[ad_1] The UK faces a wave of new strikes amid continuing industrial disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. New strikes or ballots for industrial action are seemingly announced every week as workers across the country demand pay rises to keep up with rapidly rising inflation and the cost of living crisis. The new “winter of…
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[ad_1] Criminals are capitalising on the cost of living crisis by targeting Brits with fake offers of utility bill discounts and support payments. Personal finance experts Vouchers.co.uk have investigated the potential losses of five circulating cost of living scams, to reveal how much you could be at risk of losing. According to Vouchers.co.uk findings, Brits…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and even journalists at the…
[ad_1] Royal Mail workers across the UK will strike for two days at the end of this working week. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to walk out on Thursday, September 8 and Friday, September 9 as part of ongoing disputes over pay. This comes after industrial action began on August 26…
[ad_1] Postal workers are striking at the Lincoln Royal Mail depot over pay on the morning of Friday, August 26. Images show around 50 Royal Mail workers at the picket holding signs reading ‘I’m voting yes.’ More than 100,000 postal workers have walked out across the country. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members…
[ad_1] R oyal Mail workers have begun a four-day strike over a pay dispute with the company. On Friday, some 115,000 are expected to stage a walkout, which will last throughout the weekened, with Royal Mail warning that letters will not be delievred, and parcels will be delayed. Amid the cost of living crisis, workers…
[ad_1] With the spiralling cost of living in recent months, unhappy workers have increasingly been turning to industrial action as they fight for pay rises or improved conditions. It’s been described by unions as a “summer of solidarity”. Relationships between union officials and companies and the Government are under strain as the latter is accused…
[ad_1] With the spiralling cost of living in recent months, unhappy workers have increasingly been turning to industrial action as they fight for pay rises or improved conditions. It’s been described by unions as a “summer of solidarity”. Relationships between union officials and companies and the Government are under strain as the latter is accused…
[ad_1] Postal services in Scotland are likely to be hampered in the near future after Royal Mail workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay. A ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) showed huge support for industrial action in protest at a 2% pay offer. A total of…