Burnham-On-Sea Royal Mail post staff striking today in ongoing pay dispute

Burnham-On-Sea Royal Mail workers will strike again today (Thursday October 20th) as part a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. Staff represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are holding 19 days of action across October and November. The walkouts across the country have already caused disruption to postal services, including in Burnham-On-Sea, with the …

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The truth about corporate taxes

I’ve chosen to write about corporate tax rates this week not because they’re the sexiest subject available but because – unlike the government’s frontbench, the value of the pound and the scale of winter fuel bills – they’re unlikely to change dramatically during the shelf-life of this column. An increase …

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Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay

European countries are facing more strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details of some industrial actions and demonstrations. FRANCE * Strikes have affected work at 20 of France’s 56 nuclear reactors, an FNME-CGT power union representative said on Wednesday, delaying maintenance …

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