. At that time, Royal Mail management could not conceal their pleasure. Cockey jumped-up managers all over the country engaged in a new offensive against the workforce. Top managers were bragging that they had the full support of the government, the DTI and Patricia Hewitt in particular.
A Christmas Carol – 2003 style: Part Two: The Blair leadership's strange concept of "social justice" In Gordon Brown's recent Budget Report for 2003 we are told that "social justice" is the aim of the Blair government. A closer look at official statistics shows that the opposite is being achieved.
