EMILY PRESCOTT: Royal model Maddison May Brudenell – whose grandmother was Prince Philip’s cousin and lady-in-waiting to the Queen – admits blue-blooded roots helped her career By Emily Prescott Published: 19:39 EST, 4 February 2023 | Updated: 19:44 EST, 4 February 2023 Her grandmother Lady Pamela Hicks was Prince Philip’s …
Read More »Carole Middleton’s business had ‘terrible Christmas’ amid sales dip and strikes | Royal | News
The party supplies company launched by Carole Middleton, the mother of the Princess of Wales, experienced a “terrible Christmas”, it has been claimed. Party Pieces, created by Mrs Middleton after growing fed up with the lack of variety available for children’s birthday party supplies, is reportedly one of the many …
Read More »Royal Mail workers announce fresh strike date this month threatening more delivery disruption
Royal Mail workers are set to walk out again in fresh strike action. The ongoing strikes have been over a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will walk out on February 16, threatening more disruption to mail deliveries. The strike was announced despite …
Read More »UK’s Royal Mail workers to strike for 24 hours on Feb. 16, union says
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Postal workers at Britain’s Royal Mail will strike for 24 hours on Feb. 16 in a long-running dispute over pay, the CWU (Communication Workers Union) said on Thursday. “We have served notice on Royal Mail Group for a 24-hour strike commencing for all shifts starting …
Read More »CWU confirms 24-hour postal strike and demands Royal Mail drop “nasty games” – LabourList
Communication Workers Union general secretary Dave Ward has urged Royal Mail to “drop the nasty games” and take negotiations seriously after the union announced a 24-hour strike by postal workers, their first walkout of the new year. The CWU revealed today that more than 115,000 of its members in the …
Read More »Royal Mail ‘dystopian’ tracking system ‘tells bosses when postmen stand still’
“We found his answers to be generally evasive and, at times, in direct conflict with Royal Mail’s policy and the practices being deployed in the workplace.” At the heart of the tracking row is technology known as the “postal digital assistant”, which tells workers where to go on their rounds …
Read More »When is the next Royal Mail strike?
Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) taking industrial action last year in the build up to Christmas (Picture: EPA/Andy Rain) The year has seen lots of industrial action taken by unions across multiple sectors over pay and conditions. Railway workers, nurses, ambulance workers, teachers, and more have been striking …
Read More »UK’s Royal Mail workers to strike for 24 hours on Feb. 16, union says
LONDON – Postal workers at Britain’s Royal Mail will strike for 24 hours on Feb. 16 in a long-running dispute over pay, the CWU (Communication Workers Union) said on Thursday. “We have served notice on Royal Mail Group for a 24-hour strike commencing for all shifts starting after 12:30pm on …
Read More »Royal Mail strike call – postal workers ready for action
Postal February 3 2023 Strong support around the UK for the CWU postal executive’s declaration, with reps already preparing for the big day and some considering local rallies… Yet another broken promise by company bosses gave our union’s leadership no alternative but to authorise the resumption of industrial …
Read More »CWU postal strike amid bosses ongoing incompetence
Support us and go ad-free The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced its first strike of 2023. The walkout against Royal Mail will be on 16 February, just after Valentine’s Day. However, the trade union’s move to launch another postal strike after a series of them last year came on …
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