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A Royal Mail workerSocialist PartySome of the investment banks being used by the government for the privatisation of Royal Mail are the very banks that created the global financial meltdown. While millions are at the receiving end of austerity, these banks are in line for a big pay … More: …

Eight Huddersfield postal staff attacked by dogs in a yearHuddersfield ExaminerSteve Greaves, director of safety for Royal Mail North region said: “For the first time, we are holding a Dog Awareness Week working with the Communications Workers Union, animal charities and organisations to raise awareness of the problems our … …

Huddersfield Examiner (blog) Worrying figures from Royal Mail after latest dog attack in HuddersfieldHuddersfield Examiner (blog)A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “Royal Mail can confirm that it has temporarily suspended deliveries to a number of addresses in Meltham following a serious dog attack on a delivery postman on Tuesday, July 9. …

Jobs 'at risk' in Royal mail sell-off plancambrian-news.co.ukSERVICES could be cut and jobs could be lost in Ceredigion if government plans to sell off Royal Mail go ahead, the Wales regional secretary of the Communication Workers' Union has warned. Gary Watkins told the Cambrian News that the six-day-a week … More: …

Workers vote no to Royal Mail sell-offMKWebPostal workers in Milton Keynes will receive free shares in Royal Mail following its privatisation by the Government. But local employees from across the city and neighbouring areas seem firmly against the move. In a recent ballot of members of the …and more » More: continued …

Reading Post Fight Royal Mail privatisation!Socialist PartySome of the investment banks being used by the government for the privatisation of Royal Mail are the very banks that created the global financial meltdown. While millions are at the receiving end of austerity, these banks are in line for a big pay …

Reading Post Hundreds of staff to get sharesReading PostThe Government plans to dispose of a majority stake in Royal Mail through a flotation on the London Stock Exchange this financial year. Ten per cent of all the shares in the business will be handed to eligible employees. In the whole …

Swell Pets Dogs Trust Bridgend step up training to support Royal Mail Dog Awareness WeekThis is South WalesBeverley Price, manager of Dogs Trust Bridgend, said: "Dogs Trust has long supported the need to keep postal and other community workers safe whilst they are performing their jobs and we are delighted …

Sorry Vince, a private Royal Mail won't deliver same feelgood factorBelfast TelegraphIt never is. The very idea of the Royal Mail conjures warm childhood images. A letter – that most romantic artefact – delivered by a whistling postie, keeping an eye out for pensioners on his rounds, pausing only to …

LONDON The Royal Mail can trace its history back 500 years to the time of Henry VIII and its bright red “pillarboxes” grace streets across the U.K. More: continued here