Corbyn backs People’s Post at Burston strike event

  
Corbyn backs People’s Post at Burston strike eventCWU activists from the Eastern Region spent the weekend in Norfolk with fellow activists and supporters from across the trade union movement to commemorate the Burston school strike – the longest running strike in history. The strike started in 1914 when children attending Burston school ‘went on strike’ in support of their sacked teachers, and lasted 25 years.

The annual summer event, traditionally held on the first weekend in September, set off on a march using the historical route that the Burston school children and strikers used to get to the school. The lanes were awash with an array of colourful banners from every union, including the CWU Eastern Region banner. “Along the route, we handed out People’s Post bags and badges so that by the end of the event almost everyone was wearing one,” explained CWU Eastern regional secretary Paul Moffat.

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Pat Bister, Sue Lewis, Paul Moffat, Andy Beeby, Colin Tull and Jeremy Corbyn 

  
The People’s Post campaign also formed the backdrop to the Eastern Region’s stall which drew much support from eventgoers, including CWU-supported MP and Labour leadership candidate, Jeremy Corbyn, who made a point of visiting the stall and publicly supporting the union’s campaign.

As guest speaker at the rally, Corbyn told thousands in the audience who had gathered to hear him speak, how he is building his campaign and putting forward the wider case for progressive politics within the UK and the Labour Party.

  
Summing up the overall success of the weekend, Paul concluded: “This was great start to the campaign in the Eastern Region and went a long way to raise awareness and support as we move into the next phase of our campaign both regionally and nationally with a view to achieve our objectives for the People’s Post campaign, the future of Royal Mail and Postal Services in the UK.”

Find out more about the People’s Post campaign.

http://www.cwu.org/peoplespost.html