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Over 100,000 postal delivery and sorting office workers will stage a 48-hour walkout in less than two weeks’ time, their union announced as the Star went to press last night.
Following a whopping 89 per cent vote in favour of industrial action, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced that strike action would start on October 19.
Bosses reacted by threatening legal action.
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart