With local elections just a week away make sure you don’t leave it too late to post your postal vote. If you have chosen to vote by post in the local elections on 2 May we advise you post your postal vote to us in the next few days using …
Read More »Biden administration rejects latest bid to release Prince Harry’s visa records due to ambassador’s ‘extraordinary’ comment that Joe will never deport the royal
Joe Biden’s administration has rejected a claim that Prince Harry’s U.S. visa records should be released because of ‘extraordinary’ comments by the president’s ambassador to the U.K. It came after Ambassador Jane Hartley recently said that Harry would not be deported from the U.S. while Biden is president. The Heritage …
Read More »CWU Conference 2024 Royal Mail faces cleaner strikes amid fears for Real Living Wage commitments
CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment. Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. The …
Read More »Isle of Wight post office saved to continue service with Royal Mail
Island Community Ventures, owned by charity, Community Action Isle of Wight, were reluctantly forced to shut Totland Post Office, after Royal Mail made the decision to stop its parcel and post collection service on April 1. However, after a 375-strong petition calling for the postal service to remain in place …
Read More »Royal Mail workers have endured ‘roller coaster’ few years, says union
Mr Ward, speaking at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth, said: “It has been a roller coaster for employees in the past few years, going from being key workers during the pandemic, then involved in the most brutal industrial dispute I have ever seen, a debate about the quality of …
Read More »Royal Mail to continue collection at Totland Post Office thanks to community effort
Community Action Isle of Wight is happy to confirm that agreement has been reached with Royal Mail to continue to pick up from Totland Post Office which means that the service delivered through its trading arm Island Community Ventures Ltd, will now be able to continue. The additional costs incurred …
Read More »Royal Mail workers have endured ‘roller coaster’ few years, says union
The postal group needs a ‘change of direction’, said Communication Workers Union leader Dave Ward. Royal Mail workers have endured a “roller coaster” few years as a bitter dispute over pay and conditions has been followed by speculation over the postal group’s future, a union leader has said. Dave Ward, …
Read More »Royal Mail workers have endured ‘roller coaster’ few years, says union
Royal Mail workers have endured a “roller coaster” few years as a bitter dispute over pay and conditions has been followed by speculation over the postal group’s future, a union leader has said. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail needed a “change …
Read More »Kemi Badenoch slams SNP for being ‘too lazy to do the work’ after Humza Yousaf confused Royal Mail and the Post Office
Kemi Badenoch has called out the SNP, accusing the party of a lack of action over the Horizon Post Office scandal. The Secretary of State for Business and Trade accused the Scottish National Party of being ‘too lazy’ to do the work. It comes as First Minister Humza Yousaf accused …
Read More »Royal Mail workers have endured ‘roller coaster’ few years, says union
Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail needed a “change of direction” as he criticised the company’s current model. It comes as Royal Mail’s owner, International Distributions Services, rejected a £3.1 billion takeover approach from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, who is already the …
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