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Merseyside post workers rallying in support of their union’s national strike ballot (Pic: @CWUnews/Twitter) Postal workers in Merseyside walked out on unofficial strike on Wednesday over claims a manager made a racist comment to a Muslim worker. It was a great display of anti-racist solidarity. CWU union members at the …

Merseyside postal workers rally to get the vote out (Pic: @CWUnews/Twitter) Postal workers are going all out to win a strike ballot and then resist attacks from their Royal Mail bosses. Over 100,000 of them in the CWU union are voting in a ballot that closes on 15 October. They …

The outcome will decide whether Royal Mail continues to exist as a public service—or is smashed up and run down for profiting billionaires. Source link

Protests have demanded, ‘Tories out’ – we need more of this (Pic: Socialist Worker) The chaos in the British establishment has exposed the swamp that is parliament and British democracy. This week Tory leader Boris Johnson prorogued parliament—shutting it down to avoid scrutiny of his Brexit manoeuvres. And instead of …

Gate meetings have been a show of strength for determined Royal Mail workers (Pic: Guy Smallman) Royal Mail postal workers across Britain staged a mass show of force on Tuesday as they gear up for what their union leader called “the most important dispute in the recent history of industry …

Royal Mail workers are holding large gate meeting to build for a strike ballot (Pic: CWU) Royal Mail postal workers have made a massive show of strength, with large gate meetings across Britain ahead of a national strike ballot. The members of the CWU union are gearing up for a …

Workers at a union gate meeting at Parcelforce in Preston (Pic: CWUNLC/Twitter) Postal workers in Royal Mail and Parcelforce are preparing for battle after their CWU union last week announced a national strike ballot. CWU deputy general secretary Terry Pullinger told reps at a national meeting last week to “get …

Hundreds of people joined the Silent Walk for Grenfell in west London last Wednesday. The monthly march demands justice for the dead and survivors of the blaze that ripped through the Grenfell Tower housing block in North Kensington in 2017 (Pic: Guy Smallman) Union reps meet as post strike may …

Activists rallied to save libraries and museums in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on Saturday of last week. Two of the Labour-run council’s four museums, Bradford Industrial Museum and Bolling Hall Museum and Library, are at risk of closure under the plans outlined in the last budget. (Pic: Neil Terry) Vote for …

There was a big turnout for Glasgow’s Govanhill Carnival last Saturday. The carnival celebrated multiculturalism and diversity in the city. People brought placards against racism and fascism, while others opposed the hated Universal Credit benefit. (Pic: Bob Fotheringham) FBU members should say no to below-inflation offer Firefighters are voting on …