Tag Archives: Communication Workers Union

  Walkout by sorting office workers at Barnsley Royal Mail after coronavirus outbreak By Thomas Scripps 23 June 2020 Royal Mail workers at the central post sorting office in Barnsley, South Yorkshire walked out yesterday after colleagues tested positive for coronavirus. Dozens of workers remained outside the building on Pitt …

  UK Royal Mail workers oppose union citing coronavirus to justify strike vote sellout By Thomas Scripps 21 March 2020 The Communication Workers Union (CWU) decision to ignore an overwhelming strike vote by its membership and instead offer workers up as “an additional emergency service” during the COVID-19 pandemic has …

  Union calls off UK Royal Mail strike citing national interest during coronavirus pandemic By Thomas Scripps 19 March 2020 For the second time in four months, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has defied a massive strike vote of postal workers in Britain, this time with the promise to draft …

  London postal workers take strike action over coronavirus concerns By our reporter 14 March 2020 Postal workers in several depots across south west London and other parts of the capital have mounted a de facto wildcat strike/work to rule over concerns regarding coronavirus safety. They did so in the …

  Struggles break out in Inverness, Bristol ahead of UK Royal Mail national strike ballot By E.P. Milligan 4 March 2020 Some 200 Royal Mail workers in Inverness, Scotland are preparing to strike over company mistreatment of disabled employees. In violation of Royal Mail’s own guidelines as well as the …

  UK postal union calls national strike ballot after collapse of phoney contract talks By Laura Tiernan 13 February 2020 Less than 12 weeks after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) refused to proceed with a 97 percent strike vote by Royal Mail workers, the union has announced a fresh national …

  UK High Court bans strike by 110,000 Royal Mail postal workers By Robert Stevens 14 November 2019 The High Court ban on strike action against Royal Mail is a political attack on the democratic rights of the working class that must be rejected. Postal workers across Britain who voted …

  UK’s Royal Mail seeks legal action to prevent postal strike By Robert Stevens 9 November 2019 Royal Mail Group (RMG) has made an application to the High Court to prevent a strike by postal workers. The hearing is expected Tuesday, with Royal Mail claiming there were “potential irregularities” in …

  Communication Workers Union defies strike mandate, pledges to continue talks with Royal Mail By our reporter 16 October 2019 A 97 percent strike vote by over 110,000 postal workers in Britain was met with an immediate rebuke by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), who declined to set any date …

  After overwhelming strike vote at Royal Mail Group rank-and-file postal workers need a socialist strategy By the Socialist Equality Party (UK) 16 October 2019 Workers at Britain’s Royal Mail Group (RMG) have returned a 97 percent strike vote in defence of jobs, working conditions and postal services. Parcelforce members …