Royal Mail finally strikes pay deal with union

Royal Mail finally strikes pay deal with union bringing long-running dispute to an end By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 18:01 EDT, 11 July 2023 The long-running dispute that cost Royal Mail millions of pounds and a chief executive has finally come to an end after posties backed …

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Britain’s water crisis pollutes its decades of privatization legacy

LONDON: Britain’s biggest water supplier staving off renationalization, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills—the nation’s vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatization. Sold off in the 1980s and 90s under Conservative prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, state-run utilities and British …

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UK postal workers call off strikes

London (AFP) – Postal workers at the UK’s Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes. Issued on: 11/07/2023 – 19:00Modified: 11/07/2023 – 18:58 The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a ballot, with 76 percent voting to end the dispute, which saw …

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