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Leaders of the CWU union have said they are certain to be heading for a dispute with Royal Mail over an attack on postal workers’ pensions.

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Offshore workers in the Unite union are the latest to have their legal right to strike blocked by the Trade Union Act. But it is possible to fight as Royal Mail have shown.

A wave of wildcat walkouts hit four Royal Mail offices over the past week with strikes in Canterbury, Scarborough, east London and Carmarthen.

Postal workers across Milton Keynes and Luton forced bosses into a climbdown from an attack on two union reps with an unofficial walkout on Monday.

CWU union members could ballot in August for strikes following a debate at their annual postal conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday.

Members of the CWU union have voted unanimously to support the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn in the general election on 8 June.

Postal workers’ union, the CWU, threatened on Thursday of last week to ballot for strikes to defend pensions.

The limits the Trade Union Act puts on strikes became clearer this week, but so did the resistance.

Big firms constantly bleat about how they cannot afford their pension schemes.

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