(Bloomberg) — UK postal services over Black Friday and the build up to Christmas are set to be disrupted after a trade union rejected what Royal Mail called its “best and final offer.” The Communication Workers Union, which represents 115,000 Royal Mail staff, will strike Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, …

Royal Mail says it has delivered a “best and final” offer to the union representing its frontline workers, in a bid to avert a 48-hour strike to begin on Thursday and covering the Black Friday shopping spree. The company, which claimed earlier this month that a series of walkouts in …

Royal Mail workers are beginning a 48-hour strike that the retail sector warns could cripple the Black Friday discount shopping season. The strike action is being taken nationwide by 115,000 staff represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). University lecturers and teaching staff are also walking out on the first …

A CWU placard Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picket lines are being mounted outside postal delivery and sorting offices, universities and schools as unions edge closer to …

Postal workers began further strike action on Thursday morning after Royal Mail tabled what it said was its “final offer”. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the public would see the “end of Royal Mail as we know it” as 115,000 workers walked out. Strike action is to take place …

115,000 employees will go on strike on Thursday (November 24) and on Black Friday (November 25) in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The longstanding dispute with the Royal Mail Group’s CEO Simon Thompson saw postal workers vote unanimously for a no confidence measure in Mr. Thompson as thousands of …

A spokesman said the CWU wants a “negotiated settlement” with Royal Mail Group and pledged to “continue to engage the company”. At the same time, they added the union would not allow the company to “destroy the livelihoods of postal workers”. The Royal Mail, on the other hand, said it …

Wednesday 23 November 2022 4:14 pm (Credit: @CWUnews) The UK postal service is facing an “Armageddon moment” as Royal Mail’s eleventh hour bid to call off Black Friday strikes fails. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) rejected Royal Mail’s “final and best” offer this afternoon, scuppering hopes that industrial …

Union bosses reject Royal Mail’s ‘best and final offer’ to postal workers as 115,000 staff prepare for 48-hour walkout on Thursday and Friday Communication Workers Union said this is the ‘end of Royal Mail as we know it’ Royal Mail said strikes which have already taken place have cost them …

Royal Mail workers are striking again this month as part of a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Communication Worker’s Union (CWU) has formally notified its members will strike on three further dates in November plus seven more in December. Strikes held so far are already said to have …