Striking postal workers mount picket line outside Royal Mail offices

Chipping Norton postal workers on the picket line were provided with breakfast sausage baps by members of Chipping Norton Labour Party, and the Oxfordshire Health Services Branch of UNISON. Some 170,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) working for Royal Mail, BT group and Openreach, took strike action with picket lines …

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USPS Service Status on Domestic Services and Shipments

Here is our list of known disruptions and suspensions of USPS domestic services based on information the Postal Service provides to the public and in Industry alerts. We may include problems reported in the media if they significantly impact Postal Service operations in an area. Covid-19 related disruptions are minimal …

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European markets open to close, data, news, earnings

Royal Mail falls 7.2% Royal Mail fell 7.2% in afternoon trade following a second day of strikes by U.K. postal workers. Shares of the former state postal monopoly fell close to the bottom of the Stoxx 600 after the second day of walkouts over pay. Royal Mail staff are planning …

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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: A right royal time in Qatar 

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: A right royal time in Qatar By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 20:47 EDT, 1 September 2022 | Updated: 20:54 EDT, 1 September 2022 Is Sophie Wessex one of the senior royals uneasy about the opprobrium heaped on David Beckham for his syrupy endorsement of World …

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Royal Mail and BT workers strike in Colchester

A DEFIANT union boss says members are not willing to watch a 500-year-old institution be destroyed as masses walked out in a day of action. Postal workers joined telecoms employees on the picket line in Colchester on Wednesday and are expected to return next week as unions push for higher …

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Postal workers go on strike in dispute over pay

POSTIES who were hailed as heroes after working through the pandemic walked out on strike yesterday (Wednesday) over a pay rise dispute. Communication Workers Union (CWU) picket lines were in place outside depots in Hampstead, Kentish Town, Camden Town, Kilburn and St John’s Wood. Royal Mail’s top bosses claim they …

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