He was called last Thursday morning by Derek Simpson (joint general secretary of Unite) asking for an extension of the strike mandate.
I dont understand this, if you call strike dates within the permitted period you dont need an extension, as you get one anyway, starting the clock again.
So, why did they ask?
ACAS asked him to attend a meeting with Unite on Sunday, so he reluctantly went with Tony McCarthy, the director of people & organisational effectiveness. Nobody from Unite turned up.
The BBC reported this briefly earlier but then reported that Unite said it was totally untrue and they didnt seem to mention it again thereafter..? Odd...
Can you even imagine, Walsh himself stood like spare ***** outside the ACAS offices awaiting Unite, the air in the car on the way back must have been blue to say the least...!