LONDON (Reuters) -The United Kingdom recorded the highest number of working days lost to labour disputes in October for more than ten years, official data showed on Tuesday, as employees went on strike to demand higher pay in the face of soaring inflation. The Office for National Statistics said 417,000 …
Read More »Officials are warning people to remain vigilant after they received reports of scam emails from Royal Mail. Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, is warning the public to be cautious after they received 400 reports about fake emails purporting to be from Royal Mail. The …
Read More »Shoppers tearing their hair out in the search for Christmas presents online amid strike-hit parcel deliveries have been urged to try a low-tech solution: their local high street. With a quarter of annual toy sales rung up in December, the boss of The Entertainer toy chain told the Guardian it …
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Bosses at Nuneaton’s hospital have reassured patients that they are determined to make sure that letters reach them in time amid the Royal Mail strike action. The George Eliot Hospital has said that the continued strike action may impact the time it takes for patients to receive letters from them. …
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The RMT is involved in two negotiating battles, one with Network Rail, where it represents around 20,000 signallers and maintenance workers, and the other with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), where it represents about 20,000 workers at 14 train companies. Source link
Read More »With Christmas Day almost here, there is not long left to get all your presents wrapped and under the tree. Here are the final order dates for a number of the major retailers and the Royal Mail to make sure your gifts arrive in time for the big day. These …
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© Provided by The i More than 100,000 workers represented by the CWU are involved in the postal strikes (Photo: PA) Royal Mail staff are joining the likes of train workers and nurses in staging strikes in the UK this week. On Monday, the Government held an emergency Cobra meeting …
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Royal Mail workers have launched a fresh wave of strikes throughout December in a round of industrial action set to cause misery for millions of households posting gifts in the run-up to Christmas. © Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Europe Royal Mail postal worker strikes has sparked poet and urban artist Bod …
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Next-day delivery services by private parcel companies have become the latest casualty of the Royal Mail strike. DPD has temporarily suspended its next-day services in some areas of the UK as it struggles to cope with soaring demand as customers lose faith in Royal Mail because of strike disruption. The …
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Last ditch talks to stop this month’s rail strike hell collapsed today, meaning Britain faces another miserable ‘virtual Christmas’. Walkouts will commence from tomorrow after the RMT union’s decision to reject a new pay deal, which, along with heavy snow, is threatening to grind the country to a halt through the …
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