So, the postal strike by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) began today against modernisation of the postal service. The Royal Mail loses 5p per letter delivered but the unions want to keep their heads in the sand. Instead of efficiency savings, the net result is further cuts in Post Offices hitting the elderly and those in rural areas hardest.I daresay, the same people will be selling copies of the Socialist Worker that I saw at the protest outside the Burmese Embassy. It was indicative of their headstrong failure to keep a sense of reality that they failed to see the irony of the fact that we were protesting against a socialist dictatorship.
Meanwhile Bob Crow is still flexing his muscles with his London Underground colleagues and the Local Government Pay award has not been agreed. Should be an interesting winter.
Picture: Beau Bo D'Or
2 comments:
IF there is an election called next week, what will happen to postal voting? I made mine yesterday and wonder if it will be registered. Can anybody help me with this?
No election after all as Brown has bottled it. You can't help wonder, though, whether things such as the postal strike was a contributing factor...
Apparently another two day strike is in the offing too... more good news for Gordon...
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