Tag Archives: dispute

Six workers remain sacked from Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office in the Wirral. Eleven posties were initially suspended for taking their legally entitled tea breaks at two local pubs. Their treatment is part of a wave of company victimisations, with reports confirming that Royal Mail is targeting workers to enforce …

Do you have information about workplace victimisations? Are you a sacked or suspended worker or rep? Get in touch and join the campaign using the form below. Your anonymity will be protected. A mass campaign must be launched mobilising Royal Mail’s entire workforce for the reinstatement of all colleagues victimised, …

Part one of this article was published August 11 The Socialist Workers Party are expert at providing tame “left-wing” criticisms of the labour and trade union bureaucracy, while serving to politically block any independent movement of the working class. The SWP’s long-established theory of the trade unions is one that …

The following article is the first of a two-part series. One month has passed since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) led by Dave Ward and Andy Furey succeeded in pushing through their pro-company “Business Recovery, Growth and Transformation Agreement” in a ballot whose results were announced July 11. The impact …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday on the eve of ballot results being announced over the sell-out deal negotiated by Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey with Royal Mail. The national ballot closes at 12pm Tuesday. A statement produced by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File …

A Zoom meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee on Sunday delivered a powerful answer to the propaganda by Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials who are insisting “there is no alternative” to accepting their pro-company agreement with Royal Mail and that a no vote will result in “mutual destruction”. Sunday’s …

Posed in the present fight against the Communication Workers Union’s pro-company agreement with Royal Mail Group (RMG) is a political reckoning with the union bureaucracy by the rank-and-file. At the start of last summer, after postal workers delivered massive strike mandates to fight Royal Mail’s attacks, the World Socialist Web …

The World Socialist Web Site is summarising key aspects of the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) deal with Royal Mail. We invite postal workers to send in your response. How will the agreement impact your work and family lives? The agreement is filled with corporate jargon but outlines major attacks in …

12 December 2022, 12:33 Nurses and ambulance staff are set to strike in December over pay and working conditions. Picture: Getty For the first time in history, nurses and ambulance staff will be going on strike in a huge dispute over wages – here are the strike dates for this …

Royal Mail owner International Distributions Systems swung to a half-year loss, blaming weak parcel volumes and strikes at the UK postal carrier, and also axed its interim dividend. Reported pre-tax losses came in at £127m, compared with a profit of £315m a year earlier. The company also said it would …