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Tories bring back plans to sell off Royal Mail (29 May 2010, #2203)
The government is set to try to sell off Royal Mail once again, it announced this week

Postal workers vote to accept deal with Royal Mail (1 May 2010, #2199)
Postal workers have accepted a deal to end their long running dispute with Royal Mail

Roy Mayall attacks proposed Royal Mail deal (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
We've just received our ballot papers for the agreement which was negotiated between the Royal Mail and the CWU following last year's strikes

Cutter Crozier quits Royal Mail but watch out ITV (6 Feb 2010, #2187)
Royal Mail fat cat Adam Crozier has quit—but will walk away with a £2 million bonus

Post workers say there is still a mood to resist Royal Mail's attacks (5 Dec 2009, #2180)
Union leaders have decided to delay any decision about future strikes – but post workers still want to fight back

Post union should put strikes back on (14 Nov 2009, #2177)
Can we trust Royal Mail management to stick to their word and start serious negotiations now that the strikes have been called off?

Post deal wastes the chance to deliver victory (14 Nov 2009, #2177)
Leaders of the postal workers’ union were wrong to suspend strikes at Royal Mail last week

Managers seize the chance to push through attacks (14 Nov 2009, #2177)
The ink on the agreement signed by Royal Mail and the postal workers’ union may not yet be dry, but already bosses have shown that they are attempting to string out local talks and keep existing attacks in place

End to post strike brings little cheer to Labour (14 Nov 2009, #2177)
The decision by CWU union leaders to sign an interim agreement and call off nationwide postal strikes was a serious mistake

Diary of a postal striker in the north: The battle of the noticeboard (14 Nov 2009, #2177)
Since the first day of our strike, the Royal Mail propaganda machine has been spewing out misinformation

Why post union should not have stopped strikes (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Leaders of the CWU postal workers’ union have suspended national strike action planned for today and Monday of next week following a new offer from Royal Mail

Where now for workers' struggle after post strikes suspended? (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
The postal workers have not been defeated or crushed

A day in the life of a post support group (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Socialist Worker visited a group in Brent organised by the trades council, the CWU union and local campaigners

Solidarity can win the post fight (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Support is growing for workers and the strikes are gathering strength

We’re standing up to Royal Mail’s bullies (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Bullying by Royal Mail managers has reached epidemic proportions - and is a major factor behind the strikes that have swept Britain

Postie soldier is bosses’ target (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
A part time soldier awaiting deployment to Afghanistan is among CWU union reps being targeted for disciplinary action by Royal Mail

They’re all doing their bit to back the post strikers (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Ordinary people across the country have given massive solidarity to striking post workers

A junk article in the Sun (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
The Sun newspaper got it spectacularly wrong when it attacked CWU union deputy general secretary Dave Ward on Monday of this week

Mandelson goes all quiet on us (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Some Labour MPs have joined post workers on their picket lines - to their credit

Union leaders must do more (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has put itself in the bizarre position of brokering talks to try and end the dispute

Exclusive: We reveal what is happening in scab mail centre (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Protesters at temporary Dartford centre find tags from redirected mail and even a letter in the rubbish

Notes from a postal striker in the north: Sack the dimwit duo and cronies (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
It has become very clear as to where the blame lies for the postal dispute - with Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier and Lord Peter Mandelson, the dimwit duo

Last week’s solid strikes showed workers’ strength (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
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

Shut down the scab centres (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Protesters against Royal Mail’s attempt to set up a mass scabbing operation found more than they bargained for when they leafleted casual workers at the company’s “outhouse” operation in Dartford, Kent, on Wednesday of last week

Millionaire boss vs post strikers: Which side are you on? (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier gets £3,044,000 a year as he attacks jobs and the union while most postal workers, who are striking to defend the service, earn £18,538 a year

Job centres ban casual ads (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Royal Mail’s attempt to hire 30,000 casual workers to help break the strikes hit trouble last week as job centres refused to advertise their vacancies

