Posties to ballot in defence of sacked colleague

POSTIES in Birmingham are balloting to walk out on strike after claims that a fellow worker with chronic anxiety and depression has been unfairly sacked.
Royal Mail workers at the Shirley delivery office are balloting after the worker was fired in February.
The reason given for his dismissal was his regular absence from the workplace.
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