[ad_1] ROYAL Mail workers have voted massively in favour of strikes, raising the threat of industrial action in the run-up to Christmas. If the strikes go ahead, it would be the first postal strike in a decade. And the walkout could affect one of the busiest times of the year, including Christmas shopping and the…
[ad_1] The strike was backed by a massive 97 per cent of members of the Communication Workers Union (Photo: Getty Images) Postal workers at Royal Mail have voted overwhelmingly in favour of national strike action, which could bring major disruption over the festive season. The strike was backed by a massive 97 per cent of…
[ad_1] The strike was backed by a massive 97 per cent of members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), with 110,000 members balloted. The strike action comes as a result of a dispute over job security, terms and conditions of employment, pay and bullying. The strike was backed by a massive 97 per cent of…
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[ad_1] Royal Mail is facing its first strike in a decade after the majority of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members voted in favour of action. Ballot results hailed as “historic” The vast majority (97.1%) of around 110,000 voters backed a strike from a 76% turnout of CWU members, representing both one of the largest ‘Yes’…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29732 From The Socialist newspaper, 16 October 2019 There was a deafening roar of approval at the special meeting convened by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) when it was announced that postal workers in Royal Mail had voted yes to strike action by a massive 97.1%. The turnout easily surpassed…
[ad_1] A postal strike in Burnham-On-Sea has moved a step closer after local Royal Mail staff supported a national strike ballot. Burnham-On-Sea.com understands that a vote of postal staff has found 97% support for industrial action. Members of the CWU union say that Royal Mail bosses want to force through an array of ‘attacks on…
[ad_1] MODERN trades unions have a split personality. If their members are in the private sector, they appear as meek as they can be. We hardly, if ever, hear of militants calling the membership out on strike. Business owners would call out their capital on strike as well and take it elsewhere, leaving the newly-redundant…
[ad_1] Delivery during peak period this year may be impacted by a Royal Mail strike after workers in a major union voted overwhelmingly for industrial action. Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted by 97.1% to strike while workers of subsidiary Parcelforce also supported the strike in two separate votes with support…