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FleetNews Specsavers delivers vision screening for Royal MailFleetNewsAshleigh Fairhurst, world class mail people development manager, said: "Royal Mail takes the health and well-being of all our colleagues very seriously. Many of our colleagues work in active, non-desk-based roles – and we wanted to ensure they have …and more » More: continued here

Vote on Royal Mail strike ballotExpress.co.ukRoyal Mail said it was "disappointed" that the CWU was debating a strike ballot , adding: "Earlier this month, Royal Mail proposed a legally-binding three-year agreement to deliver its agenda for growth and industrial stability that included an 8.6 … More: continued here

Nationwide strike on cards at Royal MailMorning Star OnlineIf the ballot goes ahead it will include 115,000 postal workers in Royal Mail – excluding Parcelforce and the Post Office – and would be the first ballot for national strike action in Royal Mail since 2009. CWU deputy general secretary Dave …

Telegraph.co.uk Unions warn they will launch Royal Mail strike ballot next monthTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail last month offered postal staff an 8.6 per cent pay rise, spread over three years. But union chiefs dismissed the offer out of hand, and called for more security to staff pensions. They claim the Royal Mail …

Royal Mail deliveries to changeHenley StandardA Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “Unfortunately, fewer letters are now posted every day and Royal Mail needs to organise its delivery routes to be as efficient as possible. “We also deliver more larger items so we are investing in new equipment to carry … More: …

CWU agrees Royal Mail strike ballotprintweek.comWard said that Royal Mail had only begun to take negotiations seriously following the union's consultative ballot in June at which 92% of nearly 83,000 respondents backed a boycott of downstream access providers and the withdrawal of co-operation on … More: continued here

Socialist Worker Post workers' CWU union announces national strike ballot to stop Royal Mail…Socialist WorkerSome 500 postal reps in the CWU union voted unanimously today, Thursday, to hold a national strike ballot over privatisation and pensions. The ballot will begin no later than September if Royal Mail and the Tories …

UPDATE 1-Trade union backs strike action at UK's Royal Mail before floatReutersStaff will hold a strike vote by the end of September unless a new pay deal with Royal Mail can be struck before then, around 500 representatives from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) decided on Thursday, in a vote …

Tales of the Royal Bedchamber: BBC4 documentary with historian Lucy WorsleyDaily MailSpeaking to MailOnline, Worsley said: 'The royal bedroom used to be a very, very public place. It was only with Queen Victoria that the bedroom doors really swung closed, and that was partly to do with her character – …

Buzz: Taxpayer should not be on the hook for Royal Mail schemeProfessional PensionsThe majority of contributors think the taxpayer should not be on the hook for the Royal Mail's pension deficit once the institution has been transferred to the private sector. A significant minority, however, thought that as the deficit …