Royal Mail

Workers at newly privatised Royal Mail vote for strike actionFinancial TimesPostal workers at Royal Mail will stage a one-day national strike at the start of November if no solution is found to a dispute over pay, pensions and job security, the Communication Workers Union announced on Wednesday. The CWU said …

The Independent Royal mail workers to strike over issues linked to controversial privatisationThe Independent"What we want is a ground-breaking, long-term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers' job security, pay and pensions, but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail Group will …

Great Portland set for £100m profit at former Royal Mail siteFinancial TimesGreat Portland Estates is set to make a £100m profit by developing a former Royal Mail site in central London, in a move that raises further questions about valuations put on the privatised postal service's assets. Westminster Council on …

UK Postal Union Votes to Strike at Royal MailABC NewsPostal workers in Britain have voted overwhelmingly in favor of going on strike over issues linked to the privatizing of Royal Mail. The Communication Workers Union said Wednesday that 78 percent of its members who voted in a strike ballot backed …

Royal Mail Staff Vote in Favor of Strike Action Over IPOBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd. workers voted for strike action less than a week after the U.K. postal service's 1.7 billion pound ($2.72 billion) initial public offering, which unions say will put jobs at risk. Some 78 percent of respondents backed …

BBC News Workers at newly privatized Royal Mail to strike November 4ReutersThe management of Royal Mail, which listed on the London stock market in a high profile float last week, had expected a vote in favor of strike action and criticized the prospect of a disruption to services in the …

BBC News Royal Mail strike: What will the impact be?BBC NewsA nationwide strike of Royal Mail workers is to go ahead, says the Communication Workers Union, after its members voted four-to-one in favour of industrial action. The last time strikes by postal workers were seen in the UK was in …

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Workers at Britain's newly privatized Royal Mail postal service voted on Wednesday to strike for 24 hours on November 4 if they cannot reach agreement with the firm on pay and working conditions. The management of Royal Mail, which listed on the London stock …

Evening Standard Great Portland's Royal Mail deal fuels row over sell-offEvening StandardGreat Portland Estates today won planning permission for what the City is calling its most profitable project to date: a £500 million redevelopment of a Royal Mail sorting office that fuelled criticism over the privatised postal group's property … …

Evening Standard Royal Mail staff to strike on November 4 as row over privatisation escalatesEvening Standard"What we want is a ground-breaking, long-term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers' job security, pay and pensions, but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail …