Oxford Post Workers Walk Out
oxford imc | 21.09.2003 15:43 | Social Struggles | Oxford
UPDATE (Thursday 25th): Striking Oxford postal workers won reinstatement yesterday for their two sacked colleagues, and voted to return to work.
UPDATE (Monday 22th): Oxford postal workers voted for continued strike action in the face of management's attempts to break their union, the CWU. This came after management sacked two people as a deliberate provocation.
This weekend, postal workers from Oxford staged a wildcat strike in response to agressive posturing from the chief executive, Allan Leighton. The strike started 5pm Friday, and workers intend to remain on strike until Monday, when they will discuss the next step.
report | responses to no vote | UPDATE and video | update 2
UPDATE (Monday 22th): Oxford postal workers voted for continued strike action in the face of management's attempts to break their union, the CWU. This came after management sacked two people as a deliberate provocation.
This weekend, postal workers from Oxford staged a wildcat strike in response to agressive posturing from the chief executive, Allan Leighton. The strike started 5pm Friday, and workers intend to remain on strike until Monday, when they will discuss the next step.
report | responses to no vote | UPDATE and video | update 2
Allan Leighton's comments - that 'the world has changed' after last week's narrow no vote, and 'the world will change again' (if London postal workers strike following their yes vote) - were taken as a threat of future repression against the union: 'a clear signal that he intends to use the marginal no vote to smash the union'.
Picket lines were said to be holding well Friday night, and supporters have called for solidarity.
Picket lines were said to be holding well Friday night, and supporters have called for solidarity.
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