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 »Southampton Royal Mail workers join picket lines as strike action begins
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 …
Read More »An Post warns of delays due to Royal Mail strike
An Post has warned of possible delays due to strikes by Royal Mail workers in the UK. Work stoppages are taking place today and again on 31 August, 8 September and 9 September. Post and parcel deliveries will not take place on these days, throughout the United Kingdom. An Post …
Read More »Royal Mail postal workers strike in Lincoln over pay dispute
Postal workers are striking at the Lincoln Royal Mail depot over pay on the morning of Friday, August 26. Images show around 50 Royal Mail workers at the picket holding signs reading ‘I’m voting yes.’ More than 100,000 postal workers have walked out across the country. The Communication Workers Union …
Read More »Northern Ireland Royal Mail posties go on strike as workers demand improved pay deal
Postal workers in Northern Ireland are on strike as they battle for a better pay deal from the Royal Mail. he leader of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) declared Friday’s UK-wide industrial action as “the biggest strike in the UK since 2009”, as he said more than 115,000 postal workers …
Read More »UK: Royal Mail and Post Office workers begin first of a series of strikes, BT to follow
Royal Mail and Post Office workers took national strike action today, covering a combined workforce of up to 120,000. There were large turn outs on picket lines at delivery offices, mail centres and Parcelforce depots across the UK. Striking Royal Mail workers in Bournemouth, August 26, 2022 [Photo: WSWS] The …
Read More »Stokie posties walk out on strike in Royal Mail pay dispute
Postal workers in Stoke-on-Trent have joined 115,000 Royal Mail colleagues across the country in what union leaders have described as ‘the biggest strike of the summer so far’. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is calling for a ‘dignified, proper pay rise’, with members voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. …
Read More »Thousands of British postal workers walk out over pay
LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – More than 115,000 workers at Britain’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) began the first of four days of strike action on Friday in a pay dispute which the postal group said was likely to cause significant disruption for customers. It is the latest in a spate of …
Read More »Postal workers latest to strike as UK cost chaos continues
LONDON, AUGUST 26: Striking postal workers on the picket line in Whitechapel on August 26, 2022 in London, UK. More than 100,000 postal workers walk out across the country today in a dispute over pay. Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images LONDON — Postal workers across the U.K. went on strike …
Read More »Royal Mail Strike 2022: When is the postal strike in Scotland and how post will be affected
ROYAL Mail postal workers will be taking strike action over four days in August and September, but how will your post be affected? The CWU has said that it will be the biggest strike of the summer so far to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”. The Royal Mail responded by saying that the …
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