More UK postal workers refuse to deliver leaflets

More Royal Mail postal workers have refused to deliver leaflets for the BNP.

More Royal Mail postal workers have refused to deliver leaflets for the BNP.
Staff based in Lambeth refused to deliver the leaflets urging the electorate to vote for the British National Party in the forthcoming European elections.
The South London Press reported that Royal Mail had to draft in agency staff to deliver the leaflets over the weekend in parts of Brixton and Stockwell.
Under election law, the Royal Mail has a legal duty to deliver letters and flyers from all political parties to households. But in a deal negotiated by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), postal workers have the right to exercise a “conscience clause” to refuse to deliver election material they feel is offensive.
The union has claimed hundreds of postal workers based in Brixton, Stockwell and South Lambeth decided to exercise this right.
CWU official Martin Walsh told the South London Press: “Our members wouldn’t touch them. We have a national agreement that states that staff do not have to deliver them but bosses still put our members under pressure. In the end, agency staff were brought in to deliver them.”