Dave Ward Royal Mail workers will stage a fresh strike on Sunday in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter row which has sparked a serious of walkouts. More strikes are due to be held …
Read More »Royal Mail workers will stage a fresh strike on Sunday in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter row which has sparked a serious of walkouts. More strikes are due to be held in the …
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Scots are being urged to get their Christmas cards and parcels sent off early this year, with the first national deadline falling on Monday December 12 amid ongoing strike action. This first deadline is for more cost-effective 2nd class deliveries, which was recently pushed back from its original date of …
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Royal Mail’s failure to contain strikes has also hit the court system. A paralegal based in the North West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said cases were falling through because documents regularly arrived three weeks late. “It’s been extremely stressful because of the amount of additional work we’ve been …
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Communication Workers Union general secretary Dave Ward has argued that postal workers are facing the “most brutal attack on jobs” of any sector after members walked out on the first of six scheduled days of industrial action. More than 115,000 CWU members are thought to have gone on strike today as …
Read More »Postal voters in two Kidlington parish by-elections are being urged to return their ballots as soon as possible to avoid them being held up by Royal Mail strike action. Voters are going to the polls to elect parish councillors in the St Mary’s and Roundham wards of Kidlington on Thursday, …
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More than 100,000 postal workers in the UK have started the first day of planned nationwide strikes that are expected to disrupt deliveries across the country in the run-up to Christmas as grievances rise over pay and working conditions. The industrial action kicked off on Friday after the Communications Workers …
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Royal Mail announced it has opened its latest high-speed parcel sorting machine in Manchester, capable of sorting and delivering 157,000 parcels a day. Why it matters: As the shift in consumer demand for parcels and next-day delivery increases, Royal Mail continues to evolve its network to manage the needs of today’s …
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The Royal Mail strikes mean many customers might not get their Christmas letters and parcels delivered in time as post remains piled high at sorting offices, postal workers have warned. More than 100,000 unionised employees are expected to have walked out of their posts on Friday after a fresh round …
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Christmas cards ‘won’t arrive until February’ because of Royal Mail backlogs, union sources have warned, as hundreds of postal workers marched with ‘Grinch Lynch’ on the first day of mass walkouts. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members congregated outside Parliament in central London yesterday – joined by RMT union leader Mick Lynch …
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