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LONDON (Reuters) – Workers at Britain's Royal Mail postal service will begin voting next week on whether to strike, the Communication Workers Union said on Friday – just a week after the government formally launched the firm's privatisation. Union leaders seeking guarantees on pay and conditions are opposed to the …

The threat of a national strike by postal workers over the Government's controversial plans to privatise the Royal Mail has come a step closer with formal notice of an industrial action ballot. More: continued here

Scotland on Sunday Labour urged to back Royal Mail renationalisationScotland on SundayTHE SNP Government today called on Labour to match its pledge to re-nationalise the Royal Mail if it wins power – insisting this would kill the current privatisation plans “stone dead.” Alex Salmond announced yesterday that the SNP would …

The Guardian Royal Mail strikes could start next month as union announces ballotThe GuardianRoyal Mail faces the threat of days of paralysing strikes from 23 October after the postal union officially served notice of its intention to ballot 115,000 postmen and women for strike action. The strikes, described as "certain" …

Huddersfield Examiner Huddersfield TUC to stage Royal Mail sell-off protest meetingHuddersfield ExaminerA meeting to protest at plans to sell-off Royal Mail will be held in Huddersfield next week. Simon Midgley, a postman and Communications Workers Union representative, will speak at the meeting, which takes place at 7pm next Tuesday at …

Shetland Times Online MP's reassurances over Royal Mail'scare stories'Shetland Times OnlineMP Alistair Carmichael has again moved to reassure concerned islanders that the rural postal service will be protected following the partial sell-off of Royal Mail. The coalition government last week unveiled plans for a £3 billion privatisation in the … …

The Guardian Royal Mail: the rhetoric of privatisationThe GuardianThose interested in the snakelike rhetoric of neoliberal political economy will have pricked up their ears recently when business minister Michael Fallon went on the Today programme to explain the imminent privatisation of the Royal Mail. He spoke, as … More: continued …

Hundreds of postcards given to Royal Mail in anti-sell off protestThis is CornwallA TRURO-based anti cuts alliance has strongly opposed the privatisation of Royal Mail claiming it will be an “economic disaster.” The Cornwall Anti-Cuts Alliance has delivered over 250 post cards, all opposing privatisation plans, to Truro's Royal Mail… …

Royal Mail recruit nearly 500 workers to help with Christmas rushstv.tvRoyal Mail are looking for nearly 500 people to help them get parcels to people's houses during the Christmas rush. The company needs 490 seasonal workers for two temporary parcel sorting centres in Livingston and near Motherwell. They are part …

The Guardian Royal Mail workers to be balloted for strike action next week over pay …Mirror.co.ukBallot papers calling for strike action will be sent to 120,000 Royal Mail workers next week. A notice from the Communication Workers Union to all branches, seen by the Mirror, says the ballot will open …