Government pay-setting is 'broken'

Pendle Today Privatising Royal Mail was never a good ideaPendle TodayPrivatising the Royal Mail was never a good idea and we are all paying the price. Already this week stamp prices have been hiked up in above-inflation price rises while families are being hit by a cost of living crisis, and now we hear business…

THE rising cost of food and the weather were the Princess Royal’s main topics of conversation at the Royal Welsh Show’s sun-drenched opening day. More: continued here

Nicola Brittain, Computing , Tuesday 22 June 2010 at 12:45:00 Computers to be refurbished and sent to school children in Chile The Royal Mail Group has donated 3,000 PCs to IT charity, and Computing’s charity partner, Computer Aid International . The computers will be sent to schools in remote areas of Chile, enabling children to…

Postal workers join trade unionists for Leeds May Day rallyYorkshire Evening Post, UKMembers of the Leeds branch of the CWU Communication Workers Union, assembled at the city Art Gallery for a rally and march protesting at proposals to part-privatise Royal Mail. Other pressure groups included Hands Off Our Homes, an organisation for … More: continued here