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From The Socialist newspaper, 20 October 2021
Llanelli picket line. Photo: Swansea Trades Council (Click to enlarge)
Gareth Bromhall, Swansea and West Wales Socialist Party
Postal deliveries in Llanelli ground to a halt on 13 October when workers at Llanelli Delivery Office walked out to force Royal Mail to reinstate Gary Evans, who has been wrongfully dismissed.
Postal workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at Llanelli Delivery Office had voted 98.6% for strike action in defence of Gary.
The picket line was visited throughout the morning by members of Carmarthenshire Unison, the Socialist Party, and Swansea Trades Council, all of whom received a warm welcome, and heard how the posties where determined to stand up for their fellow worker, the latest case of victimisation by Royal Mail management.
Ongoing proceedings meant the branch members couldn’t divulge the details of the charges against Gary but pointed to the high vote, and sheer number of supportive members on pickets at both entrances to the delivery office, as an indication of their support and solidarity in this case.
CWU general secretary Dave Ward called in via video later in the morning, and the message that the full weight of the union was behind Gary and the branch was well received.
The branch has announced a further 24 hours of strike action for 28 October, starting at 4am.
Any messages of solidarity to CWU South West Wales Amalgamated branch are greatly appreciated. Email [email protected]
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In The Socialist 20 October 2021:
People’s budgets
People’s Budgets – a socialist answer to cruel cuts
Brighton bin workers’ victory in sight against Green-led council
Fight to defend homelessness services
Ealing People’s Budget – cuts can be resisted
Northampton People’s Budget – cuts and privatisation is a failed strategy
Fighting the cuts at the ballot box in Liverpool
News
Fight for a socialist recovery
Tories to blame for GP crisis
Container delay carnage makes the case for socialist planning
Socialist nationalisation not bailouts for the bosses
Fall of apartheid
The fall of Apartheid in South Africa
Climate change
COP26: Trade unions must fight for a socialist transition to renewables
Save the planet from capitalist climate catastrophe
Workplace news
Discussing a ‘workers’ politics’ in response to the bosses’ offensive
University workers ballot for strike action in pay and pension disputes
Unite and fight for 30,000 permanent DWP jobs
Gwent valleys Stagecoach bus drivers strike for fair pay
Reinstate Gary Evans! Llanelli postal workers strike to defend victimised union member
Napo AGM 2021: Union placed on war footing against pay freeze
Scunthorpe scaffs strike for pay
International
Austria: Chancellor Kurz resigns amid allegations of corruption
Obituary
Obituary – Tony Davison: “I work for Militant, but Laing’s pay my wages”
Campaigns
“Are you the socialist cabby?”
Housing crisis: Tories and Labour are not on our side
Liverpool arms fair: Hundreds of protesters defy police ‘dispersal zone’
Hackney children’s centres – more education cuts are devastating
Biggest protest yet to save Stratford Circus
Doncaster: Vigil condemns violence against women
Readers’ opinion
I’m unemployed: For me vacancy crisis is a lie
TV review: Squid Game
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