Cambridgeshire postal workers are among around 115,000 Royal Mail staff taking part in a four-day strike beginning today (August 26). Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) say that they are “striking for a pay rise that fully addresses the current cost of living”. 97.6 per cent of CWU members …
Read More »Royal Mail was forced to rely on a skeleton staff to deliver only “essential items” on Friday after 115,000 postal workers went on strike in the year’s biggest industrial action so far. The 500-year-old postal service’s employees are planning further industrial action for Wednesday next week and 8 and 9 …
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More strikes are due over the coming weeks. (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire) This summer has seen industrial action taken by unions across multiple sectors over pay and conditions. Railway workers, bin collectors, barristers, and more have been striking, with many citing insufficient pay rises when factoring in the rising cost …
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Burnham-On-Sea Royal Mail postal workers walked out on strike in a dispute over pay on Friday (August 26th). Some 115,000 workers across the UK have joined the action. It is the first of four days of industrial action, with walk-outs also planned for 31st August as well as 8th and …
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Royal Mail workers across Merseyside took to picket lines today, on their first day of strike action. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who work for Royal Mail are striking over four days in total, including today, because of a dispute over pay. Workers will also strike on August …
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Royal Mail workers are striking on four days in August and September in a dispute over pay. The action is organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), and involves roughly 115,000 employees. Royal Mail has said the union has rejected a pay rise offer “worth up to 5.5 per cent” …
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Published: 3:19 PM August 26, 2022 There is a feeling of insult and anger amongst Royal Mail workers, a postie has said as she took part in the national walk-out. Janice Richardson, branch secretary for Eastern No3, spoke out as Royal Mail workers across the country went on strike (August 26) …
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From Friday 115,000 Royal Mail workers are going on strike in what has been called the “biggest strike of summer so far”. Workers gathered at the Penarth Road sorting office in Cardiff to make their case. On the picket line, Communication Workers Union branch chair and postal executive member Katrina …
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Postal workers have been pictured at picket lines in Cornwall today (August 26) as part of an action that includes thousands of other workers across the country who are in a dispute over pay and working conditions. In Truro, some members taking part in the industrial action had been at …
Read More »ROYAL Mail postal workers have formed picket lines across Southampton as strike action begins. Waving flags and banners they gathered at Royal Mail sites in Shirley, Bitterne and Winchester. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) confirmed earlier this month that around 115,000 of its members across the country would strike for better pay in the biggest strike …
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