A Dundee MP has called for action to be taken at a national level to solve ongoing problems at the city’s East Delivery Office after a wildcat strike this morning (writes Graeme Cleland).
Staff staged a mass walk-out in support of a colleague allegedly sacked after being ill.
The workers left their posts and congregated outside the depot at around 6.30am after learning the fate of their colleague, apparently dismissed for absence following a serious illness.
While they returned to their posts after two hours and Royal Mail subsequently claimed all mail had gone out, the incident is only part of a catalogue of troubled industrial relations at the office.
After the disruption, Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie demanded action at a national level to solve the problems at the depot.
He met Royal Mail managers at the office for talks just last month after a string of complaints about poor service — described as “shambolicâ€
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