CONGRESS agreed with postal delegates on Tuesday when they argued that local post offices form a barrier against encroaching "financial apartheid" for many communities.
Communication Workers Union delegate Liam Murphy said that such divisions only became obvious when post offices are closed.
Mr Murphy argued for a sustainable future for the Post Office, which meant "increased funding for the entire network, including greater financial support from the Scottish government to support all post offices, whether they be in town, urban, suburban or rural locations."
He called for a commitment by the Westminster government to support the Post Office financially beyond 2011, to limit closure based on a social evaluation of the impact on local communities and to establish a replacement for the Post Office card account based on the concept of a "universal people's bank" operated by and through the Post Office.
But RMT delegate John Leach said that, once again and "with a heavy heart," his union would have to vote against a motion which included "lots with which we completely agree.
"There is one part we just can't accept - and that is the call for affiliated unions and all public bodies to use Royal Mail only for bulk mailings.
"RMT has members in other bulk mail operations," he pointed out, "and we use Citylink ourselves."
However, the motion was carried overwhelmingly.
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