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Of course the unintended consequences of scare campaigns include workers
acting in their self-interest, not just government officials and
business leaders.

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Postal staff in walkout 

ANNETTE McCANN
The Herald, 2 November 2001

      POSTAL workers in Edinburgh staged a
      walkout yesterday after the wages of those who
      refused to return to work following a recent
      anthrax scare were deducted.

      John Keggie, the deputy general secretary of
      the Communications Workers' Union (CWU)
      condemned the situation as "irresponsible"
      given the pressures facing postal workers
      following the US terrorist attacks. 

      Around 85 workers at the Brunswick Road
      delivery office were affected. The protest was
      staged between 6am and 8am, leading to
      delays to the morning deliveries in Leith.

      The CWU is calling for an inquiry and for
      disciplinary action to be taken against the
      management. But a Royal Mail spokesman
      said: "The staff involved in the walk-out were a
      group who refused to work normally after the
      building had been given the all-clear by the
      police."

Full article at:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/2-11-19101-0-46-48.html

Michael Keaney
Mercuria Business School
Martinlaaksontie 36
01620 Vantaa
Finland

michael.keaney@xxxxxx