[ad_1] The takeover of Royal Mail by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s private equity firm EP Group moved a step closer Friday, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appearing to welcome a £3.5 billion buyout of Royal Mail shareholders. EP Group’s takeover bid marks a new stage in the wrecking operation against Royal Mail since privatisation. It sets the…
[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a CWU Live YouTube show last Thursday on Parcelforce, the parcel delivery arm of Royal Mail that employs around 6,500 workers across 54 depots in the UK. The CWU billed the event as “PARCELFORCE FENDING OFF THE GIG ECONOMY. READY TO FIGHT?!” promising a “Parcelforce Special: We answer…
[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union (CWU) posted a video from Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Martin Walsh on its Facebook page and X account on Saturday claiming to refute “the idea the union supports a cut in the USO [Universal Service Obligation].” Walsh’s one-minute video did nothing of the sort. It served only to underscore how…
[ad_1] In a three-sentence statement released May 2, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) Postal Executive announced it had reached an agreement with Royal Mail for members in Fleet, the company’s maintenance division. Fleet employs around 1,000 vehicle technicians at a network of 110 workshops across the UK. The statement read: “BREAKING: The CWU Postal Executive…
[ad_1] Campaigns have been mounted at Royal Mail delivery offices and mail centres this week, distributing the statement by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee: “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” —Royal Mail’s submission to Ofcom states that 7,000-9,000 delivery routes will be axed and thousands of jobs are threatened. London At…
[ad_1] Royal Mail postal workers will recall during our bitter 2022-23 industrial dispute the transparently disingenuous performance of then CEO Simon Thompson in front of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. When questioned about the technology that posties carry with them, Thompson was by turns evasive, feigned ignorance, and…
[ad_1] CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment. Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. The motion, which was debated…
[ad_1] Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, met with a welcome…
[ad_1] FREE Royal Mail redeliveries should be reviewed after the company’s actions have left its six-day delivery service financially unviable, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference heard today. Deputy general secretary Martin Walsh told delegates in Bournemouth that the union has submitted its rejection of a three- or four-day letter delivery service to regulator Ofcom, which is looking at watering down…
[ad_1] ROYAL MAIL has been urged to waive its postal redirection service fees to women’s refuges. Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates unanimously backed the move at the union’s conference in Bournemouth today. South Yorkshire delegate Louise James told delegates the voluntary sector should not be relied on to cover the redirection fees for domestic abuse survivors. “I…