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The World Socialist Web Site has received information in recent days from Royal Mail workers about the current dispute that is pitting 115,000 postal workers against a company intent on slashing thousands of jobs and re-writing employment contracts to establish a gig-economy style conditions along the lines of Evri, DPD …

Britain’s two main pseudo-left groups, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and Socialist Party (SP), are scrambling to shore up the authority of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) bureaucracy in the face of mounting opposition to its capitulation before Royal Mail. In opposition to an enforced pay award of just 2 …

On Monday, Royal Mail made a pay offer, but the CWU called it a “surrender document” because it included changes to terms and conditions as well as … Source link

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 …

Royal Mail’s legal team have challenged the plan which is part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions – prompting the CommunicatioN Workers Union to withdraw industrial action Six days of strikes have been called off in the ongoing dispute ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Six days …

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 …

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 …

Postal workers in the UK have again gone on strike in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions. There will undoubtedly be more walkouts as the busy Christmas season draws near. According to the Communication Workers Union, the biggest strike in a year that has seen industrial stirs in …

H undreds of people braved the rain in Edinburgh on Saturday morning to show their support for rail and postal workers taking strike action. Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) voted “resoundingly” to take industrial action against the companies they say have failed to give workers a …

R oyal Mail workers will mount picket lines outside Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices again on Saturday in a continuing dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked out on a 48-hour strike on Friday, hitting deliveries of post across the country. Talks between …