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Thousands of postal workers restarted their long running dispute with Royal Mail today by walking out in the first of two planned 48-hour strikes.

Why are postal workers on strike?

by Gareth Eales, branch secretary, Northamptonshire Amal CWU

The fight between the CWU postal workers' union and Royal Mail is a political dispute in which Gordon Brown is the real power behind the scenes.

Attacks on the union in Watford Bosses called in police to attempt to move workers they were disciplining from the Watford mail centre on Friday of last week – a move that could have ended in tragedy.

The postal workers’ CWU union today announced the start times of the two 48-hour strikes.

Last week’s announcement by the postal workers’ CWU union that strikes against Royal Mail are to be resumed was greeted with enthusiasm by union activists across Britain.

A group of postal workers from London went to lobby the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth on Monday of this week. Martin Walsh, the postal workers’ CWU union London divisional rep, spoke to Socialist Worker about the growing tensions between the union and New Labour.

In a clear case of "If you can’t beat ‘em, close ‘em", Royal Mail announced the proposed closure of Oxford mail centre in 2009 – with the loss of up to 430 jobs – just hours after the CWU union announced further national strike action.

Postal workers in Watford who are performing their duties exactly as per their contract are being disciplined – for breaking company rules!