P ostal workers walked out on Thursday in the first of 19 days of strike action amid a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its 115,000 members across the UK are taking action, describing it as the largest strike in a year that …
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Workers at Wellington delivery office out on the picket The Shropshire and Mid Wales branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has around 1,000 members, with strike action at 15 Royal Mail sites taking place today. They joined 115,000 CWU members across the UK, with the union describing it as …
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As thousands of Royal Mail workers walk out from their positions today (October 13), there are many more days of strikes planned across the entire company – impacting post deliveries UK-wide. Picket lines were mounted outside delivery and sorting offices once again on Thursday, in a continuing dispute over pay …
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The UK faces a wave of new strikes amid continuing industrial disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. New strikes or ballots for industrial action are seemingly announced every week as workers across the country demand pay rises to keep up with rapidly rising inflation and the cost of living crisis. …
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Today, 115,000 Royal Mail workers took their sixth day of national strike action and the first of 19 more one-day strikes scheduled in the run up to Christmas. Placards on display on a picket line during the Royal Mail strike, October 13, 2022 The Royal Mail dispute is by far …
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“Postal workers face the biggest ever assault on their jobs, terms and conditions in the history of Royal Mail.” Thousands of postal workers have launched a 24-hour strike, in a dispute over low pay and poor working conditions, in what is being described by the Communication and Workers Union (CWU) …
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Postal workers in the UK have again gone on strike in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions. There will undoubtedly be more walkouts as the busy Christmas season draws near. According to the Communication Workers Union, the biggest strike in a year that has seen industrial stirs in …
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Postal workers for the Royal Mail are currently undergoing industrial action in a row with bosses over pay after Royal Mail imposed a 2% pay increase despite UK inflation being close to 10% There are 15 more Royal Mail strike dates scheduled for 2022 ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty …
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Royal Mail workers are staging the first of a series of planned strikes on Thursday 13 October, as part a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. Staff represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) members are holding 19 days of strike action in October and November. The walkouts are poised to …
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A “fit and healthy” Royal Mail worker, who had been “loved by everyone” and made “everything fun” was tragically found dead at his home in Plymouth last year, an inquest has heard. Barry George Thomas Thorne, 36, described as a “ray of light” by his family had told a close …
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