Post: we need a workers’ plan!
After a series of local ballots and strikes over job cuts, the post and telecom union CWU is balloting all postal workers across Britain from 9 September. The CWU’s strike call comes in response to what CWU Deputy General Secretary Dave Ward calls an “incompetent management running [the postal service] into the ground.” Although the Government has retreated on part-privatisation of Royal Mail, an aggressive cuts programme continues. Mail centres are being shut. Delivery workers are being asked to work longer for less. The conflict is “unfinished business” following the deal struck to end the...