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 …
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Thursday 24 November 2022 6:15 am The Royal Mail strikes will have a long-term impact on small businesses’ deliveries. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) The UK boasts one of the world’s most sophisticated ecommerce economies, with small businesses thriving by scaling up their retail operations online. But more than four …
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Strike actions have caused disruptions to British schools, universities, and the Royal Mail as tens of thousands of workers went on strike in worsening labour disputes. Around 70,000 members of the University and College Union (UCU) are on strike on Thursday and Friday, and again on Nov. 30. It is …
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Christmas is truly just around, and it means there is a lot of organising to do. And one thing that many will be planning to do is sending letters and presents to friends and family up and down the country or overseas. Things tend to take a little longer over …
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Royal Mail staff are taking strike action in a long-running dispute over pay and the company’s modernisation plans. Around 115,000 postal workers are walking out for 48 hours during Thursday and Black Friday. When do the rest of the strikes take place? Royal Mail workers are also walking out on …
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Hundreds of Royal Mail workers across Merseyside are set to go on strike on one of the busiest days of the year, Black Friday. Thousands of Royal Mail workers across the UK, who are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) went out on strike on Thursday, November 24, as …
Read More »ROYAL Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike 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. …
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After seven months of talks between Royal Mail and the CWU, International Distributions Services has announced that it has tabled its best and final offer. ‘) } // –> The revised offer includes improvements that have been made during the negotiations with the CWU, including an improved pay deal of …
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Postal services were disrupted today in Burton as Royal Mail workers walked out as part of one of the biggest strikes of the year. It comes as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Postal workers are joining university staff and teachers …
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News Royal Mail workers have begun a series of strikes after bosses offered a real-terms pay cut in exchange for 10,000 job cuts By Nick Clark Downloading PDF. Please wait… Thursday 24 November 2022 Issue 2833 Royal Mail workers in Camden, north London, deliver a solid picket line (Picture: Guy …
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