RESIDENTS who live in the WA postcode area are being warned of serious disruption to post later this month. Postal workers employed by Royal Mail are set to strike across the whole of the WA region for the first time in 13 years in a national dispute over pay. Workers …
Read More »48% of Brits support rail workers striking over pay and conditions, poll finds – LabourList
Almost half of all UK adults support rail workers going on strike when the dispute is over pay and conditions, according to research by Savanta ComRes. The polling, published this afternoon amid ongoing strikes as transport workers across the country take part in industrial action to protect their pay, terms …
Read More »Royal Mail took aim at striking posties on Twitter and the union’s comeback was 1st class
Twitter Poke Staff. Updated August 18th, 2022 You’ll probably already know that UK postal workers will go on strike for four days later this month and early in September. Now members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have voted for further industrial action over working conditions. We mention this because …
Read More »What is a General Strike and how likely is it as speculation mounts over mass walkout
Workers last participated in a general strike in 1926, but since then successive Tory governments have introduced strict legislation unions must follow to ensure industrial action is legal RMT chief suggests rail dispute could go on ‘idefintiely’ ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Widespread industrial unrest could open the …
Read More »EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Royal tour past of Cambridges’ new home
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Royal tour past of Cambridges’ new home By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 20:31 EDT, 18 August 2022 | Updated: 20:31 EDT, 18 August 2022 William and Kate’s new Windsor home, Adelaide Cottage, is currently occupied by Simon Rhodes, son of the Queen’s late cousin Margaret …
Read More »Wave of strikes gripping UK economy
LONDON Railway and postal staff, dockers too. Britain’s workers are striking in vast numbers as decades-high inflation erodes the value of wages at a record pace. class=’cf’> Britain’s train network faces further heavy disruption today and on Aug. 20 in major walkouts that follow the sector’s biggest strike …
Read More »Train ticket joke was not remotely racist | Letters
Kevin Clinton (Letters, 17 August) has got the wrong end of the stick. My Welsh father’s version of the railway journey story had a second world war demobbed British soldier in India needing to get back to Wales, and being asked by the ticket officer: “Upper Cwmtwrch or Lower Cwmtwrch?” …
Read More »Here comes the bride! JLo gives royal wave on pre-wedding shopping trip with Ben Affleck
A beaming Jennifer Lopez was shopping in Georgia on Thursday, ahead of her weekend wedding celebrations commemorating her marriage to Ben Affleck. Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 50, tied the knot officially in Las Vegas last month, but this weekend are holding a lavish party. On Thursday the singer was spotted …
Read More »eBay UK to Offer Seller Protections for Royal Mail Strike Action
eBay UK will be helping its sellers as Royal Mail is facing a strike from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) which will impact mail services in the UK on four days over the next few weeks. The CWU has called on its members to take strike action on Friday, 26 …
Read More »UK spy chief says Putin is losing information war in Ukraine -The Economist
GCHQ Director Jeremy Fleming delivers a speech as he meets with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth during her visit at the Watergate House to mark the centenary of the GCHQ (Government Communications Head Quarters) in London, Britain, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug …
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