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The CWU postal and telecom workers’ union conference this week saw delegates pass a motion that sets a deadline to ballot on continued funding for Labour.

The central issue which has made people vote for strikes is the pay cut. We’ve been offered 2.5 percent at a time when inflation is nearly twice that. The basic pay for a postal worker is £323 a week – for a hard job.

The CWU postal and telecom workers’ union today overturned its executive’s recent decision to back Alan Johnson for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.

Postal workers from across Britain have been contacting Socialist Worker. Here is a selection of their views:

Postal workers will soon start voting on strikes over pay, privatisation and job cuts.

It would be wrong to believe that the current postal disputes are about pay alone.

Macclesfield postal workers last week walked out unofficially to support a colleague with chronic renal failure – and won a complete victory against uncaring bosses.

Postal workers from across Britain have been contacting Socialist Worker about the attacks they are facing and the squeeze on pay.

Royal Mail bosses want to cut our living standards and make us work much harder. And we’re not having it.

Unless Royal Mail backs off, a battle is coming soon in the post.

Post Office Limited bosses made a major privatisation move last week when they announced that up to 85 main high street post offices would be relocated to WH Smith branches.

Postal workers were waiting this week for details of a new pay offer from Royal Mail. As Socialist Worker reported exclusively last week, bosses wanted to impose a freeze in basic pay and ram through 22 attacks on conditions.