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Martin Walsh, postal deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), has claimed a consultative ballot of members at the 35 delivery units used as the testing ground for Royal Mail’s Optimised Delivery Model (ODM) has endorsed the union leadership’s version of the restructuring agenda. Walsh declared an “overwhelming” …

Postal workers at the Keighley delivery office in West Yorkshire spoke out against intolerable working conditions, mail backlogs and the collusion of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership in enforcing Royal Mail’s restructuring agenda. A campaign team from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) distributed its reply to the CWU’s …

Royal Mail has insisted it needs to 'urgently' roll out changes that will see second-class post scrapped on Saturdays (Royal Mail/PA). PA Media. Source link

Royal Mail workers at the Mount Pleasant Mail Centre in central London have been discussing the call by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) for a fightback against the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership’s collusion with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and the Starmer government. The Mount Pleasant site houses …

4 LONDON, United Kingdom (February 16) — Royal Mail is facing mounting backlash over missed delivery rounds and letters left undelivered for weeks, with the company citing adverse weather and higher-than-usual sick absence as the primary causes. Why are letters not being delivered? Reports from more than a dozen Royal …

We have endured a particularly brutal Christmas, dominated by the ongoing collapse of the letters service—the result of thousands of job losses and chronic understaffing—while punishing workloads have been pushed to extremes amid a holiday surge in parcels. Royal Mail acknowledged delays in mail delivery to 142 postcodes across the …

Logistics giant DPD has launched a campaign of reprisals against workers in the UK who staged a three-day protest from October 7–9 against drastic pay cuts—including the scrapping of their Christmas bonus. According to reports by the BBC and Guardian, between 1,300 and 1,500 DPD drivers joined the nationwide stoppage …

The leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), Dave Ward and his deputy Martin Walsh, have gone into damage limitation mode to shore up their framework agreements with Royal Mail’s new owner, billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group. Their efforts come amid fresh evidence of the gutting of the mail service …

A postal worker at one of the 35 delivery offices piloting USO “reform” spoke with the World Socialist Web Site this week. Their name and location have been withheld to prevent victimisation. The pilot scheme was drawn up by Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy assistant general secretary …

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced Wednesday that its members had “overwhelmingly endorsed” two agreements, on pay and “rebuilding Royal Mail”, with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group. CWU officials reported a 79.5 percent Yes vote, and a 20.5 percent No vote, with Dave Ward and his Deputy Martin Walsh declaring …