Royal Mail workers deliver ‘biggest strike vote in history’

Postal workers at Royal Mail have delivered the ‘biggest national strike vote in British history’, according to their union. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents Royal Mail Group workers, will set new strike dates after 95.9% voted to continue industrial action over pay, terms and conditions, on a 77.3% …

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UK ambulance staff in Wales to stage strike on Monday

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Around 1,500 ambulance workers in Wales will take strike action on Monday, joining some 10,000 others in England, after rejecting a new pay offer from the devolved Welsh government, trade union GMB said on Friday. The pay offer had amounted to an average 5.5% pay …

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Rail workers will join nurses in strikes NEXT MONTH

Rail workers will stage another series of nationwide strikes next month in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The fresh industrial action follows announcements today by unions for Royal Mail staff, border force workers and nurses, who have declared their intention to stage walk outs. The Rail, Maritime …

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Postal workers deliver historic national strike vote

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail Group workers that it represents voted by 95.9% on a 77.3% turnout to take further strike action. The union said 115,000 postal workers “have urged Royal Mail bosses to ‘take stock’ and change course in negotiations” following the result of …

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Letter arrives more than 100 years after being posted

A letter has finally been delivered to its destination — more than a century after it was written.Sent in February 1916, the correspondence arrived at its intended address in Hamlet Road, south London, much to the bewilderment of the current occupants.”We noticed that the year on it was ’16. So …

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‘You picked a fight with the wrong union!’

Postal February 17 2023 After achieving a higher percentage turnout than any general election since 1992, CWU activists meet in determined mood to discuss the next steps… Following yesterday’s ballot result, it was back to business today, with hundreds of senior field officials and branch officials gathering in Manchester …

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