Royal Mail

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will push ahead with its biggest privatisation in decades when it unveils plans for a 2.5 billion pound stock listing of state postal operator Royal Mail this week, Sky News reported. Business Minister Michael Fallon is expected to disclose the news in a statement to the …

Royal Mail in Peterborough wildcat strike talksBBC NewsRoyal Mail said it was fully committed to trying to resolve workers' concerns. The sorting office covers deliveries in the PE1 and PE3 to PE6 postcode areas. Andy Beeby, branch secretary for CWU, said delivery and sorting staff were involved in the strike. …

Fallon To Unveil £2.5bn Royal Mail FlotationSky NewsMr Fallon's announcement will end any lingering suggestions that the Government could abandon plans for a flotation of Royal Mail in the face of escalating public hostility from trade unions. The Communication Workers' Union rejected an 8.6pc basic pay … More: continued here

The Government will this week fire the formal starting-gun on the most ambitious privatisation in decades by unveiling plans for a £2.5bn autumn stock market listing of Royal Mail. More: continued here

Titan Airways in line for Royal Mail airmail contractPost and ParcelThe Stansted-based company has been selected as preferred bidder by Royal Mail for a three-year contract set to begin in January 2014. Subject to negotiating final details of the deal, Titan will be operating three aircraft for the UK state-owned …

Werrington Royal Mail disputeSocialist PartyThe dispute at Werrington Royal Mail (Peterborough North) was still ongoing on Saturday, 6 July, with enthusiastic support from a crowd of around 100 strikers on the green just down the road from the depot entrance. Andy Beeby, CWU branch chair, … More: continued here

Belfast Telegraph Peterborough Royal Mail sorting office staff continue industrial actionPeterborough TelegraphMonday 9.30am: Royal Mail staff at the Werrington sorting office in Peterborough have not returned to work following industrial action which started on Friday. About 200 staff walked out of the sorting office at Papyrus Road on Friday morning. …

Cambridge News Royal Mail sell-off banks targetedCambridge NewsBilly Hayes, CWU general secretary, said: "Royal Mail is thriving in public ownership, increasing its profits, providing good quality services and decent jobs. We want it to remain that way. Privatisation would be a throwback to the tired old politics …CWU takes its …

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said it will target the headquarters of UBS, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch during a bus tour across London. More: continued here

The CWU continues to fight against the privatisation of Royal Mail. The 650-year-old institution is being touted around the City and to overseas investors with no thought to the respected public service it has delivered for so long. More: continued here