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BBC News Postal workers begin pay strikesBBC NewsRoyal Mail has condemned the action and says 90% of its staff will be working. The strikes, involving more than 25000 workers, will be the most widespread …Rogue mailguardian.co.ukBritish union calls for national postal strikeReutersUK Postal Union Plans Round of Strikes Over Proposed …

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guardian.co.uk Rogue mailguardian.co.ukTo those with a reasonable memory, the Royal Mail seems unduly prone to national strike action, whether it be 2007, 2006, 2003, or 2001. …British union calls for national postal strikeReutersUK Postal Union Plans Round of Strikes Over Proposed Job CutsBloombergNo mail today: Britain faces wave of strikes …

British postal workers are to be balloted in September for a national strike and thousands of Royal Mail staff are to take part in industrial action against job cuts over the next three days, a union said on Thursday. More: continued here

Unions accused of undermining Royal MailFinancial TimesPostal union leaders have been accused of seeking to “destroy” plans to modernise the Royal Mail after they announced a national strike … More: continued here

Manpower's Royal Mail drivers face pay cutRoad TransportDrivers working for Royal Mail Group via recruitment firm Manpower have been asked to take a pay cut. On 31 July, Manpower staff working for Royal Mail were … More: continued here

Every August e-mails circulate which suggest we are about to have a close encounter with Mars. We’re not. But why do we like to believe otherwise? More: continued here

London – Mail services in Britain will be hit by a massive strike by postal workers in a worsening row over jobs, pay and conditions, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said Thursday. It said 25,000 workers, including drivers of Royal Mail lorries… More: continued here

Postal union leaders have been accused of seeking to “destroy” plans to modernise the Royal Mail after they announced a national strike ballot and said thousands of workers would take industrial action over the weekend. More: continued here

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) — U.K. postal workers will begin a round of strikes tomorrow at several Royal Mail Group Plc sites across Britain to protest proposed job cuts, followed by a vote next month on whether to have a nationwide walkout. More: continued here