Postal Strike Support Growing

by liamssoft | May 29, 2007 at 01:04 am

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With Europe opening up alternative postal services to Royal Mail a strike will be good news for their competitors. The decapitation of Britons postal services and closure of thousands of post offices rest blame with the European Union directives.

Britain looks set for a national post strike this summer after independent polls showed that a clear majority of Royal Mail workers intend to vote in favour of action next month, The Times has learnt.

Postal workers are set to deliver a 65 per cent yes vote in favour of a national strike, according to independent polling commissioned by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the main postal union.

The percentage in favour of an all-out strike over pay, which could cripple services as early as next month, has increased from 54 per cent four weeks ago to 65 per cent last week, according to sources at the CWU.