Postal workers, teachers and university staff across UK went on strike on Thursday to demand better pay, with warnings that there will be more industrial action and widespread disruption in the run-up to Christmas. More than 70,000 staff at British universities, teachers across Scotland and Royal Mail postal workers walked …

A large number of postal workers have launched a 48-hour strike leading up to Black Friday as talks between the Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union resulted in disagreement. Since the Royal Mail was privatised in 2013, the company has paid its shareholders £1.9billion. Despite this large pay out, …

Murray Lambell // eBay UK Vice President Murray Lambell slams upcoming strike action by Royal Mail workers // He writes in City AM that small businesses up and down the country will be devastated by the interruption of service” eBay UK Vice President Murray Lambell has slammed posties’ strike action, …

Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike in coordinated action 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 …

Cumbrian postal workers will strike on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 after CWU talks with Royal Mail fell down despite Royal Mail offering their “best and final offer”. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – which represents postal workers – will walk out, as part of a …

New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over Christmas and force students and …

THOUSANDS of postal workers across the UK have taken strike action in the lead-up to Christmas.  Staff at Royal Mail picketed on Thursday, November 24 across the country including postal workers in Hampshire. The strikes are part of a long-running dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail over pay, jobs, and working …

Postal workers on the picket line at the Camden Town delivery office (Picture: Yui Mok/PA) Striking Royal Mail workers have delivered a stinging blast to bosses, accusing them of subjecting staff to ‘psychological attacks’. About 115,000 staff launched their latest two-day walkout yesterday, as a row over pay and conditions …

The country faces the prospect of a winter of discontent as workers across the UK walk out in escalating disputes over pay, conditions and terms. The RMT has announced walkouts on December 13 and 14 plus 16 and 17 as well as January 3 and 4 plus 6 and 7. …

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 …