Strike threat to Royal Mail

A fresh battle over the future of the Royal Mail is raging and postal workers have warned of industrial action against Government plans to sell a stake in the business.

The Communication Workers Union set itself on a collision course with the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition yesterday by vowing to campaign against privatisation plans.

The union said it believed a Bill on selling a stake in the Royal Mail will be included in the Queen's Speech today and said it would not be supported by the public.

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Delegates at the union's annual conference in Bournemouth rejected the "discredited" policy of the previous government and decided to campaign for a wholly publicly-owned Royal Mail.

Deputy general secretary Dave Ward said: "If we need to take industrial action to defeat privatisation to secure our members' pensions and jobs, we will not hesitate to do it."