Only a good deal will be enough (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
Rumours of a deal to end the postal workers’ strike abounded as Socialist Worker went to press, while talks between the union and Royal Mail continued

No deal—force post bosses to surrender (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Royal Mail and the postal workers’ CWU union were in talks as Socialist Worker went to press

National post strike was rock solid (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Strikes by over 120,000 postal workers last week delivered a stinging rebuke to Royal Mail bosses – and the government that stands behind them

Is Royal Mail breaking the law to try and beat the strike? (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
The scabbing operation by Royal Mail was under growing pressure this week

Special delivery! Solidarity for striking post workers (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Trade unionists, students and others are rushing to build support for post workers across the country

Going all out is the way to win (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
“We’ve got six weeks in which we can be really effective against Royal Mail and we can’t afford to waste a single one

Notes from a postal worker in the north: Scabs are the real turkeys (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Have you ever spoken to anyone contemplating suicide? Well, that’s what it feels like when you are trying to persuade someone not to scab on your strike

Determination on picket lines shows the way to win (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
The strikes at Royal Mail are a clear sign of the growing bitterness in working class Britain

First day of post strike shuts down mail centres (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Over 40,000 postal workers delivered a stinging rebuke to Royal Mail and its backers in government today by joining the first of two days of strike action in defence of jobs and conditions

Reports from the post strike around the country on 22 October 2009 (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Picket line reports from mail centres on the first day of the national post strike to defend jobs and conditons

Royal Mail: secret management documents exposed (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
A special Socialist Worker supplement looks in depth at the leaked secret management plans to defeat the post strike and marginalise the CWU

New Royal Mail leaked letter shows management intransigence (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
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

Victory to the postal workers (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
CWU president Jane Loftus argues that strikes can beat the union-busting bosses

Photos of post picket lines, 22 October 2009 (24 Oct 2009, #2174)

Into battle! Postal workers’ resistance can win (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Hard-hitting strikes, not backroom deals, are the way to victory

Solidarity grows for the post dispute (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Strike support groups are already taking root – a few examples of the wave of solidarity sweeping the country

Get involved with your local post strike support groups (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
To find a group near you or to get help setting one up, phone 020 7819 1175

Notes from a postal striker in the north: The dark lord (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
It’s clear that it is a diktat from government – and the Lord of the Dark Arts himself, business secretary Peter Mandelson – that prevents any settlement to our dispute

Royal Mail’s plan to smash the CWU (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
A special Socialist Worker supplement looks in depth at the leaked secret management plans to defeat the post strike

The post workers can win (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
These documents underline the need for the union to use all its strength in this crucial fight

Royal Mail documents 1-4: ‘Deliver the necessary changes with or without union agreement’ (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
The first four slides from the leaked management Powerpoint presentation

Royal Mail documents 5-8: ‘Bring union to the point where doing a deal on our terms is preferable’ (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
The second four slides from the leaked management Powerpoint presentation

Royal Mail documents 9-10: ‘Total ongoing London stoppage - seek to avoid’ (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
The final two slides from the leaked management Powerpoint presentation

The key issues behind the battle in the post (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
What is the post strike about? Six central points

Lies about falling mail volume don't add up (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
We are repeatedly told that the volume of mail that Royal Mail is handling is falling – but it's not true

Cut the CWU cash to Labour (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Labour has betrayed us – it's time to disaffiliate

Come help the scab-busters (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Strike supporters are planning to hamper Royal Mail’s scabbing plans next week by mass leafleting a strike-breaking mail centre in Dartford, Kent

Unions must back posties (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Every trade unionist in Britain should throw their full weight behind the post dispute

Five reasons to back the post strikes (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
Leading union activist Chris Webb puts the case

Post workers are not lazy (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
Tam Dewar, a delivery rep for Dumfries and Galloway, spoke to Socialist Worker about the claim that delivering the mail is an easy job

Post strike is a crucial fight for our future (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
Post activists answer key questions about the dispute

Anger in Unite at union members who scab on post strike (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
Anger continues to grow inside the Unite union at the role of Royal Mail managers in attempting to break the post strikes

