Royal Mail workers will hold a series of walk-outs in the coming weeks in a dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced the decision for postal workers to strike earlier this month, with some 115,000 workers expected to walk out. Workers are demanding a “dignified, proper pay rise” …
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Getty Images Sticker books are popular with many people Do you consider yourself a collector? Maybe you have a passion for collecting badges, slime, or football or Pokémon cards – or maybe you always pick up pebbles and shells at the seaside? What about a more traditional collection – stamps …
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A Letters Patent has been issued by the governor-general to establish a royal commission into the former debt assessment and recovery scheme … Source link
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled a royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme. The automated matching of… Source link
Read More »Four days of postal strikes that begin tomorrow are set to deliver a £100 million blow to Royal Mail’s finances. The company is in deadlock with the Communication Workers Union in a dispute over pay and modernisation. About 115,000 Royal Mail workers plan 24-hour industrial actions tomorrow, on Wednesday next …
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Meghan Markle would have known that the ‘show must go on’ and her engagements had to continue after a ‘fire’ broke out in her son Archie’s room in South Africa where he was meant to be sleeping, a royal expert said today. Archie, then four months old, was not in …
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who has died. Ninety-nine years ago today, a small snippet of an extraordinary life was noted in an Adelaide newspaper. On page 17 of the Saturday Journal, readers were introduced to Koolbiri, also known as …
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Strikes by Royal Mail workers over the next few weeks are likely to disrupt deliveries of The Week magazine. Throughout this period, all subscribers (including those with print-only packages) will be able to read The Week’s digital editions. To access the digital edition: Visit the Apple App Store or Google …
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An Edinburgh resident has been left frustrated after spotting a Royal Mail postie van parked over a well used cycle lane in Leith. The image was captured shortly after 8am on Tuesday, August 24 and appears to show a red van blocking the entirety of a cycle lane at a …
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Brits are bracing themselves for a summer of discontent amid strikes, rising bills and flight cancellations. Workers are staging walkouts across the country as they demand proper pay rises to help them cope with spiralling inflation rates. Inflation is currently at a 40-year high of 10.1 per cent, with US …
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