It’ll be no surprise to hear that there’s a strike by some postal workers today.
As mentioned earlier on VB, there wasn’t any action on the Island yesterday, but today there has been
We went down to the picket line in Newport today to chat to them and find out what’s behind the strike action, how the media is reporting the it and what may happen with other strikes.
Below is a recording with one of them. We’ve disguised the voice after hearing stories of repercussions for people who have spoken to the press in the past. [audio:http://otw-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/postal-strike-day-1.mp3]
We’ve had a delivery of post today in Ventnor and we understand that there may have been some in Sandown as well today. Not sure on the rest of the Island.
