More than 100,000 Royal Mail staff members will strike over four days in a call for a “dignified, proper pay rise.” The industrial action is set to take place on August 26 and 31 as well as September 8 and 9. It comes after a 77 percent ballot turnout from …
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The first Royal Mail strike in 13 years will bring the postal service to a standstill in two weeks time, jeopardising medical deliveries and isolating the elderly. Roughly 115,000 Royal Mail workers will launch four days of industrial action on August 26 and 31, and September 8 and 9 – …
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More than 115,000 postal workers across the UK are set to go on strike in the coming weeks in what the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said would be the biggest strike of the summer so far. The decision to take industrial action was made after a recent ballot, with members …
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Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay, as the summer of discontent continues. In July a total of 97.6 per cent, of those who voted – more than 115,000 workers – backed strikes, on a turnout of 77 per cent. The union said it was …
Read More »ROYAL Mail is being urged to scrap a planned shake-up of delivery office opening times in North Ayrshire. The postal service has revealed proposals to push back start times across the UK, which would mean customers and rural businesses receiving mail much later in the day. Under the new plans, …
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Royal Mail has warned that its UK postal service will be “materially lossmaking” this year if a series of proposed strikes takes place across four days in August and September. The company said on Wednesday that the Communication Workers Union planned to organise strikes on August 26 and 31, as …
Read More »Royal Mail postal workers have announced strike action over four days in August and September. Over 115,000 postal workers are to stage a series of strikes. It will impact the coming weeks in a dispute over pay, the Communication Workers Union has confirmed. The CWU has said that it will be the biggest …
Read More »All Royal Mail deliveries and collections will be “shut down” across Renfrewshire during four days of strike action, a union has warned. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) says services will be disrupted as a result of the industrial action, set to take place on August 26 and 31, as well as …
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R oyal Mail has warned that planned strikes by more than 100,000 workers will make the company “materially loss-making” in the current financial year. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to walk out on August 26 and 31 and on September 8 and 9 in a dispute …
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More than 115,000 postal workers will stage a series of strikes in August and September to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”. Britons can expect disruption to postal services on Friday 26 August, Wednesday 31 and 8 and 9 September, when the industrial action will take place. Royal Mail said …
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