Members can be assured that local negotiators have been working to the very last minute to try and achieve an acceptable deal.

Very late on Friday 19th Sept a meeting was held with management and we can confirm that following the conclusion of those latest talks your negotiators believe that enough progress has been made to allow postponement of strike action scheduled for Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd September.

This delay has been agreed to allow time for a further meeting with members of the executive board on Monday 22nd to agree the terms of a ‘principles of agreement’. If successful, this agreement will be presented to members at an Extraordinary General Meeting on Tuesday 23rd in the afternoon (time TBC) for their consideration/approval.

Please note that until the branch has approved the principles strike action remains ON for the remaining eight days.

We are sorry if this causes any inconvenience but we hope that members will appreciate the hard work and commitment to negotiations that hopefully means that we are close to us reaching a possible deal