Business secretary Lord Peter Mandelson has warned that prolonged strike action by Royal Mail members could force the Department for Health and NHS Trusts to look elsewhere for its delivery services. More: continued here
Read More »‘Call Off Postal Strikes’, Royal Mail Urges (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Royal Mail has made an eleventh hour plea to union leaders not to go ahead with planned postal strikes. More: continued here
Read More »Striking unions claim Mandelson is seeking revenge over privatisation – Scotsman
Striking unions claim Mandelson is seeking revenge over privatisationScotsmanBy Gerri Peev POSTAL services across Britain will be crippled for two days from today after Royal Mail staff decided to strike, with unions blaming Business … More: continued here
Read More »‘Call Off Postal Strikes’, Royal Mail Urges (MalaysiaNews.net)
The action will take place from midnight and also on Friday. More strikes are planned in the future. The Communication Workers Union claimed the Government and Royal Mail were working together to pre… More: continued here
Read More »Brown’s ‘appalling weakness’ on Royal Mail (Politics.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Gordon Brown’s “appalling display of weakness” in not privatising Royal Mail has triggered the upcoming strike, David Cameron said today. More: continued here
Read More »Embattled Royal Mail Hit By £8m Contract Blow (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
The Royal Mail has lost out on a £8m contract to a private firm, delivering a fresh blow to the company as it braces for a national strike. More: continued here
Read More »Britain’s Mail Service Workers to Strike – FOXNews
Telegraph.co.uk Britain's Mail Service Workers to StrikeFOXNewsLONDON — A national postal strike is to begin within hours, crippling mail deliveries across Britain. It comes after the Royal Mail and union bosses failed …Royal Mail strike to create three week backlogguardian.co.ukRoyal Mail Strike. Where is Adam Crozier?Wall Street Journal (blog)SNP accused …
Read More »Royal Mail, Dunkeld to close early – Weekly Times Now
Royal Mail, Dunkeld to close earlyWeekly Times Now… Cup races on November 14 will have to find somewhere else to kick-on afterwards because the town's only pub, the swanky Royal Mail, will close at 3pm. … More: continued here
Read More »UK mail on national strike soon – Straits Times
UK mail on national strike soonStraits TimesLONDON – BRITAIN'S mail service will be disrupted on Thursday and Friday after the union representing Royal Mail workers said a 48-hour national strike …and more » More: continued here
Read More »SNP accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over £8 million Royal Mail contract loss (Daily Telegraph)
SNP ministers have been accused of “utter hypocrisy” after awarding a multimillion pound postal contract to a private company instead of the Royal Mail. More: continued here
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