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Support for Striking Postal Workers

23rd October 2009

There has been huge support right across the country from the public, politicians and trade unions in the UK and beyond for postal workers striking in the Royal Mail this week. Below is a flavour of some of the support received.

For more information on the dispute and for information about local support groups please go to: http://www.cwu.org/royal-mail-dispute.html

Messages of support have come from the TUC, UK unions including GMB, PCS, UNISON NAPO, Unite, NUT, RMT and international unions including FINNISH POST & LOGISTICS UNION (PAU - IN FINLAND), CWA AMERICAATL, CUPW-STTP, and the Green Party and more.

The RMT sent a delegation to Mount Pleasant picket line to give support and find out more about the dispute. You can watch their YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDTmlvjhNM

A poll done for BBC Newsnight on Thursday 22nd October showed that twice as many people sympathise with postal workers rather than the Royal Mail management in the postal dispute.
Half of those surveyed (50%) sympathised with the postal workers and the unions as opposed to the Royal Mail management (25%) according to an opinion poll carried out by ComRes for BBC Two's Newsnight. Full data tables available at www.comres.co.uk.

John Pilger has written an article for the New Statesman which you can read here: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/10/pilger-postal-public-office

Victoria Coren wrote an excellent comment piece in the Observer on Sunday 18th October which you can view here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/18/victoria-coren-royal-mail

The GMB union has set up a hotline for the public to report law breaking by employment agencies supplying labour in the Royal Mail dispute.
These agencies are liable for a fine of £5,000 per day per worker supplied and GMB is asking public to phone 0208 971 4217 with details.
Early Day Motion 2035 put down by Geraldine Smith MP urges a resolution to the dispute and has attracted 139 signatures.

UNISON put a press release out when their nurses committee visited the picket line at Rathbone Place on Friday and they even got an interview on Sky as the news provider was down doing lives from the picket line.

Lots of visits from members of the public, local councillors and MPs as well as other unions to picket lines this week so thank you very much for the support - postal workers appreciate it!