Around 100 striking firefighters, bus drivers and postal workers came together at a rally last Saturday on the Central Fire Station picket line. It had been built by their CWU, FBU and Unite unions at four days notice.
Around 120,000 postal workers took strike action last week and CWU union activists across Britain told Socialist Worker that their action remained absolutely solid.
Escalating the strike is the best way for postal workers to win. CWU rep Mick Chambers, from Chiswick delivery office in west London, speaks for many when he says that the union must increase the tempo of the action.
With postal workers taking to the picket lines last month, Mark Dolan, a prominent CWU activist, writes about strikes, rank and file organisation and 30 years working in the post office
Today saw the beginning of the second wave of national strikes at Royal Mail. Tens of thousands of postal workers in mail centres and the company’s network drivers and depot staff took to picket lines. CWU union activists across Britain told Socialist Worker that their action remains absolutely solid.
A letter leaked to Socialist Worker reveals that, despite management and government claims, it is Royal Mail that is preventing negotiations, not the CWU union.
