Up to 170,000 telecom and postal workers will take six days of selective strike action across Britain from Friday. The largest contingent in the national strike action are 115,000 post workers at Royal Mail who strike across 1,500 workplaces August 26/31 and September 8/9. This is the first national strike …

Royal Mail workers are set to go on strike on Friday, August 26 – the first day of four planned walkouts which have been planned across August and September due to disputes over pay. Friday will be the first time that postal staff will have striked since 2013, with more …

Friday marks the first of four days of stoppages by 115,000 postal workers. For the Communication Workers Union it is a dispute about pay. The union has rejected a 5.5% offer from management and insisted that its members must be protected from the ravages of inflation. On first look that …

A Royal Mail spokesman said: “While our competitors work seven days a week, delivering until 10pm to meet customer demand, the CWU want to work fewer hours, six days a week, starting earlier and finishing earlier.  “Their plans to transform Royal Mail come with a £1billion price tag, are predicated …

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A Russian navy vessel has travelled through the English Channel under the watchful eye of a British warship. HMS Mersey shadowed tanker Akademi Pashin from the North Sea, through the Dover Strait and down the leg of the Channel towards the North Atlantic. Following HMS Portland’s recent tracking of two …

Over the past few months, rail strikes have caused chaos across Britain. Commuters have been unable to get to work and weekend plans halted for many as the country faced some of the worst strikes it’s seen in decades. Transport unions are calling strikes over pay and job cuts, with …

Frankie Boyle is set to present a documentary about the Royal Family after previously coming under fire for a ‘foul’ joke about the Queen. The controversial comedian, 50, has been lined up by Channel 4 bosses to front Frankie Boyle: Monarchy, where he will explore the future of the monarchy. The …

Royal Mail has confirmed this, saying that the CWU has called on its members who ‘collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters’ to take strike action on August 26 and 31, as well as September 8 and 9. The postal service is warning customers to expect ‘significant disruption’ on these …

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