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Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Prentis calls on UNISON branches to support CWU‏

Message from Dave Prentis: I have today written to Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communications Workers Union, reiterating UNISON's full support for the strike action on Thursday and Friday 22/23 October. http://www.unison.org.uk/efocus/special08.asp

No worker takes the decision to strike lightly and it is important in such difficult times that workers know they have the full support of their fellow trade unionists.

Our postal services are a vital public service and I know that you will share my feeling that the CWU share our battle to fight for publicly-owned and publicly-run services.

I'd ask all branches to contact their local CWU branch to find out how you can best show your support at a local level. For more information, go to http://www.cwu.org/