Royal Mail workers call off strike action

Planned strikes by staff at Royal Mail over the next two weeks have been abandoned following a challenge by the firm. The Communication Workers Union, which represents much of Royal Mail’s staff, said on Monday that it had chosen to withdraw industrial action notices over the next two weeks on …

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Royal Mail strikes cancelled after ‘legal threat’

News CWU union leaders should meet bosses’ threats with escalation By Nick Clark Downloading PDF. Please wait… Monday 31 October 2022 Issue 2829 Pickets at Prestwich delivery office, Manchester, during the Royal Mail strikes on 13 October CWU union leaders have called off six planned days of Royal Mail strikes …

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Czech billionaire cleared to increase stake in Royal Mail | Business

The government looks to be prepared to allow Daniel Kretinsky, the secretive Czech billionaire, to increase his stake in the owner of Royal Mail. In August Kwasi Kwarteng, then business secretary, told Kretinsky not increase his stake in International Distributions Services (IDS), using powers under the National Security and Investment …

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Royal Mail strike postponed following legal letter

The postal strikes set to involve more than 115,000 workers over the next fortnight have been postponed after Royal Mail served the workers’ union with a legal letter. Royal Mail’s legal department wrote to the Communication Workers Union (CWU) drawing attention to issues with the formal notification of planned rolling …

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