[diggers350] Fwd: Local Posties Strike

[ian ferguson]

>From: ace at punk.org.uk (Autonomous Centre)
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)
>Subject: Local Posties Strike
>Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:55:41 +0100
>
>POSTIES STRIKE IN EAST SCOTLAND
>7 Oct 1999
>
>2,200 postal workers in Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife and Central Region in
>Scotland are on unofficial strike demanding the reintstatement of sacked
>colleague Willie Colquhoun.
>
>The strike started yesterday after an appeal refused to reinstate Union rep
>Wille Colquhoun, from Livingston Delivery office in West Lothian.  He had
>been sacked after manager Kenny Patterson tried to enforce, without
>negotiations, a change in the practice of delivering Sky cable magazines.
>
>These mags are so weighty that the practice has been to take 3-4 days to
>deliver them.  Paterson tried to insist they be delivered within 3
>deliveries.
>
>All the postal workers in the section left their cable mags for next day
>delivery.  A leaflet from the Communication Workers Union Scotland no 2
>branch states "Why then was only Willie dismissed?  Quite simply because he
>was a union rep and a target of the control freaks in higher management.
>Our message is clear - THERE WILL BE NO PEACE IN THIS INDUSTRY UNTIL THIS
>APPALING INJUSTICE IS REVERSED."
>
>The postal workers were due to meet in a mass meeting at 2pm today 7
>October to discuss their next move.
>
>Edinburgh postal workers have a history over the last few years of standing
>up to management and taking unofficial action.
>
>Info from Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh 0131 557 6242 ace at punk.org.uk
>We have more detailed info in the form of the CWU leaflet mentioned above.
>Local Union office - CWU 0131 556 8869.
>
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