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Postal workers completed a 48-hour UK-wide strike on Thursday, as rail workers began a two day national stoppage Friday. The postal strike involves 115,000 workers who are demanding a pay increase, an end to attacks on working conditions and the withdrawal of a plan for 10,000 redundancies. The rail stoppage …

HUNDREDS of Royal Mail workers marched to the Scottish Parliament today calling on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to take action in the dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said planned Christmas strikes are to go ahead as talks between the two sides remain deadlocked. General secretary Dave Ward has …

The WSWS spoke with postal workers attending the Communication Workers Union (CWU) rally in London’s Parliament Square on Friday, the thirteenth day of national strike action since August. Part of the delegation of postal workers from Wolverhampton Mail Centre, West Midlands [Photo: WSWS] A postal worker who was part of …

In a heated disagreement over wages and conditions, Royal Mail employees have begun a wave of strikes that will last until Christmas Eve. More than 115,000 workers walked out on Friday, the 13th day of strike action this year, with more to come in the coming days. While millions of …

Postal workers were massing in central London this afternoon after talks to resolve the long-running strike action at Royal Mail broke down again. The CWU organised a rally at 1pm in Parliament Square, with Royal Mail workers travelling from across the UK to attend.  Around 100,000 workers across the …

TENS of thousands of striking Royal Mail workers will descend on London’s Parliament Square tomorrow for the “biggest demonstration by posties in living memory,” their union has warned.  The Communication Workers Union (CWU) told the Morning Star that members “will not be cracked by intimidation and bullying” from bosses, who it said …

R oyal Mail workers are striking this month – including tomorrow – in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions. The Communications Workers Union (CWU), the main UK trade union for people working for telephone, cable, digital subscriber line and postal delivery companies, confirmed six strike dates in December …

R oyal Mail has brought its final posting dates for Christmas forward by almost a week amid industrial action by its workers. It has brought forward the final suggested date for sending second class post to December 12 from December 19, and for first class to December 16 from December …

The Conservative government is preparing to deploy the armed forces to smash upcoming strikes this month by hundreds of thousands of workers, including a 48-hour nurses walkout. Plans are also being forwarded to impose new anti-strike legislation aimed at making industrial action largely ineffective. Up to 100,000 members of the …

ROYAL MAIL bosses are “intimidating, gaslighting and mocking” their own staff online, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) charged today. The union strongly rejected claims from the privatised firm that a “culture of intimidation is leading to wholly unacceptable behaviour” on picket lines nationwide, as striking workers fight for the future …