Postal Workers in Greater Glasgow stepped up their industrial action today as "unofficial" action spread across Central Scotland.

The strike started at the Springburn Mail Centre yesterday (Tuesday) and spread across Central Scotland by the end of the working day.  Over a hundred workers at Sighthill in Edinburgh joined the action after four comrades were susopended for refusing to handle mail from the Glasgow Centre that was on strike.

The CWU rolling programme of action contunues this week with the withdrawal of labour in the network from today (Wednesday 1 August) to 3 am tomorrow;  on Thursday from 3am, 24 hr strike action at delivery and separate collection hubs; strike action from 19.00 at airports on Friday 3 August until 19.00 on Saturday 4 August; strike action at MDECS from 3 am on Saturday 4 August to 3 am on Sunday 5 August.

Solidarity Councillor in Glasgow, Ruth Black supported the unofficial action today:

"The CWU members are being cornered into these actions by an employer who have shown no regard for the workers contracts and conditions."