DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Unions risk a first-class debacle for the Royal Mail By Daily Mail Comment Published: 18:27 EDT, 28 March 2023 | Updated: 18:42 EDT, 28 March 2023 The bellicose postal unions may believe they are standing up for oppressed workers against employers out to exploit them. But their …
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High levels of sickness is causing postal delays across Nuneaton, Royal Mail has admitted. CoventryLive has been contacted by residents in Vernons Lane who say that they have not been receiving their mail on normal days, in fact, some have not received mail for several weeks and then received it …
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Negotiations to resolve a long-running dispute between Royal Mail bossses and workers are close to collapse, the BBC has reported. The Royal Mail board has reportedly threatened to put the company into administration if an agreement is not reached. The company has blamed strike action for its financial troubles, but …
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Royal Mail directors in crisis talks as trades union leaders look set to call for fresh walkouts By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:52 EDT, 29 March 2023 | Updated: 16:52 EDT, 29 March 2023 Royal Mail bosses were locked in crisis talks yesterday as trades union leaders …
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Support us and go ad-free The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail has entered a bizarre parallel universe. The company has threatened that it might have to make itself bust if the CWU’s industrial action doesn’t stop, and a deal with the union isn’t reached. Predictably, …
Read More »The union representing about 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail is threatening to announce new strike dates, raising renewed concerns about the future of the lossmaking British business. The Communication Workers Union is understood to be preparing to outline plans for industrial action next month, dealing a blow to hopes …
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Royal Mail’s main trade union is consulting with industry and legal experts after the company threatened workers with administration and warned that further planned strikes will put their job security at risk and make a recent three-year pay offer “unaffordable”. The postal group, which is part of International Distributions Services PLC …
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People in Britain have more confidence in the EU than the UK parliament, reversing a state of affairs that has lasted for more than 30 years, research reveals. Since the UK voted for Brexit, the proportion of people declaring confidence in parliament has slumped by 10 percentage points to 22% …
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Photo by Central Press/Getty Images Royal Mail is holding a board meeting today (29 March) that may seal its fate. Yesterday the company told the Communication Workers Union, which represents 115,000 postal workers, that it has 48 hours to accept a below-inflation pay offer and job cuts equivalent to 10,000 …
Read More »Ask any one of the dwindling bulls on International Distributions Services what is the attraction of remaining invested in the beleaguered stock and they will point to GLS, the highly profitable international parcels delivery business. The trouble with unlocking any of that value? Royal Mail, the problem child that represents …
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