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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced December 15 that the pay deal it agreed with BT Group was accepted by an 81 percent majority in the ballot covering BT and subsidiaries Openreach and EE. The privatised UK telecoms giant was hit by its first company-wide strike in 35 years after …

Exclusive: Letters and Christmas cards have taken a back seat as Royal Mail managers hit by staff strikes tell employees to prioritise parcels and tracked items for the 2022 festive period Mail workers processing post have been told to prioritise parcels over letters and Christmas cards due to striking workers …

Exclusive: The Communication Workers Union said it has had multiple reports of workers being told sick leave will be seen as ‘unauthorised absence’ for the foreseeable future The backlog of undelivered letters and parcels which has been building up for days outside the Royal Mail sorting office in Bristol ( …

Many among the animated crowd are wearing pink hi-vis vests, waving flags and holding placards that read “strike to win” and “save our Royal Mail” Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Thousands of Royal Mail workers attend picket line in London Thousands of Royal Mail …

Exclusive: Photos handed to the Mirror show cages full of post waiting outside mail centres in Bristol and Warrington. Royal Mail insists it’s ‘typical for this time of year’ – but union sources claimed it shows ‘chaos’ in the system Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play …

Exclusive: The CWU has accused Royal Mail execs, who are also directors at the postal service’s dedicated recruitment partner, of hiring agency workers to fill in gaps during strike action The CWU have said that Royal Mail have a ‘permanent strike-breaking resource’ ( Image: PA) Royal Mail executives are doubling …

Exclusive: Photos show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling up at Royal Mail depots, with bosses under pressure to halt a Christmas meltdown during a wave of strikes Images said to have been taken in the last few days show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling …

Exclusive: Documents seen by the Daily Mirror reveal how the privatised postal giant is preparing to dish out perks to managers who are being tasked with overseeing large-scale redundancies and shift changes The Mirror revealed last week how Royal Mail had paid out £1.9billion to shareholders since privatisation ( Image: …

Around 115,000 postal workers walked out nationally across 1,115 workplaces Thursday, on the first day of 48-hour strike action against the destruction of terms and conditions and pay restraint demanded by Royal Mail. The dispute, which has seen eight previous days of strike action taken since late August, has intensified. …

Exclusive: Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to shareholders since it was privatised in 2013 and chief executive Simon Thompson got a pay and perks deal worth £753,000 in its last financial year Daniel Kretinsky’s overall wealth is estimated at £3billion ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Royal Mail has …