Solidarity with post workers: Students with cakes lift spirits on picket line (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
Post workers’ picket lines were buoyed this week by fellow trade unionists bringing solidarity collections – and students who had come bearing cakes

Use the full force of the union against the Royal Mail bosses (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
With a thumping 76 percent vote for strike action in the national ballot the leadership of the CWU union should be banging their war drums

Diary of a postal striker in the north: ‘A brilliant vote’ (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
The feeling around our office when news of the massive yes vote for national strikes came through can only be compared to the feeling we all had when Margaret Thatcher got kicked out of office in 1990

Exposed: Post bosses’ secret scab operation (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
Desperate Royal Mail bosses are setting up secret mail centres around the country in an effort to undermine the highly effective strike action by postal workers

‘Let’s beat the post bosses with hard-hitting strikes’ (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
The post dispute is at a critical point, with the result of the CWU union's national strike ballot due this week

Unionised Royal Mail union-busters (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
Why are those Royal Mail managers who are busy helping the company break the postal workers’ strike allowed to be members of a TUC‑affiliated trade union?

Royal Mail: a battle for us all (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
The postal workers’ fight is crucial for every worker, student, pensioner and unemployed person in Britain

Diary of a postal striker in the north: History lessons (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
As we received texts telling us of Royal Mail’s attempts to run a major scabbing operation around the country, many of us on the picket line last week were reminded of the 1980s

Solidarity appeal: Everyone must back our battle for a public service (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
We are calling on everyone to support the postal workers’ strike, writes CWU union president Jane Loftus

Last push in Royal Mail national strike ballot (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
The ballot for a national strike at Royal Mail is entering its final phase, and each vote is vital

London postal workers vote to slash Labour’s cash (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
Postal workers in London have voted by a massive 96 percent to suspend funding to the Labour Party

Post bosses are running scared (26 Sep 2009, #2170)
Postal workers are facing a barrage of abuse from our bosses and the media because we dare to stand up for our jobs, our union, and for the public service that we provide

Unofficial Post walkouts hit Glasgow (26 Sep 2009, #2170)
Post workers across much of the West of Scotland walked out on unofficial strike on Friday of last week after management punished drivers at Glasgow mail centre for refusing to cross their colleagues’ picket lines

This post strike is a fight we can win (26 Sep 2009, #2170)
At least 43,000 post workers across Britain will join regional strikes in a massive show of strength on Tuesday of next week

Unofficial post strike spreads across West of Scotland (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Postal workers across much of the West of Scotland have walked out on unofficial strike after management punished drivers at Glasgow mail centre for refusing to cross their colleagues’ picket lines

Mail piles up as post strikes bite (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Royal Mail bosses, who are being battered from pillar to post by a series of regional strikes, now face the prospect of a nationwide strike

Middlesbrough postal workers unofficial walkout (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Postal workers at Middlesbrough sorting office walked out unofficially this morning after scores of managers from across the north of England descended on the office in an effort to break the union

Management think Royal Mail cuts are a ‘rollercoaster’ (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Has David Brent from BBC comedy The Office got a job as a Royal Mail manager? Two leaked letters seen by Socialist Worker suggest he has

Postal workers are determined to win (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
Strikes by postal workers in many parts of Britain are hitting Royal Mail hard, with millions of letters and packets clogging up mail centres and sorting offices

London post workers to vote on Labour party affiliation (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
Post workers in London in the CWU union are so fed up with the way they have been treated by the government that activists have launched a consultative ballot to see if members want to continue supporting the Labour party

Mail strike prepares to go national (5 Sep 2009, #2167)
The wave of strikes at Royal Mail is entering a crucial period

New forces join the post fight (29 Aug 2009, #2166)
The battle for the future of Royal Mail is hotting up - with over 20,000 postal workers in the CWU union set to strike this week

Royal Mail workers: ‘The situation is getting worse’ (29 Aug 2009, #2166)
Royal Mail workers say that conditions in the company have been getting tougher – and management even more aggressive – in the last few years

