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Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents postal workers, are planning further walkouts on Dec 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24. CWU general secretary Dave Ward claimed the “unachievable” conditions proposed by postal bosses, which includes starting work three hours later, would “destroy the future of Royal Mail”. …

Royal Mail workers will stage a fresh strike on Sunday in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter row which has sparked a serious of walkouts. More strikes are due to be held in the …

The CWU has written an open letter claiming that staff have been instructed to bin door to door mail Masses of undelivered post are reportedly being left outside and exposed to the elements at a Bristol Royal Mail sorting and delivery depot. Staff at the Filton site claim they have …

Dave Ward Royal Mail workers will stage a fresh strike on Sunday in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter row which has sparked a serious of walkouts. More strikes are due to be held …

Royal Mail workers will stage a fresh strike on Sunday in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter row which has sparked a serious of walkouts. More strikes are due to be held in the …

Scots are being urged to get their Christmas cards and parcels sent off early this year, with the first national deadline falling on Monday December 12 amid ongoing strike action. This first deadline is for more cost-effective 2nd class deliveries, which was recently pushed back from its original date of …

Royal Mail’s failure to contain strikes has also hit the court system. A paralegal based in the North West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said cases were falling through because documents regularly arrived three weeks late. “It’s been extremely stressful because of the amount of additional work we’ve been …

Communication Workers Union general secretary Dave Ward has argued that postal workers are facing the “most brutal attack on jobs” of any sector after members walked out on the first of six scheduled days of industrial action. More than 115,000 CWU members are thought to have gone on strike today as …

Postal voters in two Kidlington parish by-elections are being urged to return their ballots as soon as possible to avoid them being held up by Royal Mail strike action. Voters are going to the polls to elect parish councillors in the St Mary’s and Roundham wards of Kidlington on Thursday, …

More than 100,000 postal workers in the UK have started the first day of planned nationwide strikes that are expected to disrupt deliveries across the country in the run-up to Christmas as grievances rise over pay and working conditions. The industrial action kicked off on Friday after the Communications Workers …