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 …
Read More »Britain's Royal Mail workers announce strikes around Black Friday, Cyber Monday
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
Read More »Strike cancellation provokes workers’ fury as UK’s Royal Mail declares war
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 …
Read More »Six days of Royal Mail strikes called off following legal threat by company
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 …
Read More »Fresh strike for BT and Openreach workers amid pay dispute
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 …
Read More »Why aren’t UK Royal Mail workers receiving strike pay from the CWU?
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail postal workers strike: UK Royal Mail postal workers strike over wages working conditions
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 …
Read More »Hundreds gather in support of rail and postal workers’ strike action
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail workers continue strike over pay and conditions
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail workers to launch 48-hour strike in pay dispute
R oyal Mail workers will launch a 48-hour strike on Friday in a worsening dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will mount picket lines outside delivery and sorting offices across the country. The union said the walkout by around 115,000 of its members is the biggest …
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