post office - walkout over racist comments
WORKERS, NOVEMBER 2003 ISSUE
Wolverhampton postal workers walked out from the sorting depot last month in protest at anonymous racist comments placed on the staff notice board. Like all messages for the board, it had been vetted by management, but they only edited the swear words not the racist comments.
The all-out strike by the 120 workers at the depot on Friday 10 October closed the depot completely and was followed by a demonstration outside by all the workers.
After apologies from Elmar Toine, the deputy chief of Royal Mail, the following Monday, the workers returned to work and attended a meeting with their representatives to hear the management's explanation.
They walked out again because the apology was not followed by any plan of action to deal with the offence. They returned to work in a united disciplined manner when satisfied that the matter would be dealt with seriously.