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The postal strike at Burslem, Stoke, is reaching a crucial point. On Monday over 100 workers at the delivery office finished a three-day strike. They have now struck for 15 days over a sacking of a 62-year-old worker for alleged aggressive behaviour towards a manager.

Hundreds of postal workers and their supporters marched through Coventry last Saturday to save the mail centre. Royal Mail wants to close the Bishop Street operation and move the mail centre to Northampton.

Edinburgh Up to 500 postal workers walked out on unofficial strike at Edinburgh’s mail centre last weekend in a dispute over new working practices and management bullying.

Staff at Runcorn Royal Mail delivery office in Cheshire have voted not to work on Good Friday.

Postal staff from all over North Staffordshire may strike after Royal Mail managers were brought in an attempt to weaken a strike at the Burslem delivery office.

Beeston Postal workers at the Beeston mail centre in Nottingham walked out spontaneously and unofficially last week.

No London CWU cash for Labour?

Labour ministers unleashed a further assault on public sector workers last week when they allowed post office bosses to unveil two fundamental attacks on postal workers.

Postal workers at the Burslem delivery office in the Stoke area are to strike for four days next week in a continuing dispute over disciplinary action.

The CWU union is part of the Future For Our Post Offices coalition that is lobbying parliament next week.

The disciplinary action taken against CWU union activists in Exeter must be made a national issue among postal workers.

Two bitter disputes have been settled, a sign that Royal Mail bosses can be pushed back by determined action.