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B T and Openreach workers are to stage fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members will walk out on October 6, 10, 20 and 24. The action will include the tens of thousands of Openreach engineers and BT call centre workers …

A planned strike by Royal Mail workers on Friday has been called off following the Queen’s death. Members of the Communication Workers Union were due to continue a 48-hour walkout in a dispute over pay and conditions. General secretary Dave Ward said: “Following the very sad news of the passing …

R oyal Mail workers have walked out on strike again in a bitter dispute over pay, with further industrial action planned. Members of the Communication Workers Union mounted picket lines outside Royal Mail offices across the country on Wednesday. The union said more than 100,000 workers are involved, making it …

Up to 170,000 telecom and postal workers will take six days of selective strike action across Britain from Friday. The largest contingent in the national strike action are 115,000 post workers at Royal Mail who strike across 1,500 workplaces August 26/31 and September 8/9. This is the first national strike …

Posties had already voted for four days of strike action and now more days are planned in a dispute over terms and conditions Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Royal Mail: Communications Workers Union announces strike action Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour …

More than 40,000 workers at UK telecoms giant BT Group are set to strike on July 29 and August 1 against a below inflation pay award for this year. Following the first national rail strike in 25 years last month, the BT action will be the first company-wide strike since …

Thousands of BT telecoms and call centre staff could strike within weeks. On June 15, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) balloted workers in three categories—BT, Openreach and EE subsidiaries—across the BT group. If the strike goes ahead it will be the first national stoppage of BT workers in 35 years. …

S ir Keir Starmer has faced union demands to stick with Jeremy Corbyn-era policies to nationalise key industries. The Labour leader should not make “timid tweaks” to the system and instead aim for “deep and transformative change”, according to a motion moved at the party’s conference in Brighton The Communication …

  Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union will end in job losses By a socialist postal worker 31 July 2020 The following comment article was submitted to the WSWS by a British postal worker. Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) mark a new …

  UK Royal Mail workers oppose union citing coronavirus to justify strike vote sellout By Thomas Scripps 21 March 2020 The Communication Workers Union (CWU) decision to ignore an overwhelming strike vote by its membership and instead offer workers up as “an additional emergency service” during the COVID-19 pandemic has …