MASSIVE votes for strike action at Heathrow airport came as railway workers shut down the network for a second day today. British Airways’ attempt to maintain a 10 per cent pay cut — one it imposed alongside job cuts during the pandemic despite receiving public money to protect its workers …
Read More »UK Royal Mail workers ballot for national strike action against imposition of 2 percent pay award
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced it will ballot 115,000 postal workers for national strike action against the imposition of a 2 percent pay award for this year by the highly profitable Royal Mail Group. The ballot will open on June 28 with results to be announced on July …
Read More »Royal Mail workers to be balloted for industrial action over pay
MORE than 115,000 Royal Mail workers are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over pay, their union announced today. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will vote in the coming weeks on whether to mount a campaign of industrial action. Ballot papers will go out on …
Read More »UK: BT facing first national strike in 35 years as 40,000 telecoms workers ballot over pay
BT Group, the UK telecoms giant, is facing a national strike over pay by 40,000 frontline staff across BT and its subsidiaries, Openreach and EE. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will begin balloting from June 15. BT announced its decision to impose a pay award for this year of between …
Read More »Royal Mail to increase prices and slash costs due to inflation
Royal Mail has said it will need to raise its prices and cut costs due to rising inflation and weak economic growth. In its full-year results for the 52-week period ended March 2022, the postal operator achieved revenue of £12.71bn, up 0.6% on the £12.64bn it achieved a year …
Read More »Royal Mail pushes ahead with CDC plans following member consultation
Royal Mail Group (RMG), the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union have confirmed plans for a new collective pension scheme following a successful consultation process, with the scheme to be launched by the end of 2022 or early 2023. The positive outcome to the consultation, which was launched …
Read More »Unite vows to fight Royal Mail’s plans to axe 700 jobs
UNITE vowed to fight Royal Mail’s plans to axe 700 jobs today as the threat of strike action looms large. The announcement, affecting managerial positions, came after Communication Workers Union (CWU) members unanimously approved a strike ballot over Post Office pay freezes on Monday. Unite said that its members were being made the scapegoat for bosses’ failure …
Read More »Royal Mail: Unofficial walkouts precede bigger battle to come on pay and workload
Home | The Socialist 19 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Royal Mail workers, photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) CWU member A number of Royal Mail delivery offices have taken unofficial industrial action since the New Year, all of …
Read More »Invergordon Royal Mail mutiny wins
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1162/33571 Home | The Socialist 12 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook A Royal Mail depot, photo JB (Click to enlarge) Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) members in the Royal Mail delivery office in Invergordon, north of …
Read More »Invergordon posties mutiny | The Socialist 6 January 2022
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1161/33516 Home | The Socialist 6 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Royal Mail managers intimidation post privatisation CWU, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) As we go to press, Communication Workers Union (CWU) members in …
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