Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Royal Mail has warned customers that “services will be affected” by postal workers striking in a row over pay, job security and working conditions, adding that the walkouts …
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HUNDREDS of Royal Mail workers marched to the Scottish Parliament today calling on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to take action in the dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said planned Christmas strikes are to go ahead as talks between the two sides remain deadlocked. General secretary Dave Ward has …
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Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are walking out after having held a series of strikes in recent months that Royal Mail claims cost £100m. Workers most recently walked out on Friday and Sunday last week. They also went on strike over Black Friday, one of the year’s busiest …
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Is your Christmas present sitting in Royal Mail’s parcel mountain? Letters and packages are pictured piling up outside sorting office as workers continue strike action – and retailers urge Britons to buy presents in person Aerial shots revealed hundreds of cages containing delivery items neatly lined up at the Filton …
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Foxes and rats have been seen gnawing at mountains of Christmas presents outside Royal Mail depots as staff go on strike. Thousands of undelivered items were left in containers outside the Royal Mail depot in Filton, Bristol. Sources claim foxes and rats have been chewing through the packages, which have …
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Royal Mail workers in Swadlincote were taking part in strike action today. They were manning a picket line outside the town’s sorting office off Swadlincote in freezing temperatures. The action was part of a national strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), with dates also set for strikes …
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Royal Mail workers will continue to be taking strike action in the lead up to Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Unions (CWU) will be taking part in days of strike action today (December 15), December 23 and December 24. The CWU and Royal Mail have held talks in recent …
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Big name retailers are bringing forward final Christmas ordering dates and private couriers say they’re doing all they can to deliver gifts as the earlier deadline for sending post with Royal Mail nears. Waterstones and The Entertainer are among those to have shifted festive shopping deadlines for purchases customers want …
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As the dispute over wages, jobs, and conditions at Royal Mail continues to escalate, workers there will begin staging strikes in the month of December. Thursday is the fourth of six strike days planned for the holiday season among postal workers. As a result, there are delays in the delivery …
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New pictures appear to show the scale of the postal backlog as Royal Mail workers once again walked out, with hundreds of trolley loads of undelivered Christmas post spilling out of a sorting office in Bristol. According to one Royal Mail worker, undelivered packages and letters have been piling up …
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