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Postal workers protest outside the High Court ahead of a bid by the Royal Mail to seek an injunction stopping a planned strike in October 2017
POSTAL workers today proposed to keep serving as a “fourth emergency service” through the coronavirus pandemic, despite voting overwhelmingly for strike action once again.
The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) followed the 94.5 per cent ballot victory, on a turnout of 63.4 per cent, with an offer to rally more than 100,000 postal workers to carry out essential deliveries during the crisis.
The vote is a slap in the face for privateers Royal Mail, which managed to have a 97 per cent vote for strike action in November overruled in court on a series of technicalities.
Royal Mail’s job quality has plummeted, with gruelling hours, two-tier pay, intense surveillance, and poor work-life balance for postal workers — but our union is fighting back, writes CWU branch secretary JOHN CARSON
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