In the run up to Christmas, businesses across Cornwall are hiring temporary staff to help with the busy festive season. From sorting post at Royal Mail to dressing up as Santa at Camel Creek theme park, there are plenty of opportunities up for grabs right now. Supermarkets, high street stores, …
Read More »This week’s Royal Mail strikes called off
Six days of planned strikes by CWU members working for the Royal Mail have been called off after a challenge by the company. The union said that after a letter from Royal Mail’s legal team, it has decided to withdraw industrial action notices for the next two weeks. Strikes will …
Read More »Royal Mail’s new barcode stamps are a very creepy imposition
In this dawn of the reign of King Charles III, while the country waits excitedly for new postage stamps with the King’s head on them, the Royal Mail appears to have other priorities. In its obsession with tracking and de-romanticising everything, it is imposing new stamps on us which manage …
Read More »Royal Mail staff in Leeds 'disgusted' as bags of important letters 'left to rot'
A member of staff at a sorting office in Leeds has said that Royal Mail staff are “disgusted” about how the company is being run and shared … Source link
Read More »Royal Mail’s largest labour union rejects new conditional pay offer
New pay offer includes a 7% salary hike over two years Conditions for hike include changes to Sunday working CWU says it would vote to take further strike action Oct 31 (Reuters) – The dispute between Britain’s Royal Mail and its largest labour union flared up again on Monday after …
Read More »Royal Mail tables new offer in pay and conditions dispute
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 Royal Mail has proposed a new offer aimed at resolving a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) …
Read More »Royal Mail staff call off planned strikes
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 Planned strikes by Royal Mail workers in the next two weeks have been called off following a challenge by the company. Members of …
Read More »Strike cancellation provokes workers’ fury as UK’s Royal Mail declares war
On Sunday, Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials unilaterally cancelled six days of strikes due to start Wednesday, capitulating to legal threats from Royal Mail. One day later, the company unveiled sweeping attacks on employment contracts that it will start imposing from tomorrow. Royal Mail presented a revised below-inflation offer of …
Read More »End of Saturday letters looms as Czech billionaire cleared to invest in Royal Mail
A billionaire Czech investor is expected to push for the end of Saturday letter deliveries and a renewed focus on parcels after ministers gave him licence to tighten his grip on Royal Mail. Daniel Kretinsky, dubbed the “Czech sphinx” for his inscrutable approach to investing, will be free to increase his …
Read More »Government clears way for Czech investor to build stake in Royal Mail
T he government has cleared Royal Mail’s biggest shareholder, an investment vehicle part-owned by a Czech billionaire with links to Russia, to increase its stake in the company. Daniel Křetínský’s Vesa Equity already owns 22% of Royal Mail’s parent, International Distributions Services. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy …
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