国家の mail strike ぼんやり現れるs

The first 国家の mail strike in five years is 始める，決める to be 発表するd today.

郵便の 労働者s are 予定 to call a one-day strike - probably next month - unless bosses 洞穴 in to 需要・要求するs on new 配達／演説／出産 times.

The ストライキ, 伴う／関わるing 145,000 配達／演説／出産 and sorting staff, would be 壊滅的な for the 地位，任命する Office - now known as Consignia - and could not come at a worse time for the 政府.

Union bosses had not finalised 詳細（に述べる）s of any 活動／戦闘 last night but an 告示 is 推定する／予想するd today.

The 国家の strike would be the first since 1996 and would 解任する the dark days of militancy in the old-style public services.

It would also be 高度に embarrassing for Tony Blair, who has been （刑事）被告 of encouraging a return to militancy by 回復するing much of the 力／強力にする the unions lost during the Thatcher years.

It could 誘発する a wave of strikes, which would be the first 実験（する） of the 総理大臣's 決意 to 直面する 負かす／撃墜する 交戦的な union 長，指導者s whom he recently branded as 'wreckers'. He already 直面するs a possible ストライキ from 地元の 政府 staff and 労働者s angry over his 改革（する）s for the public 部門.

The 郵便の 労働者s' union, the Communication 労働者s Union, is angry that a 一括 which 含むs a 6.9 per cent 支払う／賃金 申し込む／申し出 has been linked to new 配達／演説／出産 times.

Union leaders and Consignia are arguing about whether the 支払う／賃金 rise should be linked to 的s which have been 始める，決める as part of 提案s to 捨てる the second 地位，任命する.

The union is 用意が出来ている to take a 4.7 per cent 支払う／賃金 取引，協定 if it does not mean it must 受託する the new structure.

Consignia wants the union to agree to the number of hours postmen should have to 配達する mail to homes and 商売／仕事s. Union leaders do not want this to be linked to

The 伝統的な 一連の会議、交渉／完成する has lasted 21/2 hours but Consignia is 提案するing four-hour 配達／演説／出産s. The union says a two-hour 一連の会議、交渉／完成する would save 職業s .

Disruption to the 80 million letters 配達するd each day would be felt 井戸／弁護士席 beyond the duration of the strikes, once a backlog builds up.

郵便の 労働者s have already 支援するd strike 活動／戦闘 earlier this year and would not have to 投票（する） again. Consignia wants the union to go to Acas to 解決する the 論争.

Consignia is losing £ 1.5million a day and is 始める，決める to lose its monopoly. It is also struggling to 会合，会う 配達／演説／出産 的s, with almost one in ten first class letters arriving late.

The company 非難するs its 宙返り／暴落するing 利益（をあげる）s on the 経済的な 気候, rail 大混乱 and 競争 from e-mail. It is trying to 削減（する） 30,000 職業s and 削減（する） costs by £1.2billion.

産業の 活動／戦闘 has also had a 抱擁する 衝撃. In 2000, it lost 62,000 days to strikes and last year a wave of 違法な wildcat strikes 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうd services across the country.