A commuter has revealed how he saved £360 on a single journey to and from work after purchasing nine separate tickets. Kieran Maguire, 60, was shocked when he learned that his return journey from Haywards Heath to Liverpool Lime Street would force him to fork out £441.20. The lecturer has …
Read More »When is the Royal Mail strike this week? Full list of postal strike dates and what they mean for post
Royal Mail workers will strike again this week as part of a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have held a series of walkouts in recent months, which Royal Mail claims have cost it £100m. Workers walked out last Thursday and Friday, coinciding with Black Friday, …
Read More »Strike wave rocks Britain – Workers World
Workers in Britain have been in motion conducting walkouts and strikes, with hundreds of thousands of workers expected to carry out more labor actions before the new year. Rail workers have led the charge, encouraging workers in a range of occupations to follow suit. British Postal workers strike, Nov. 24. …
Read More »Pillar box war: When an Edinburgh post box was bombed in row over Queen Elizabeth II EIIR insignia
A post box unveiled in Edinburgh to recognise the new monarch found itself at the centre of an explosive constitutional row. Seventy years ago, new-style pillar boxes were being installed across Britain ahead of the Queen’s coronation and bore the Latin ‘EIIR’ insignia, meaning Elizabeth II Regina. However, many critics …
Read More »Royal Commission outlines recruit injury, bullying and reporting misconduct concerns at Kapooka
In contrast, the inquiry said only four in 100 Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus, recruits were injured during training. "Our course … Source link
Read More »Union barons behind rail and Royal Mail strikes live in a fantasy world – Andrew Vine
I’M already heartily sick of the new winter of discontent, and brassed off with self-righteous union barons braying about how hard done-by their membersare. My income isn’t going up in line with inflation, and nor is that of anybody else I know. I’m not happy about that and nor are …
Read More »Evri worst UK delivery service in Citizens Advice table
The UK’s biggest postal firms are underperforming according to research carried out by Opinium Research and published by Citizens Advice. The criteria they looked at included cost, customer service and accessibility requirements. Five major parcel firms were examined in the research – Royal Mail, Amazon Logistics, DPD, Yodel and Evri …
Read More »Trains, post and even coffin-making: Every strike likely to affect UK by end of 2022
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email As inflation has climbed steadily throughout year, workers have seen rising prices eroding their earnings – just as employers have been trying to make savings or modernise working …
Read More »Royal Mail bans postmen from flying England or Wales flags during World Cup
Royal Mail bosses are being branded as “woke” after they banned postmen from flying patriotic flags on the company’s 48,000 vans and lorries during the World Cup. All flags – of England, Wales and other countries – are barred from the Royal Mail’s delivery vehicles, as well as from tens …
Read More »Ellesmere Port postal workers stand with national strike action
POSTAL workers in Ellesmere Port were striking again last week, as union members warned the public of the “end of Royal Mail as we know it”. 115,000 employees across the UK chose to strike on Thursday, November 24 and Black Friday, November, 25. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – which represents …
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