[ad_1] UK farmers are receiving negligible profits for many items as food prices rise and supermarkets boast record takings. An average block of cheese or loaf of bread produces less than a penny for farmers, and fruit producers do not fare much better, making just 3p from each kilo of apples. – Guardian French oil…
[ad_1] THE Covid pandemic turned our lives upside down. Many workers were furloughed. Many made the shift to working from home. Others lost their jobs completely. But many also kept our vital services going, day in, day out, often at personal risk and family burden. Our posties are just one such group of workers. Every…
[ad_1] Christmas postal chaos is looming, it has been claimed, after photos emerged showing what appears to be a huge backlog of mail piling up at depots from the recent wave of strikes. The images are said to have been taken in the last few days, the Mirror reported, and show mountains of packed mail…
[ad_1] R oyal Mail has clashed with the main union representing postal workers as they staged another strike in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. The company said it has written to Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), claiming a pattern of “wholly unacceptable behaviour” on picket lines across…
[ad_1] Leaked footage and images, obtained by i, show Royal Mail sorting offices across Britain crammed full of trolleys piled high with parcels as workers warn that Christmas post may not be delivered on time. Even before the latest wave of strike action began on Wednesday, images and video show sorting offices were already facing…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Shares in International Distributions Services (LSE:IDS), owner of Royal Mail, leapt by double-digit percentages over the course of November. But they remain 55% cheaper than they were at the start of 2022. Could this be the start of a stunning recovery for the IDS share price? And should investors buy…
[ad_1] //= do_shortcode(‘[in-content-square]’)?> Postal workers from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in London on the picket line. Picture by Yui Mok / PA Wire Incidents on a picket line in Gwent are among those the Royal Mail is saying it has reported to police in a clash with a union representing striking workers. The company…
[ad_1] Thursday 01 December 2022 4:55 pm Credit: @CWUnews Royal Mail has today written to union bosses to intervene in “wholly unacceptable behaviours” on the picket line. Writing to the general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Dave Ward, the delivery giant said there had been more than 100 allegations of violence and assault,…
[ad_1] ROYAL Mail workers in Northern Ireland joined thousands across the UK for a second day of strike action today. Workers in Belfast, Downpatrick, Dungannon, Derry, Antrim, Ballyclare, Crumlin and Portadown were among many posting pictures from the picket line. An estimated 115,000 from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) joined the protest over pay conditions….
[ad_1] Royal Mail has published its recommended last posting dates for parcels and letters to arrive by Christmas this year (before December 25, 2022). Unfortunately, this year, the national Royal Mail worker strike action has added an additional dimension of uncertainty about the timely delivery of posted items. And there does not seem to be…