It’s war in Royal Mail
Submitted by Freedom on Jun 19 2007 18:45
As one of the most significant workplace battles of recent years comes to the boil, Freedom talks to a postal worker about how class warfare is in the post.
A battle between postal workers and managers over the future of the Royal Mail looks set to turn nasty following a litany of attacks on working conditions, staffing numbers and now wages.
Pat (the postman) stated:
Bridgwater postal workers strike for three days
Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 19 2007 10:49
Over 100 Royal Mail workers have been on strike in Somerset against new working practices which would see them lose hundreds of pounds.
Royal Mail managers have been sent to Bridgwater to cover the strikers' work, which was set to last from Friday to yesterday.
130 workers at the sorting office are on strike over plans to reorganise working practices. One postal worker on thisisthewestcountry.co.uk commented that he "would lose £500-£600 a year if we agree to the pay and changes."
Support for national postal strike this summer growing
Submitted by Ed on May 29 2007 12:34
Britain looks set for a national post strike this summer after independent polls showed that a clear majority of Royal Mail workers intend to vote in favour of action next month.
Taken from The Times
Postal workers are set to deliver a 65 per cent yes vote in favour of a national strike, according to independent polling commissioned by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the main postal union.
Selectron workers sit-in
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 18 2007 16:43
Workers at the Selectron Cwmcarn factory in South Wales staged a sit-in yesterday upon the arrival of the company's European Vice President.
The company announced at the end of March that it would close the factory in South Wales, making 150 people redundant, many having worked there for more than 25 years.Selectron has already reduced the workforce from 700 in the past five years, and sent many contracts overseas including one last year to Singapore.
Six days of strikes set for Staffordshire post
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 4 2007 23:45
Strike action is scheduled at the Royal Mail from 8-10 and 12-14 March if a is worker victimised for involvement in an earlier strike.
Since Christmas, postal bosses in North and Mid Staffordshire have attempted to replace full-time jobs with part-time ones. But after six days of strike action by 700 posties across 11 depots, managers have been forced to back down.
Wildcat solidarity strike over suspended post striker
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 2 2007 12:33
Postal workers in Staffordshire are on strike for a third day in a dispute over the suspension of a colleague.
Postal workers in Staffordshire are on strike for a third day in a dispute over the suspension of a colleague.
The BBC reported that staff in Burslem walked out on Friday and Saturday after a colleague was suspended for alleged "aggressive behaviour" towards a female worker.
York postal workers wildcat strike to support colleague
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 19 2006 15:12
Royal Mail workers walked out of the firm's York depot on Friday 15 December in support of a van driver who had been suspended.
Sam Southgate reported on thisisyork.co.uk that about 30 collection drivers and some other staff staged the wildcat strike at the firm's Leeman Road base, at about 3.10pm yesterday, to support their work-mate.
The three-hour stoppage caused disruption to parcel collections from post offices and Royal Mail's business customers.
Exeter postal workers to vote on Christmas strike
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 16 2006 09:47
Devon post workers are to vote tomorrow (Friday) on whether to take industrial action over the Christmas period in an ongoing row over flexible working and overtime.
The Mid Devon Star reported that more than 400 members of the Communication Workers Union at Exeter Mail Centre are due to take part in the ballot, which will last for two weeks.
In a statement, the Royal Mail said that ballot was "disappointing." A spokesman said: "We would rather resolve the issue amicably."
2003: Postal workers wildcat strike
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 10 2006 12:15
A short history of the largely successful wildcat stoppage of thousands of postal workers in the UK, and the developments which led to the strike.
Background
Wildcats return with a roar - postal wildcat strike, 2003
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 10 2006 12:03
Article about the Royal Mail wildcat strike and other wildcat actions in the UK in 2003.
We could have borrowed this headline of last weeks English Anarchist publications, but we actually nicked it from the Financial Times of the 6 November. The wildcat strikes are back, after the work stoppages at Heathrow airport, there have been wildcat actions by the postal workers and the fire fighters in the last two weeks. How can this be?
