The main trade union at Royal Mail is to ballot more than 100,000 members on industrial action, which could lead to the first nationwide strikes since … Source link
Read More »More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers vote on striking at Christmas
More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers vote on striking at Christmas and risking chaos over the festive period Staff are accusing the postal company of breaching ‘the spirit and intent’ of a deal signed last year Unofficial walkouts are now running at more than one a week even in rural …
Read More »Home Office passport and visa chief Mark Thomson set to resign | UK news
The head of two of the Home Office sections at the centre of the Windrush scandal has told staff he will be stepping down next year. Mark Thomson, the director general of HM Passport Office (HMPO) and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), will be replaced in March and then take …
Read More »Take a break over the Summer Bank Holiday
With the Summer Bank Holiday fast approaching and the weather at last looking like it’s going to return to sunny days for the end of the school summer break it’s time to prepare for a busy Tuesday when you come back to work. If you are working over the bank …
Read More »Royal Mail union to ballot 100,000 workers on strike action
Image copyright Getty Images More than 100,000 Royal Mail staff are to be balloted for possible strike action in a dispute over job security and terms and conditions of employment. Members of the Communication Workers Union will vote in late September, with the result due on 8 October. The CWU …
Read More »Royal Mail union to launch strike ballot over workers’ rights | Business
More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers are expected to vote on whether to strike over grievances about job security, an alleged culture of bullying, and the terms and conditions of their employment. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will begin balloting its members from 24 September unless an agreement can be …
Read More »Royal Mail’s main union to ballot 100,000 members on industrial action
British Royal Mail’s main trade union is to ballot more than 100,000 workers on industrial action as a labour dispute threatens to erupt into the first UK-wide strikes since the postal service was privatised. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has set out plans to consult its members over a disagreement …
Read More »Royal Mail exceeds first and second class delivery targets
Royal Mail’s latest Quality of Service report reveals that the Company has exceeded its regulatory Quality of Service targets for First and Second Class mail, for the first quarter of the financial year 2019-20. During the first quarter of the year leading up to 30 June 2019, Royal Mail delivered …
Read More »Royal Mail deliver 1st Class Mail on time for first time in two years
Royal Mail are back on track with deliveries having exceeded their regulatory target for 1st Class Mail for the first time in two years. The latest Royal Mail Quality of Service report reveals that in the first quarter of their 2019-2020 financial year, Royal Mail delivered 93.2% of 1st Class …
Read More »#GCSE and #ALEVEL entries for Religious Studies may have fallen
STUDENT entries for GCSE and A-level Religious Studies has fallen in the last year. In 2018 241,749 learners sat the subject at GCSE level down by 36% and 20,000 sat it at GCE A-level down from 26,000 in 2017. A number of scholars now believe religion is dying out both …
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