Postal workers have picked up on the undeniable stench of a sellout hanging over the closed-door talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and are up in arms. CWU General Secretary Dave Ward on Thursday March 2 stated at an online meeting with postal workers that a …
Read More »Communication Workers Union deepens collusion with Royal Mail to prepare strike sell-out
The seven-month struggle of 115,000 postal workers against restructuring by Royal Mail is being sabotaged by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). After 18 days of strike action since last August against an imposed sub-inflation pay award of 2 percent, demands for the tearing up terms and conditions and plans for …
Read More »Royal Mail strikers sacked for saying ‘scab’ on social media in ‘attempt to remove union’
Exclusive: The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” – a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines abour MP Ian Lavery (pictured) said the number of suspensions “looks like discrimination” ( Image: Newcastle Chronicle) …
Read More »Royal Mail workers vote to continue strikes campaign
R oyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. A fresh ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union showed almost 96% were in favour of more strikes unless the deadlock is broken. CWU general …
Read More »CWU announces 24-hour postal strike, accusing Royal Mail of ‘a complete lack of integrity’
ROYAL MAIL bosses are “displaying a complete lack of integrity” during a long-running dispute over jobs and working conditions, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) charged today, after announcing another 24-hour strike. The union said the walkout — set to involve more than 115,000 workers from 12.30pm on February 16 — is needed after …
Read More »Workers speak from the picket line during UK Royal Mail Christmas strikes
World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to striking postal workers involved in national walkouts on December 23/24. Matt, a postal worker of 20 years was on the picket line at Alder Hills Delivery Office, Bournemouth. Co-worker Neil has 25 years at Royal Mail. Strikers at Alder Hills delivery office Bournemouth, December …
Read More »UK Communication Workers Union sellout BT deal: A warning to Royal Mail workers
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced December 15 that the pay deal it agreed with BT Group was accepted by an 81 percent majority in the ballot covering BT and subsidiaries Openreach and EE. The privatised UK telecoms giant was hit by its first company-wide strike in 35 years after …
Read More »Fresh Royal Mail strikes on run-up to Christmas
R oyal Mail workers will stage fresh strikes in the days before Christmas in the increasingly bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will walk out on Friday and Christmas Eve following a spate of stoppages this year. The company said it will …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes to go ahead after company ‘rejects union offer of pay talks’
S trikes by Royal Mail workers will go ahead in the days before Christmas after their union said the company had turned down an offer of negotiations to resolve a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members will walk out on Friday 23 …
Read More »UK post and rail strikes continue, as trade union bureaucracy steps up efforts to end wave of industrial action
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 …
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