Unofficial strike spreads across West of Scotland

[g31]

glasgow mail centre has walked out, as a reported 6 drivers were suspended earlier for not crossing an ayrshire picketline drivers r out, sorting staff in discussion to follow. Sorting staff r now out.

[thehappyones]

tell me its not true!!!!!

[raider1]

GMC sorting staff out as well as drivers :cfo

[marko]

Nightshift walked out on unofficial strike at 00:20 last night after 6 drivers , 5 of our own and one from SDC were sent home without pay after refusing to deliver to Ayrhire offices on official industrial action . Early shift have followed this morning . UNITED WE STAND

[El Diablo]

Went into the DO this morning to see no mail. Apparently Ayr and Irvine were out last night, Glasgow MC tried to send down drivers to collect, but they wouldn't cross the picket. Drivers were then suspended. Glasgow MC then walked out. Not sure how many, or if it was drivers only.

I'm sure someone will update ths later, its only the rumours I heard...

[baldrick]

See posts on GMC walkout by marko and G31 - seems that night shift walked out
in support of suspended drivers. Early shift has walked out too.
Good luck to you all.

[baldrick]

Good luck to all at Glasgow Mail Centre.

[baldrick]

Good luck to all at Glasgow mail Centre.

[castle]

Well lads and lassies, once again management have instigated this walkout. Lets hope we do stay UNITED.

[El Diablo]

Yeah, good luck to Glasgow MC. Let's see what happens tomorrow with the lunchtime collection...

[keo]

Ever get the feeling that this is Royal Mail trying to force an UNoffical walkout to try and make the National ballot null and void due to the postal voting system?

[keo]

[emanon66]

Mass meeting been called for 2.30 today in Tesco car park across from the Mail Centre.

[The FraudSquad]

Mass meeting been called for 2.30 today in Tesco car park across from the Mail Centre.

if you are still out tomorrow and our driver is suspended when he doesnt cross the pickets at the mail centre and then we walk out, the management have threatened to take us off pay on monday (21st) also, which is a public holiday locally! lovely people that they are!

[topgeezer]

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=19052

by Yuri Prasad

Postal workers across much of the West of Scotland have walked out on unofficial strike after management punished drivers at Glasgow mail centre for refusing to cross their colleagues’ picket lines.

Management suspended the pay of six drivers at 10pm last night after they refused to sign a statement saying they were prepared to cross official picket lines in Ayr and Irvine.

In response, the entire night shift at the mail centre walked out in support. They were followed by the early shift today.

A senior rep from the Glasgow CWU union told Socialist Worker that the strike had “spread like wildfire” across delivery offices and that so far over 2,000 union members had joined the action.

“Every postal worker is experiencing the most extreme management provocation at the moment,” he said.

Workers at Glasgow mail centre plan to meet later this afternoon to discuss whether they continue their action.

The following should be read alongside this article:
» Mail piles up as post strikes bite
» Management think Royal Mail cuts are a ‘rollercoaster’
» Middlesbrough postal workers unofficial walkout

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