Tag Archives: Cost of Living Crisis

Andy, a postman from Suffolk, has come home soaked through after his rainy shifts this week, but he can’t put his heating on. It’s why after 20 years in the job he’s joining fellow postal workers taking part in strike action this winter, due to a long-running dispute over pay …

Royal Mail workers will strike on seven days in December, including on Christmas Eve, in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, their union has announced. The workers will now walk out on December 23 and 24, in addition to December 1, 9, 11, 14 and 15, the Communication …

More than 550,000 working days were lost to strikes in August and September – the highest in a decade ONS has published estimates for number of days lost to strikes over the summer More than 550,000 missed due to industrial action in August and September Most disputes over pay as …

The RMT said that it would now enter into “intensive negotiations” to strike a deal with Network Rail. Staff at train operating companies have also cancelled strikes. Mr Lynch claimed victory and said that the RMT action this summer had “made rail employers see sense”. He added: “We have always …

From a standing start roughly three years ago, Openreach’s full fibre network now reaches 9m homes and businesses across the UK, while the pace of engineering is expected to ramp up from 2.6m premises last year to more than 3m this year, and again in 2023. But here’s the bit …

British actress Jenny Agutter has urged Navy personnel to put aside feelings of shame and embarrassment and ask for help if they are struggling with the cost of living crisis. The star of the Railway Children and Call The Midwife, is vice patron of the Royal Navy Benevolent Trust, and …

‘Pushed to the brink’ Dave Ward, general secretary of the CWU, said: “Nobody takes the decision to strike lightly, but postal workers are being pushed to the brink. There can be no doubt that postal workers are completely united in their determination to secure the dignified, proper pay rise they …

Mr Burgeman added: “Greggs  has been another victim of the economic pressures this year. The bakery chain warned about staff shortages in October and the shares are down more than 40pc.”   However, market consensus suggests that investors could still profit off all three stocks’ potential to bounce back when …

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has warned there could be “hundreds of disputes” across UK businesses if workers are “made to pay the price for inflation”. A new report from Unite, Corporate Profiteering and the Cost of Living Crisis, argues that inflation and corporate profits are at the heart …

Economic growth was 3.5 per cent – similar to the present day – but was far healthier given that the country was not bouncing back from a pandemic. Inflation was at just 2.9 per cent, while wage growth was a solid 6.9 per cent. Oddly enough, it was the Conservative …