Unofficial post strike in Wallasey (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
POSTAL workers in Wallasey have walked out on strike unofficially this week

Royal Mail strikes: the stakes are rising (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
Royal Mail bosses are on the rampage against the CWU postal workers’ union, but they face growing resistance

Stoke: indefinite post strike shakes the bosses (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
Over 100 postal workers at Stoke mail centre are taking all-out indefinite strike action

More action, not less, is the way to win ballot in Royal Mail (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
A crucial battle is taking place in Royal Mail that will decide the future of the post and the CWU union

Letter from London CWU union (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
London CWU union explains the causes of the current post dispute

Is Royal Mail preparing a secret scabbing operation? (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
An industrial complex on the edge of a Northamptonshire village has become a centre of the battle for the future of the postal service

Action hits Royal Mail bosses (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
Postal workers across Britain have taken strike action over the past week in response to a wave of management attacks on working conditions and on their CWU union

Crucial post strike in Stoke (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
Postal workers in Stoke began crucial strikes on Tuesday

Solid London post strike ramps up pressure on Royal Mail (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
Thousands of postal workers from across London struck for 24 hours today as part of a fight against attempts by Royal Mail to ram through thousands of job losses and attacks on working conditions

Postal workers heading towards a national ballot (1 Aug 2009, #2162)
Postal workers in the CWU union are stepping up their fight against Royal Mail’s programme of cuts and imposed changes to working conditions

Post dispute set to escalate after solid strikes (1 Aug 2009, #2162)
Postal workers in London struck for three days last week in a row over jobs and pay cuts

Battle is on for postal workers (25 Jul 2009, #2161)
The fight for the future of Royal Mail is intensifying

Step up the post strikes to win (18 Jul 2009, #2160)
The fight by postal workers against Royal Mail bosses and the government that stands behind them is at a crucial stage – and the stakes could not be higher

Should the CWU union fund Labour? (18 Jul 2009, #2160)
The attacks that postal workers are facing are being driven through by Royal Mail bosses who know they have the backing of the Labour government

Postal workers in London start three-day strike (11 Jul 2009, #2159)
Postal workers from across London began three days of strike action today

Post strikes can beat privatisation and cuts (4 Jul 2009, #2158)
Business secretary Lord Mandelson’s plans to privatise Royal Mail are in deep trouble

Wave of strikes to hit Royal Mail (20 Jun 2009, #2156)
Business secretary Lord Mandelson’s plans to hand a chunk of the Royal Mail to a private equity firm are set to receive a blow on Friday, as 10,000 postal workers in London prepare to strike

Anger grows at postal sell-off (14 Mar 2009, #2142)
Business secretary Lord Mandelson’s plan to privatise Royal Mail has created a storm of protest

Mandelson, get your filthy hands off Royal Mail (7 Mar 2009, #2141)
A rebellion is spreading that threatens to stop New Labour’s plans to sell off the post service

Post sell-off is attack on jobs and service (7 Mar 2009, #2141)
Government plans to privatise Royal Mail have the potential to become for Gordon Brown what the poll tax was to Margaret Thatcher

Union fightback: ‘We can strike and beat these plans’ (7 Mar 2009, #2141)
The intense mistrust of privatisation coupled with anger at the rich who are pocketing state bailouts, means that there is a groundswell of support for the campaign against the post sell-off

‘Why is the CWU still funding a Labour when it attacks us?’ (7 Mar 2009, #2141)
Anger with New Labour among postal workers has reached record highs since the privatisation announcement

Don’t fall for government’s mail privatisation scam (28 Feb 2009, #2140)
Hundreds of postal workers lobbied parliament on Tuesday, angry over the New Labour government’s plans to push through the privatisation of Royal Mail

Back the battle to save the post (20 Dec 2008, #2132)
Up to 2,000 postal workers at seven sorting offices in England are set to strike on Friday of this week against the closures of their mail centres

