A bitter struggle has been brewing inside Royal Mail for a while. But for now, the bosses are in retreat, fearful of provoking an explosion amongst postal workers. CWU members must use this opportunity to prepare for future battles.
Today is ‘National Posties Day’. Postal workers have offered themselves as an emergency service during the lockdown, and there have been walkouts against unsafe conditions at Royal Mail. We spoke to one CWU member about these events.
CWU members across the country are conducting gate meetings this week in support of the upcoming strike ballot amongst Royal Mail staff. The whole labour movement must get behind the postal workers and support their struggle.
Last year, strike action by Royal Mail workers was scandalously blocked by the High Court. As a result, the CWU is set to ballot members again. Unofficial walkouts are already taking place. Support the postal workers’ struggle!
Royal Mail bosses have successfully blocked the threat of strike action through the courts. This overturns the massive vote for striking by CWU members. A militant and immediate response from across the labour movement is now needed.
CWU postal workers have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. Since privatisation, Royal Mail has looked to increase profits through attacks on workers conditions. The fight back begins now! We offer our full solidarity!
Post workers are being balloted to strike by the CWU, with the result to be announced on 15th October. This follows on from a series of attacks on workers pay and conditions since the privatisation of Royal Mail. Support the strike!
CWU organised postal workers will be balloted for strike action later this month after Royal Mail management failed to carry out agreed pay rises and pension improvements. Royal Mail is squeezing workers to maximise profits, we support the call to strike.
Postal workers have rightly reacted with considerable anger over the use of the courts by Royal Mail bosses, who have taken out an injunction against the first mail strike, initially called by the CWU for 19th October. Steve Jones looks at how the class bias of the state and the law have been used to temporarily hold off the struggle to defend pensions, jobs, terms and conditions.
Last week, the CWU postal workers union announced a huge majority for strike action over attacks by Royal Mail on workers’ pensions and work conditions – a staggering 89.1% majority for action on a huge 73.7% turnout amongst the 110,000 postal group union members. Socialist Appeal supporters in the CWU discuss the issues at stake.
Royal Mail bosses have put themselves on a collision course with postal workers after announcing their intention to slash the pensions of around 90,000 workers. This scandal – and the fightback against it – was one of the main discussion points in Bournemouth this week at the conference of the CWU, the union representing postal workers.
General Secretary Dave Ward opened this year’s conference of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) highlighting the pressures workers are facing across the board. In a sign of the anger growing amongst workers as a result of these attacks, conference committed itself to fighting stance in defence of jobs and conditions, and to supporting Corbyn and his anti-austerity programme.