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Don’t Let Them Kill Royal Mail

By: Taj Ali

Bosses at Royal Mail are attacking the terms and conditions of its workforce and plotting to ‘Uberise’ the postal service. Against these plans, the posties’ strike is a battle for the future of the economy as whole.

Illustration by Jan Robert Dünnweller

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Darren, 48, has worked as a postman in Suffolk ever since he left school. Initially just a summer job, it quickly became clear that this was a job for life. ‘It was a good, respected job. A lot of people wanted to do it,’ says Darren. ‘There was a social element to it as well, […]

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Darren, 48, has worked as a postman in Suffolk ever since he left school. Initially just a summer job, it quickly became clear that this was a job for life. ‘It was a good, respected job. A lot of people wanted to do it,’ says Darren. ‘There was a social element to it as well, […]

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Darren, 48, has worked as a postman in Suffolk ever since he left school. Initially just a summer job, it quickly became clear that this was a job for life. ‘It was a good, respected job. A lot of people wanted to do it,’ says Darren. ‘There was a social element to it as well, […]

Darren, 48, has worked as a postman in Suffolk ever since he left school. Initially just a summer job, it quickly became clear that this was a job for life. ‘It was a good, respected job. A lot of people wanted to do it,’ says Darren. ‘There was a social element to it as well, […]

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