Exclusive: Photos show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling up at Royal Mail depots, with bosses under pressure to halt a Christmas meltdown during a wave of strikes Images said to have been taken in the last few days show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling …
Read More »Royal Mail workers protest outside Basingstoke delivery office
ROYAL Mail workers protested outside the delivery office in Basingstoke on Wednesday, November 30, as part of a nationwide strike by a workers’ union. Members of Communication Workers Union (CWU) were picketing in an attempt to resolve a dispute over national agreements and protections. This is the first of seven strikes …
Read More »Food banks in Royal Mail offices as CWU strike action continues
HARD-UP postal workers are using a food bank in their delivery office amid a row over who put it there. Striking staff were on the picket line outside the office in North Road, Brighton, yesterday as part of long-running strike action in a dispute over pay. Postman Tom Bancroft, a …
Read More »Post ‘piles up’ at sorting offices amid warnings women could miss cancer screening letters
Post has been “piling up” at sorting offices during Royal Mail strikes, with an NHS mammographer warning that women could miss breast cancer screening letters. The fresh wave of industrial action launched this week is understood to be “catastrophic for Christmas”, according to a union source, with Royal Mail staff …
Read More »Royal Mail Watford strike amid ‘Christmas meltdown’ warning
Royal Mail workers have launched another 48-hour strike and warned bosses they are “risking a Christmas meltdown”. Postal workers joined the picket line outside the Royal Mail office on Watford Business Park on Wednesday (November 30). The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents the workers, says it wants a pay rise that …
Read More »Royal Mail strike: Picket line at St Helens delivery office
ROYAL Mail workers picketed outside the delivery office in St Helens today as the latest 48-hour strike began in the long-running industrial dispute. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are taking part in the dispute with Royal Mail over pay and working conditions. When are strikes being held? A two-day strike …
Read More »BBC fans fume over Jon Kay’s ‘car crash’ interview as Royal Mail CEO ‘dodges’ questions | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV
“Well, I think that that is not true,” Simon replied as Jon interrupted: “You were at the last stage of the talks?” The CEO insisted: “We had three weeks of talks with Acas, which I was very involved with, including over the weekend. “And I think we have put our …
Read More »All the dates Royal Mail workers will be on strike before Christmas
Royal Mail workers have walked out on strike and members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are planning seven more strikes in December, including Christmas Eve. The union said its members will be in London on December 9 for the “biggest strike demonstration this country has ever seen”. CWU general …
Read More »Royal Mail boss pushes back against claims union members intimidated during strike days
Wednesday 30 November 2022 8:51 am Credit: @CWUnews Royal Mail chief Simon Thompson pushes back against claims that union members are being intimidated during strike days, as disruption continues today. Speaking on Sky News this morning, the delivery boss said: “On strike action days we’ve seen some extraordinary behaviours,” including …
Read More »BBC Breakfast viewers rage over ‘car crash’ interview with Royal Mail boss who says his workers will ‘ruin Christmas’
BBC Breakfast viewers raged over a ‘car crash’ interview with a Royal Mail boss who said strikers will ‘ruin Christmas’. Royal Mail Chief Executive Simon Thompson was on the show this morning as strikes are underway at Royal Mail. Mr Thompson said: “We are doing everything we can to protect …
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