Postal services were disrupted today in Burton as Royal Mail workers walked out as part of one of the biggest strikes of the year. It comes as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Postal workers are joining university staff and teachers …
Read More »Royal Mail workers won’t stand for bosses’ assault
News Royal Mail workers have begun a series of strikes after bosses offered a real-terms pay cut in exchange for 10,000 job cuts By Nick Clark Downloading PDF. Please wait… Thursday 24 November 2022 Issue 2833 Royal Mail workers in Camden, north London, deliver a solid picket line (Picture: Guy …
Read More »‘They don’t care’ – Striking Royal Mail worker at Birmingham picket line
A Royal Mail worker of 30 years has slammed the company over its treatment of staff. Sajid Shaikh spoke out from a picket line outside Royal Mail’s Central Delivery Office in Birmingham today, November 24. The area distribution representative is one of thousands of postal workers who have begun a …
Read More »Postal strike: Will Royal Mail deliver any letters or parcels during the dispute?
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Royal Mail staff are staging a series of strikes in November and December in an escalating row over pay, jobs and working conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) …
Read More »Royal Mail workers, teachers and lecturers all walk out bringing country to standstill
Industrial unrest has swept the country Picket lines were mounted outside schools, universities and Royal Mail centres on Thursday as tens of thousands of workers went on strike in worsening disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Union leaders said walkouts were being solidly supported amid a bitter war of words …
Read More »Are Post Offices open today? How the Royal Mail strike on Thursday 24 November affects postal services
Royal Mail workers are striking this week over pay and conditions, in the latest of a series of walkouts. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said Royal Mail Group’s senior management have presented a “take-it-or-leave-it” proposal, which was rejected by the union’s national leadership. If a compromise cannot be reached, …
Read More »Royal Mail driver caught on dashcam swerving past a pony in New Forest
FOLLOWING the online publication of a dashcam video showing a delivery driver swerving off the road to pass a New Forest pony, the Royal Mail opened an investigation. Dashcam footage has been posted online of a Royal Mail van showing the driver swerving past a pony after overtaking a driver in front …
Read More »Thousands of teachers, lecturers and Royal Mail workers on strike
Picket lines were mounted outside schools, universities and Royal Mail centres on Thursday as tens of thousands of workers went on strike in worsening disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Union leaders said walkouts were being solidly supported amid a bitter war of words in the industrial unrest sweeping the …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes may be the ‘nail in the coffin’ for small online businesses this Xmas | UK | News
On Wednesday, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents postal workers, decided the strikes scheduled for Black Friday weekend and the run-up until Christmas will go ahead. Strike action will be taken this week by 115,000 people after talks between the CWU and the Royal Mail ended without agreement. Small …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes over Black Friday and Christmas to go ahead
Royal Mail strikes planned for Black Friday weekend and through the festive period are set to go ahead after talks to resolve a dispute failed to reach a resolution. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will walk out again – disrupting deliveries for ten days, including in the run-up to …
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