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 …
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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) …
Read More »Royal Mail accused of ‘Uberisation’ as dispute with CWU escalates | Royal Mail
Royal Mail’s row with employees over pay and conditions has escalated, with the company saying it is prepared to tear up elements of its nine-year deal with workers to push through a modernisation programme, prompting accusations of “Uberisation”. The company has written to the Communications Workers Union to propose that …
Read More »Royal Mail Offers to Take Pay Dispute to Arbitration as Strikes Loom
(Bloomberg) — Royal Mail Plc offered to take a dispute over pay and working practices to arbitration as further strikes involving 115,000 workers loom. The UK postal firm has written to the Communication Workers Union to propose talks at the state-backed Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, it said in a …
Read More »Royal Mail’s plans to rework policies enrage labour union
By Yadarisa Shabong and Pushkala Aripaka – 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 a …
Read More »Emergency call operators to walk out with their BT/Openreach colleagues
Telecoms & Financial Services, BT, Openreach September 22 2022 Company intransigence over pay means that October will see some 40,000 telecoms engineers, call-centre staff and others being joined by critical-service workers… “We intend to serve notice on BT Group today for four days of strike action during October,” …
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Shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes’s Parcel Shipping Index has revealed China has become the first country to ship 100 billion parcels in a year, as forecasted in its previous report. ‘) } // –> The seventh edition of the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index found parcel volume increased across …
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