Mail centres vote to go on strike at Christmas (13 Dec 2008, #2131)
Postal workers in seven mail centres have voted to take one-day strikes in the run-up to Christmas

Action looming at Royal Mail (21 Jun 2008, #2106)
Postal workers could start a national strike later this year after delegates at last week’s CWU union conference voted unanimously for action against attacks on their pensions, threats to shut scores of offices, and the menace of privatisation

CWU conference: No more cheques in the post for Labour? (21 Jun 2008, #2106)
Debate about the future relationship between the CWU union and the Labour Party formed the backdrop to many debates at the union’s conference last week

A fight to save post office pensions (1 Mar 2008, #2090)
Bosses at Royal Mail, who last week were revealed to have awarded themselves bonuses of over £4 million, this week wrote to their staff to announce the closure of the company’s pension scheme

Postal service: 'Let’s fight the pensions pickpockets' (8 Mar 2008, #2091)
CWU deputy branch secretary Gareth Eales explains why the fight is on over postal workers' pensions

New threat to post workers' pension rights from Royal Mail (16 Feb 2008, #2088)
There was anger last week as Royal Mail announced that it intends to close its final average salary pension scheme to new entrants

Royal Mail’s attacks on union hit a rock at Burslem (26 Jan 2008, #2085)
Royal Mail’s attempts to undermine the CWU postal workers’ union have come unstuck at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent

Burslem strike: Royal Mail’s war on CWU activists (19 Jan 2008, #2084)
Behind the warm words of a “new era in industrial relations”, Royal Mail bosses are trying to break the postal workers’ union by harassing and victimising reps with charges relating to last year’s national strike

Postal workers walk out in Leicestershire (23 Feb 2008, #2089)
Postal workers in Oakham, Leicestershire, walked out in defence of a sacked colleague on Wednesday of last week and are now set to ballot for official strike action

Burslem post dispute set to spread as management ups the ante (12 Jan 2008, #2083)
Royal Mail is spending thousands of pounds a week in an effort to break a postal workers’ strike at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke

Postal workers strike against bullying bosses (22 Dec 2007, #2082)
Around 100 postal workers at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent were set to commence a strike over Christmas in a long running campaign against a bullying management

Anger as four Bristol postal workers sacked (22 Dec 2007, #2082)
Four postal workers have been sacked in Bristol as a result of events during the recent national strike

Burslem bosses stoke mail strike (15 Dec 2007, #2081)
Postal workers at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent have responded to a long running campaign of management bullying by voting for strikes over the Christmas period

Post deal is a setback but not end of battle (8 Dec 2007, #2080)
The ballot result in the postal workers’ CWU union – which saw members voting to accept a deal to end the dispute with Royal Mail by 51,000 to 28,000 – has disappointed many union activists

Burslem postal workers vote to strike (8 Dec 2007, #2080)
Postal workers at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in defence of 12 colleagues who have been victimised by Royal Mail for standing up to bullying management

Post workers vote to accept deal (1 Dec 2007, #2079)
Postal workers in the CWU union have voted by approximately 2 to 1 to accept a deal recommended by their union leadership to end their dispute over pay and conditions

Post: vote to reject the deal (17 Nov 2007, #2077)
Myself and thousands of other postal workers across Britain this week received ballot papers from our CWU union asking us if we are willing to accept a leadership-backed deal to end our long running dispute

Mood grows to reject post strike agreement (10 Nov 2007, #2076)
A growing revolt by postal workers is threatening to scupper the deal negotiated by their CWU union leadership to end the dispute with Royal Mail

Leading figures in CWU oppose the post deal (10 Nov 2007, #2076)
The vote by the CWU union's postal executive to accept and recommend Royal Mail's offer to the membership was not unanimous

Post activists mobilise to throw out the deal (3 Nov 2007, #2075)
A debate is raging among postal workers about a deal brokered between their CWU union and Royal Mail to end the dispute over pay, pensions and conditions

Debate rages around CWU political fund and pensions (3 Nov 2007, #2075)
A key argument inside the CWU union centres on the relationship between the union and the Labour Party

