[ad_1] Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike in coordinated action as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picket lines are being mounted outside postal delivery and sorting offices, universities and schools as unions edge closer to co-ordinated industrial action. It…
[ad_1] Cumbrian postal workers will strike on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 after CWU talks with Royal Mail fell down despite Royal Mail offering their “best and final offer”. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – which represents postal workers – will walk out, as part of a longstanding dispute that has…
[ad_1] New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over Christmas and force students and school pupils to miss…
[ad_1] THOUSANDS of postal workers across the UK have taken strike action in the lead-up to Christmas. Staff at Royal Mail picketed on Thursday, November 24 across the country including postal workers in Hampshire. The strikes are part of a long-running dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail over pay, jobs, and working conditions. Picket lines appeared…
[ad_1] Postal workers on the picket line at the Camden Town delivery office (Picture: Yui Mok/PA) Striking Royal Mail workers have delivered a stinging blast to bosses, accusing them of subjecting staff to ‘psychological attacks’. About 115,000 staff launched their latest two-day walkout yesterday, as a row over pay and conditions rumbled on. Dave Ward,…
[ad_1] The country faces the prospect of a winter of discontent as workers across the UK walk out in escalating disputes over pay, conditions and terms. The RMT has announced walkouts on December 13 and 14 plus 16 and 17 as well as January 3 and 4 plus 6 and 7. There will also be…
[ad_1] Picket lines were mounted outside schools, universities and Royal Mail centres on Thursday as tens of thousands of workers went on strike in worsening disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Union leaders said walkouts were being solidly supported amid a bitter war of words in the industrial unrest sweeping the country. The general secretary…
[ad_1] Exclusive: Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to shareholders since it was privatised in 2013 and chief executive Simon Thompson got a pay and perks deal worth £753,000 in its last financial year Daniel Kretinsky’s overall wealth is estimated at £3billion ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to…
[ad_1] Picket lines were mounted outside schools, universities and Royal Mail centres on Thursday as tens of thousands of workers went on strike in worsening disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Union leaders said walkouts were being solidly supported amid a bitter war of words in the industrial unrest sweeping the country. The general secretary…
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Today, towns and cities across the country have seen postal workers standing on picket lines with their supporters in the wider community. For three months now, 115,000 members of the Communication Workers…