It's a YES!

[westlondonpostie]

Even if it's a no
LONDON WILL FIGHT ON!!!

[prowler]

"The Communication Workers Union is expected to announce on Thursday that 120,000 of its members at the Royal Mail will back a national strike following months of regional stoppages."
120,000 of its members - so that's 120,000 out of how many of its members at Royal Mail ?
And "expected to announce" - that, without any further explanation, is about as newsworthy as 'the tories are Expected to win the next general election.
And I always thought the Guardian was a quality paper.

Bloody journalists. No hard facts, just (bone) idle speculation. Why don't they just report the facts, when the ballot result comes out in a couple of days time

That 120,000 figure is probably lifted from an outdated TOTAL EMPLOYEES figure from one of their own newspaper's articles from several years ago.

Even when we have achieved an overwhelming Yes vote in the past, there's usually about 40% of members that don't even bother to vote So, even in an 'overwhelming' vote in favour of a strike, the total number of Yes votes would never come to anything like the 120,000 figure they've plucked out of thin air to scare their readers.

Well-researched journalism ? Nah, guesswork that you or me could easily base an article on. For example, the sentence
The union will have to give seven days' notice of any national strikes, raising the threat of action before the end of the month

WOW! I never would have worked out in a million years that 8th October + 7 days = strikes sometime after the middle of the month. No wonder these guys are so highly paid

At least its a quality rag, not like the others that call us militant lefties.

[Lincox]

Anyone heard anything from Union HQ about results from the exit poll they were undertaking?

[chorlton]

A strike cant come soon enough.

Im sick of the constant bullshit.