Post dispute: ‘I voted against the deal, so should you,' says Dave Warren (27 Oct 2007, #2074)
The postal workers’ strike against Royal Mail has been a crucial fight for all those who believe in public services, run by workers with decent pay, pensions and conditions – Dave Warren, who is a member of the postal executive of the CWU union, explains the deal accepted by the union leadership

Post workers must reject this deal (27 Oct 2007, #2074)
Despite solid strike action from postal workers across Britain, the CWU union executive has recommended a deal that falls far short of workers’ demands, writes Yuri Prasad

Anger at New Labour sweeps through CWU (20 Oct 2007, #2073)
The union’s dispute with Royal Mail has raised sharp questions over its political fund, writes Yuri Prasad

Unofficial walkouts hit post on Wednesday 10 October (13 Oct 2007, #2072)
Postal workers walked out unofficially this morning, just hours after many had returned to work following an official 48-hour strike

Strikers tell Brown: ‘We won’t bottle it’ (13 Oct 2007, #2072)
This week postal workers have dealt Royal Mail bosses a massive blow with our two 48-hour strikes

'Our fight is with the bosses — and with Gordon Brown' (6 Oct 2007, #2071)
Postal workers on strike for jobs and pensions, for public services, and for decent pay

Strike sparks row over Labour Party funding (13 Oct 2007, #2072)
An argument is raging about the future of the relationship between the postal workers’ CWU union and the Labour Party

Royal Mail dispute: ‘We can bring the whole postal system to a halt’ (29 Sep 2007, #2070)
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

Document proves Royal Mail bosses are out to break the CWU (22 Sep 2007, #2069)
Royal Mail has put its cards on the table

Post strikes back on after talks break down (15 Sep 2007, #2068)
The CWU postal workers’ union announced this week that it will resume strikes at Royal Mail after management walked out of talks aimed to settle the dispute over pay

Post strike: ‘We’ve got this far by sticking together’ (18 Aug 2007, #2064)
After last week’s strikes were called off a number of post workers contacted Socialist Worker to say what they thought about the current state of the dispute

Stockport’s unofficial post strike against sacking (8 Sep 2007, #2067)
Hundreds of post workers at Stockport mail centre went on unofficial strike on Friday of last week to demand the reinstatement of a sacked colleague

Unofficial post strikes show feeling for a fight, Wednesday 1 August (4 Aug 2007, #2062)
Walkouts in Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen

Step up the action to win this crucial battle (11 Aug 2007, #2063)
Details were emerging of a shift in tactics from Royal Mail bosses as Socialist Worker went to press

Post workers shut down Royal Mail in second first class strike, Friday 13 July (14 Jul 2007, #2059)
Striking postal workers, in the CWU union, brought Royal Mail to a halt today in their second 24-hour strike

Postal strike: pickets and solidarity greet Gordon Brown (30 Jun 2007, #2057)
The post strike brought total closure to Royal Mail today with only a few handfuls in total crossing picket lines across Britain

CWU conference: deep anger in post over pay and attacks (9 Jun 2007, #2054)
John Farnan from the CWU union executive spoke to Socialist Worker about the mood as the result of a strike ballot among 150,000 postal workers was due on Thursday

CWU conference sends warning to Labour (2 Jun 2007, #2053)
The opening minutes of the CWU postal and telecom workers’ conference laid down a clear challenge to the government over the way services have been sacrificed to corporate greed

Post workers: 'Pressure, low pay and long hours shape our life' (21 Jul 2007, #2060)
A group of post workers from Leicester spoke to Socialist Worker during last week’s strike about what it’s like to work for Royal Mail and the way that the job impacts on their lives

United union action can force Gordon Brown to act (21 Jul 2007, #2060)
The post dispute is at a crucial stage, and it matters for every worker in Britain

Crunch coming in post as no pay rise offered (28 Apr 2007, #2048)
Unless Royal Mail backs off, a battle is coming soon in the post

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