Royal Mail strike ballot as £3bn privatisation loomsThis is MoneyThe ballot will be on issues relating to pay and job security at Royal Mail, rather than outright opposition to privatisation, since unions cannot legally strike in protest against privatisation. Action: The ballot will be on issues relating to pay and …

USPS again eyes Midway Post Office for closureSan Diego Community Newspaper GroupThe 26-acre Midway Processing and Distribution Center on Midway Drive was put on the sales block in 2010, then taken off when no viable buyer or buyers stepped forward. With the U.S. Postal Service entering dire straits in 2011 …

A special CBI court today sentenced a post office clerk to two years imprisonment and imposed a fine a Rs 10,000 on him for swindling an agents commission. More: continued here

NC DSS director heading to Pender Co. to talk food stampsWECT-TV6PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The State Director of Social Services will be at the Pender County Commissioners meeting Tuesday to discuss concerns regarding North Carolina's new food stamp program. According to the agenda, the state is taking steps … More: …

ROYAL Mail beat their delivery target for the BH postcode area between April and June 2013, with 94.7 per cent of first class mail being delivered on time. More: continued here

The CWU said 125,000 of its members will be balloted over pay, jobs, pensions and the impact of any sell-off, with industrial action possible from October 10. More: continued here

The Guardian Strike Threat Over Royal Mail Sell-OffSky NewsStaff will be balloted about national strikes over the Government's plans to privatise the Royal Mail, union chiefs have announced. The Communication Workers Union, which believes industrial action is "inevitable" without compromise, will ask 125,000 …Postal workers balloted for strikes over Royal …

Golf fans and analysts could spend days debating about how to improve the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoff system. Still, there are enough “good ideas” to go around, and it seems as if every fan and analyst on the planet has their own “brilliant” solution for making the FedEx Cup …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's postal workers may strike next month if the government does not provide guarantees on pay and pensions before privatising the near 500-year-old Royal Mail, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Monday. The CWU, which represents most of the Royal Mail's 150,000 staff and which rejected …

Royal Mail has been threatened with nationwide strike action by the Communication Workers Union which has demanded an "above inflation, no strings" pay deal guaranteed for 10 years.         More: continued here