There are just six days left to post certain Christmas cards and presents for guaranteed delivery before December 25 using Royal Mail. Each year, the delivery service posts “last posting dates” in the run-up to Christmas, these will be the last days parcels or cards can be sent to arrive …
Read More »Royal Mail, university and teacher strikes: What you need to know
What you need to know about the strikes Royal Mail, teachers, nurses, railways – they’re all going on strikes. But if you’re not sure how that happens or why, here’s a quick rundown of how the whole system works. Postal workers and teachers are on strike Royal Mail staff, lecturers …
Read More »UK university staff, Royal Mail workers begin walkouts
Postal workers, teachers and university staff across UK went on strike on Thursday to demand better pay, with warnings that there will be more industrial action and widespread disruption in the run-up to Christmas. More than 70,000 staff at British universities, teachers across Scotland and Royal Mail postal workers walked …
Read More »Royal Mail to sack up to 25,000 workers and deny pay rise despite £2bn shareholder pay out | UK | News
A large number of postal workers have launched a 48-hour strike leading up to Black Friday as talks between the Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union resulted in disagreement. Since the Royal Mail was privatised in 2013, the company has paid its shareholders £1.9billion. Despite this large pay out, …
Read More »eBay UK boss slams Royal Mail postal strikes for impact on small businesses
Murray Lambell // eBay UK Vice President Murray Lambell slams upcoming strike action by Royal Mail workers // He writes in City AM that small businesses up and down the country will be devastated by the interruption of service” eBay UK Vice President Murray Lambell has slammed posties’ strike action, …
Read More »Lecturers, teachers and Royal Mail staff walk out in coordinated strike
Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike in coordinated action as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picket lines are being mounted outside postal delivery and sorting offices, universities and schools as unions edge closer to …
Read More »Cumbrian posties on strike after talks with Royal Mail fall down
Cumbrian postal workers will strike on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 after CWU talks with Royal Mail fell down despite Royal Mail offering their “best and final offer”. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – which represents postal workers – will walk out, as part of a …
Read More »When are the Royal Mail postal strikes in December? Will it ruin Christmas?
New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over Christmas and force students and …
Read More »Hampshire: Royal Mail staff strike over pay and working conditions
THOUSANDS of postal workers across the UK have taken strike action in the lead-up to Christmas. Staff at Royal Mail picketed on Thursday, November 24 across the country including postal workers in Hampshire. The strikes are part of a long-running dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail over pay, jobs, and working …
Read More »Royal Mail staff report ‘psychological attacks’ by management
Postal workers on the picket line at the Camden Town delivery office (Picture: Yui Mok/PA) Striking Royal Mail workers have delivered a stinging blast to bosses, accusing them of subjecting staff to ‘psychological attacks’. About 115,000 staff launched their latest two-day walkout yesterday, as a row over pay and conditions …
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