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Read More »Divided Bank losing inflation battle | Business
So much for groupthink. The Bank of England rate-setters are now split three ways. Is that a sign of healthy debate? Sadly, not — more a reflection of the muddle at the heart of Britain’s economy, with fiscal and monetary policy pulling in opposite directions. That the governor Andrew Bailey …
Read More »Royal Mail set to tear up nine-year trade union deal
Royal Mail set to tear up nine-year trade union deal as battle over the future of the business intensifies By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 17:18 EDT, 22 September 2022 | Updated: 17:24 EDT, 22 September 2022 Royal Mail has announced plans to rip up a nine-year deal …
Read More »Royal Mail driver secretly leaves toy lorry on bridge for boy who waves at traffic
A Royal Mail driver has impressed everyone with an absolutely heartwarming gesture for a man who often waves to them as they drive by. 27-year-old Alex Chesters, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, likes to go to Ash Flats Lane bridge near Stafford so he can watch and wave at the …
Read More »Pay fight grows as BT workers plan new strikes
News And Royal Mail bosses want to push through more attacks on workers and their CWU union By Nick Clark Downloading PDF. Please wait… Thursday 22 September 2022 Issue 2823 Pickets during the last Royal Mail strike in Vauxhall, south London (Picture: Guy Smallman) The pay fights are heating up …
Read More »Royal Mail needs to modernise – but hardball is not way out of dispute | Nils Pratley
Strictly speaking, Royal Mail’s management is not saying it is ripping up the nine-year-old deal with the Communication Workers Union that, until strikes in recent weeks, had helped to keep a lid on industrial disputes. Instead, as the bosses see things, they are exercising the company’s right to give notice …
Read More »UK railway workers nationwide plan fresh strike on Oct. 8: Union
LONDON: Tens of thousands of British railway workers nationwide will go on strike on Oct. 8 in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions, the trade union representing them said on Thursday. Britain’s rail network suffered major disruption on several days in June, July and August when rail workers …
Read More »Royal Mail’s plans to rework policies enrage labour union
By Yadarisa Shabong and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – Royal Mail’s proposals to take a pay dispute to conciliation and change its policies following months of failed negotiations have angered its largest labour union, intensifying the fight between two sides at loggerheads. The British postal company, which has been working on …
Read More »Royal Mail’s plans to rework policies enrage labour union By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Royal Mail postal van is parked outside homes in Maybury near Woking in southern England March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo By Yadarisa Shabong and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – Royal Mail (LON:)’s proposals to take a pay dispute to conciliation and change its policies following …
Read More »Royal Mail shares slump to two-year low as union accuses it of ‘all out attack’
Thursday 22 September 2022 2:50 pm Royal Mail shares slump to two-year low as union accuses it of ‘all out attack'(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Royal Mail shares hit a two-year low this morning after the company confirmed that it still hadn’t reached an agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) …
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