Royal Mail

Union activists have long argued that Royal Mail is out to break the union – now we have it in the company’s own words. Here Royal Mail admits that it wants to ram through massive cuts and smash workers’ conditions, either by beating the union into submission or by sidelining …

ISBA has called on the Royal Mail and union chiefs to settle their differences or risk direct mail members joining other companies in moving business away from the postal service. More: continued here

Secret documents leaked last week show that Royal Mail is planning to smash the postal workers’ CWU union. Managers hope to inflict a defeat that will change the industry forever. And the Labour government backs them all the way. More: continued here

Postal strike: How is it affecting mail delivery?guardian.co.ukRoyal Mail has a target to deliver 93% of first-class mail the next day. Our map will help us see how close it is to meeting that target in the days before … More: continued here

Mark Steel: Royal Mail is to blame for our broken society (obviously)IndependentSo the management at Royal Mail, and the Government, want to cut jobs, freeze pay and change the working conditions for the staff, which has led to the … More: continued here

A national postal strike would be “totally self-defeating”, according to the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. He warned Royal Mail managers and unions that it would simply drive customers away. More: continued here

By the beginning of 2010, Royal Mail aims to have ended the dispute on its own terms and humiliated the union. But if for any reason that was not the outcome, it hints at plans to sideline the union. More: continued here

The Daily Mail has learned that some of the 30,000 casual workers being hired by Royal Mail to work during this week’s planned strike have criminal convictions but references are not being checked before they start work. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Union members ordered to cover work in Royal Mail disputeTimes OnlineThe Royal Mail dispute enveloped another trade union yesterday after thousands of its members were ordered to cover the work of striking employees. …Strikes Seen Putting Royal Mail In The RedNew York TimesUK Govt Urges Postal Workers To Call …

The finances of state-owned Royal Mail will dive into the red if a planned national strike by workers goes ahead this week, Business Minister Peter Mandelson said yesterday. More: continued here