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The CWU has written an open letter claiming that staff have been instructed to bin door to door mail Masses of undelivered post are reportedly being left outside and exposed to the elements at a Bristol Royal Mail sorting and delivery depot. Staff at the Filton site claim they have …

Staff walkouts at Royal Mail in the run-up to Christmas are expected to cause disruption with new advice to post items sooner than originally suggested. The postal service has moved last-posting dates forward as more strike dates were announced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Union members have been taking …

Royal Mail strikers in Tiverton have been gifted £170 to help them during industrial action. Political party LIFT (Local Independents for Tiverton) donated the funds at a recent day of action outside the sorting office on Barrington Street on Thursday, November 24. Sarah Perris, a LIFT member, said: “We’ve launched …

Members of the CWU took on the Burrator 5K to raise awareness and funds for mental health charity, Mind Postal workers from Plymouth have raised hundreds of pounds for a mental health charity amid ongoing strikes. Many of the posties from the West Park Delivery Office took on the challenge …

LONDON – Cleaners will become the latest set of transport workers to strike over pay in Britain, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union said on Saturday, adding to a wave of industrial action sweeping the country. The RMT said its members, working as cleaners throughout the transport network, had voted …

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has ranked first in the labor force growth rate, outperforming other G20 countries, during the period 2012 – 2021, according to the labor market benchmarking report issued by the National Labor Observatory (NLO). This report keeps track of the international indicators issued by the International Labor …

Royal Mail workers are set to strike a further six times next month set to affect Herts residents receiving parcels and letters this winter, including on Christmas Eve. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members will walk out on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 as they …

With Christmas fast approaching and the cost of living crisis biting now could be the time to get a seasonal job to help pay the bills. And a Royal Mail depot near Birmingham is advertising a number of roles to help get festive deliveries to its customers. The nation’s postal …

A Leicester City Council employee struggling with grief and depression should not have been formally disciplined for a photo of a co-worker with a sex toy stuck to his head, a tribunal has ruled. Employment Judge Richard Adkinson said the worker in the photo – who was wearing council-branded clothing …

Planned strike action by Royal Mail workers has been called off for two weeks. The Communication Workers Union has been striking over a pay dispute and working conditions in recent weeks, and a further series of strikes involving 115,000 postal workers was set to take place in early November. However, …