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On Sunday, Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials unilaterally cancelled six days of strikes due to start Wednesday, capitulating to legal threats from Royal Mail. One day later, the company unveiled sweeping attacks on employment contracts that it will start imposing from tomorrow. Royal Mail presented a revised below-inflation offer of …

Over 115,000 postal workers are striking again today (25 October) but the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed to enter into talks with Royal Mail through ACAS. Following an invitation from the arbitration body, the union – which represents postal workers – will now be attempting to resolve the ongoing …

MORE than 115,000 postal workers walked out on strike again today as talks with arbitration service Acas began. The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) warned against building up hopes of a resolution to the dispute through the talks with Royal Mail and said scheduled strike action will continue.  Both the CWU and …

B T and Openreach workers will stage a fresh strike on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), including 999 call handlers, will walk out for 24 hours following a wave of stoppages in recent weeks. CWU general secretary Dave Ward said his …

R oyal Mail workers are striking on Thursday, October 20, the latest of 19 days of industrial action that began on October 13 in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Special delivery parcels should still get to their destination, and Covid-19 test kits and prescriptions would be prioritised, said …

Royal Mail announced today that it will axe 10,000 full time jobs—over 6 percent of its 150,000-strong workforce across the UK. The jobs massacre was unveiled by parent group International Services Distribution and will be realised in two tranches, with 5,000 redundancies by March and a total of 10,000 by …

THE UK'S ROYAL Mail is considering axing 10,000 jobs as the as the delivery giant blamed industrial action for mammoth financial losses. Source link

Today, 115,000 Royal Mail workers took their sixth day of national strike action and the first of 19 more one-day strikes scheduled in the run up to Christmas. Placards on display on a picket line during the Royal Mail strike, October 13, 2022 The Royal Mail dispute is by far …

In order to prevent any disruptive shutdowns in the upcoming months, leaders of the trade union that represents striking postal workers in the UK will meet with Royal Mail executives on Monday for intense negotiations. The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) consented to make an appointment with Royal Mail on Monday …

THOUSANDS of postal workers across the country began a 48-hour strike action today morning against the “Uberisation” of Royal Mail. About 115,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) gathered today to demand better pay and working conditions, and are set to be back today for more. The action will be followed by 19 …