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A "battlebus" organised by the CWU London division toured picket lines across the capital.

Striking postal workers, in the CWU union, brought Royal Mail to a halt today in their second 24-hour strike.

At Glasgow Mail Centre, Springburn, the post strike began with a walk-out at 4.45am. A driver refused to cross a picket line at the nearby Baird Street delivery office. Management suspended him and the 20 or so drivers remaining threw in their van keys and walked off their shift there and then. A CWU union rep said that management had been acting like this up and down the country.

West London "Morale is up, the strike is solid and there’s no-one in the sub-offices," reported Paul the CWU rep at Paddington mail centre in West London. Around a dozen pickets gathered.

At the Save Gloucester Mail Centre demonstration last Saturday it was noticeable that the CWU union campaign and the intransigent attitude of Royal Mail management has had an effect on the membership.

Striking postal workers in Heanor, Derbyshire, were joined by workers from the PCS civil service workers’ union on Tuesday of this week.

Postal workers and their supporters will gather in Gloucester this Saturday to protest against the closure of the city's mail centre. Paul Trehearne, branch secretary of Gloucester's CWU union branch, explains why they will be marching

Since we announced the strike result in the CWU postal workers' union, I have had lots of invitations to speak at meetings in other public sector unions to explain our dispute and build solidarity.

"If post offices are shutting and job centres are shutting, if your pay is held down and our pay is restricted, then it’s time we thought about how to work together effectively."PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka, speaking to post workers at a CWU union rally

The CWU conference overturned its executive’s recent decision to back Alan Johnson for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.