City Centre March and Rally - Support the Bristol Three!

bristol | protests | event notice Tuesday July 15, 2008 09:42 by Tony Gosling - Bristol Trades Council

CWU - The Comunications Union

A march will be held on Monday 4th August 2008

Assemble at the bandstand in Castle Park at 2.30pm
March commences at 3pm
The rally will then be held at the Central Promenade Bristol City Centre
Speakers will include a sacked postal worker from Burslem
Dave Ward - DGS(P)
Dave Wilshire - CWU branch secretary
Glen Burrows - RMT branch secretary
Chaired by Dave Chapple

Support the Bristol 3

Bristol post workers threaten strike over sackings
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=15369
The possibility of a post strike across the Bristol area took a step forward as the CWU union stepped up its campaign for the reinstatement of three workers who were sacked for alleged incidents relating to last year’s national dispute.
Dave Wilshire, Bristol CWU branch secretary, told Socialist Worker that gate meetings are being held at all units in the Bristol area to campaign for the reinstatement of the “Bristol Three” – Kay Gibbs, Colin Tucker and Paula Franklin.
He said, “Royal Mail has chosen to back the decisions of its managers, despite that fact that there are massive discrepancies in each of the three cases. We will be campaigning in the lead up to the first employment tribunal on Thursday 7 August with the message that Royal Mail must agree to abide and reinstate our members if this is ordered.
“The campaign will culminate in a march and rally through Bristol in early August. Should Royal Mail not agree to our sensible request then a strike ballot of all CWU members across the Bristol branch will be held.”