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Trade unionists vote overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action
Communication Workers Union members in the Royal Mail Group voted by 97.1 per cent to take strike action
Even Postman Pat voted in favour of a strike against Royal Mail

A NATIONAL postal strike looms after the trade unionists voted in overwhelming numbers to take industrial action at Royal Mail.

Communication Workers Union (CWU) members in the Royal Mail Group voted by 97.1 per cent today to take strike action, with a turnout of 75.9 per cent.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Stunning national ballot result from 110,292 @CWUnews members in Royal Mail. It’s an 97.1 percent ‘Yes’ vote for strikes on an 75.9 percent turnout #WeRiseAgain
CONGRATULATIONS CWU! pic.twitter.com/0goIWdevzm

— Unite the Resistance (@resistunite) October 15, 2019

WE RISE AGAIN

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