Royal Mail directors in crisis talks as trades union leaders look set to call for fresh walkouts By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:52 EDT, 29 March 2023 | Updated: 16:52 EDT, 29 March 2023 Royal Mail bosses were locked in crisis talks yesterday as trades union leaders …
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Support us and go ad-free The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail has entered a bizarre parallel universe. The company has threatened that it might have to make itself bust if the CWU’s industrial action doesn’t stop, and a deal with the union isn’t reached. Predictably, …
Read More »The union representing about 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail is threatening to announce new strike dates, raising renewed concerns about the future of the lossmaking British business. The Communication Workers Union is understood to be preparing to outline plans for industrial action next month, dealing a blow to hopes …
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Royal Mail’s main trade union is consulting with industry and legal experts after the company threatened workers with administration and warned that further planned strikes will put their job security at risk and make a recent three-year pay offer “unaffordable”. The postal group, which is part of International Distributions Services PLC …
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Photo by Central Press/Getty Images Royal Mail is holding a board meeting today (29 March) that may seal its fate. Yesterday the company told the Communication Workers Union, which represents 115,000 postal workers, that it has 48 hours to accept a below-inflation pay offer and job cuts equivalent to 10,000 …
Read More »Ask any one of the dwindling bulls on International Distributions Services what is the attraction of remaining invested in the beleaguered stock and they will point to GLS, the highly profitable international parcels delivery business. The trouble with unlocking any of that value? Royal Mail, the problem child that represents …
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After several sweeteners, the company has made a “best and final” pay rise offer of 9pc over 18 months, a proposal that the CWU has predictably rejected, on the basis that it represents “a devastating blow” to the livelihood of its 115,000 members. In reality, it is nothing of the …
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The union representing Royal Mail’s frontline staff is on the verge on announcing new strike dates, Sky News understands, should a final push to end their long-running dispute fail. A Communication Workers Union (CWU) source said talks at the conciliation service Acas were scheduled for Thursday but fresh walkouts could …
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Talks to resolve a long running row between Royal Mail workers over pay and conditions are close to collapse. © Getty Images Discussions are “precarious” and in their “last throes”, with the next 24-48 hours key to settling the dispute, a source close to the talks said. Load Error The …
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