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A general view of Royal Mail vans at Swadlincote Post Office, Derbyshire
THE Scottish Trade Union Congress has unanimously backed calls to defend vital postal services and workers.
Concerns have been growing among workers and customers that the universal service obligation (USO) on Royal Mail could be under threat.
The USO guarantees a one-price-goes-anywhere service across the UK six days a week, but despite assurances from the then business secretary, Lib Dem Vince Cable, that the USO would be safe after he privatised Royal Mail, the company is now understood to be pushing for the guarantee to be ditched.
ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally
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