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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 …

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 …

The Communication Workers Union announced the action across the Royal Mail Group’s network over October and November, which could hamper Black Friday and Christmas deliveries Royal Mail workers are due to strike for a further 19 days ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Christmas and Black Friday online deliveries …

Freshly announced Royal Mail strikes will disrupt some massive online shopping days in the lead-up to Christmas 2022, as pay negotiations between the firm and union officials blow up Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Royal Mail: Thousands of postal workers strike over pay Royal …

C alls to support striking workers received a standing ovation from Labour members, as a bacon butty was offered to tempt Sir Keir Starmer to visit a picket line. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, moved a motion aimed at committing the next Labour government to bringing …