Royal Mail

Royal Mail faces strike after scrapping pensionTimes Online, UK –10 hours agoRoyal Mail is facing a fresh threat of industrial action after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted overwhelmingly to oppose changes to the pension … More: continued here

Tributes were paid yesterday to two Royal Marines killed by a bomb in Afghanistan on Sunday. The Daily Mail’s Defence Correspondent Matthew Hickley spent time with Lieutenant John Thornton, an outstanding soldier, and mourns the loss of a friend More: continued here

A London coroner suspended the inquest Tuesday into the death of Princess Diana to get a translation of an e-mail from France suggesting new evidence. More: continued here

BBC News Postal workers reject Royal Mail pension reformsGuardian, UK –3 hours agoRoyal Mail is facing the prospect of a second summer of discontent after postal workers rejected its plans to reform its pension fund. …Royal Mail pensions attack must face full force of the unionSocialistworker.co.ukPostal strike threat on pensionsBBC NewsBritain: Postal …

Royal Mail is facing the prospect of a second summer of discontent after postal workers rejected its plans to reform its pension fund More: continued here

The postal workers union the CWU may start fresh strike action against changes to the Royal Mail pension scheme. More: continued here

Royal Mail is facing the prospect of a second summer of discontent after postal workers rejected its plans to reform its pension fund More: continued here

Severe postal delays in Watton areaNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK –4 hours agoResidents in Watton, Ashill, Carbrooke and Ovington have raised concerns about the erratic services, criticising Royal Mail bosses for “poor management”. … More: continued here

The threat of fresh postal strikes in the UK was raised on Tuesday after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject Royal Mail’s decision to close its final salary pension scheme to new employees and raise the retirement age from 60 to 65. More: continued here

Royal Mail has this week ripped up the pensions arrangements of thousands of postal workers – without any agreement from the unions. More: continued here