For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Thousands of Royal Mail workers will stage a rally on Friday to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over jobs, pay …
Read More »Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers expected at rally near Parliament
Thousands of Royal Mail workers will stage a rally on Friday to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will gather outside Parliament in central London, with little sign the long running row will be resolved soon. …
Read More »Striking postal workers backed by East Lothian MSP Paul McLennan
EAST Lothian’s MSP has met members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and postal workers alongside other MSPs as they visited Holyrood to talk about the ongoing postal dispute. MSPs heard from the CWU about Royal Mail’s plans to “cut 10,000 jobs, dismantle pay and conditions and end the universal …
Read More »Cost of living crisis and Royal Mail strikes deter Moonpig consumers
Investors in Moonpig headed for the exit yesterday after the online card and gift group cut its revenue forecast for the year as the cost of living crisis and Royal Mail strikes deterred consumers. In its half-year results, the FTSE 250 group said revenue for the year would be about …
Read More »Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers expected at rally near Parliament
Thousands of Royal Mail workers will stage a rally on Friday to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will gather outside Parliament in central London, with little sign the long running row will be resolved soon. …
Read More »Series of strike action looms in Perth and Kinross in the run up to Christmas and New Year
A series of strike action will impact Perth and Kinross over the Christmas and New Year period if pay and working condition disputes are not resolved. Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) are taking further industrial action against Network Rail, resulting in ScotRail services …
Read More »LETTER: Spare a thought for Royal Mail this Christmas
With the current rash of industrial action, there may not be too much sympathy for the Royal Mail. However, it is worth giving a thought to the frontline postmen and women, who toil daily to deliver our Christmas mail. As an occasional deliverer of leaflets, I remain puzzled why so …
Read More »Thousands of posties to hold national strike rally over Royal Mail attacks
TENS of thousands of striking Royal Mail workers will descend on London’s Parliament Square tomorrow for the “biggest demonstration by posties in living memory,” their union has warned. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) told the Morning Star that members “will not be cracked by intimidation and bullying” from bosses, who it said …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wage fresh war on Royals in Netflix series
Meghan and Harry today took a series of new swipes at the Royal Family and Britain in their new and incendiary Netflix series being described as a transatlantic ‘TV bomb’ aimed at The Firm. Episode one begins with a thinly veiled attack on Buckingham Palace’s decision not to co-operate with …
Read More »Postal strike impacting on health care – Lockhart
Carla Lockhart said: “In recent days I have been contacted by constituents who have been awaiting correspondence relating to health care appointments, and who received the letter with the appointment details after the scheduled date. They have therefore missed important health intervention, whilst valuable time for healthcare clinicians at a …
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