Royal Mail workers mounted picket lines outside delivery and sorting offices in Wallingford, Abingdon, Carterton, Chipping Norton, Witney and Thame in a worsening dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are walking out today and tomorrow, threatening disruption to deliveries, and will now take further action at …
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Postal workers across Dorset have announced two new dates of strike action. Royal Mail workers will stage a 48-hour walk-out at the end of this month in a dispute over pay and conditions. 115,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are already striking today and tomorrow. They will now …
Read More »Royal Mail workers stage fresh strike in pay and conditions row
Striking Royal Mail workers are in it for “the long haul”, their union leader said on Thursday as they staged fresh industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), joined a picket line outside a Royal Mail delivery …
Read More »Royal Mail workers gather on Shrewsbury picket lines in fresh strikes over pay
Postal workers are on the picket line in Shrewsbury this morning in a dispute over pay The protests are expected to impact deliveries today and tomorrow, with more industrial action threatened if the deadlock is not broken. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said 115,000 of its members will be taking …
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A Royal Mail postal van is parked outside homes in Maybury near Woking in southern England March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Sept 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) said on Thursday it was not involved in talks with a private-equity …
Read More »Fresh strikes in Royal Mail dispute over pay and conditions
More strikes by Royal Mail workers have been announced in a worsening dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are walking out on Thursday and Friday, threatening disruption to deliveries, and will now take further action at the end of the month. The union announced …
Read More »Royal Mail post workers set date for next two-day strike walkout over pay
115,000 members of Members of the Communication Workers Union are set to walk out in protest tomorrow and Friday – whilst confirming another strike this month over pay Royal Mail workers are demanding better pay that covers the current cost of living increases ( Image: PA) Royal Mail post workers …
Read More »Are Post Offices open today? What Royal Mail strike on Thursday 8 September means for postal services
Further Royal Mail strikes are planned this week, after two days of action disrupted services in August. About 115,000 workers represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are involved in the walk-out, which has been called due to a dispute over pay. Royal Mail has said the union rejected a …
Read More »Royal Mail workers to stage another two-day strike in pay dispute – MKFM 106.3FM
Royal Mail workers are to stage a further 48-hour strike starting at the end of this month in a dispute over pay and conditions. Some 115,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were already preparing to walk out on Thursday and Friday this week. But they will now also …
Read More »Postal strikes: the Royal Mail break up is inevitable
Photo by Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty Images The consultants who rebranded the Royal Mail’s parent company in 2001 were looking for a name that could mean anything, to encompass the fact that the Post Office plc (as it was then) was embarking on a future in which it did far more …
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