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A Royal Mail spokesman said: “While our competitors work seven days a week, delivering until 10pm to meet customer demand, the CWU want to work fewer hours, six days a week, starting earlier and finishing earlier.  “Their plans to transform Royal Mail come with a £1billion price tag, are predicated …

Royal Zeno Shoe Shine lost its place in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after 60 years in business. MINNEAPOLIS — A longtime shoeshine company will be cleaning its last pairs in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In a unanimous vote Monday afternoon, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) awarded a three-year contract exclusively …

Mail staff ready to strike. MORE than 115,000 postal workers throughout the UK will take part in the biggest strike of summer so far to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”. Members say they feel let down by a 2 per cent rise after being hailed as heroes for their …

Britain’s postal service faces days of paralysis with letters and prescription medicines undelivered after 115,000 Royal Mail workers announced they will strike in just over a fortnight. The Communication Workers’ Union on Tuesday said members up and down the country will launch industrial action on August 26 and 31, as …

Dials and valves are seen near a section of a gas pipeline at a National Grid facility near Knutsford, Britain October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Britain has opened an investigation into the sale of …

Thousands of households across Britain will not receive their post until after six o’clock in the evening under a major shake-up proposed by Royal Mail. The postal service wants to push back deliveries until later in the day as part of plans to deliver parcels more quickly. With many online …

This is a significant escalation in the company’s efforts to push through reform. It is the equivalent of holding the feet of workers to the flames, a message of defiance that says: “If you insist on standing in the way of change then we will set the best part of …

Royal Mail has warned union bosses preparing to strike that the business could be split in two as its British arm loses £1m a day. The former FTSE 100 company warned the Communication Workers Union (CWU), whose 115,000 members yesterday voted in favour of strike action, that its UK and …

More than 115,000 Royal Mail workers have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action, marking the biggest strike of Britain’s “summer of discontent”.  Some 97.6pc of workers voted to walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. Turnout for the ballot was 77pc.  Union barons were accused of refusing to …

Growing up in the north-east market town of Darlington, Simon Thompson has fond memories of attending the nearby Durham Miners’ Gala in the 1970s and 1980s. For many working class families, the annual trade union jamboree was – and remains – a highlight of the social calendar. “My grandfather was …