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Royal Mail workers are to stage a further 19 strikes in the next two months in a deteriorating dispute over pay and conditions. The Communication Workers Union announced the action in October and November will be a mixture of single days and rolling action across Royal Mail Group’s network. The …

Postal strikes in Dumfries and Galloway are set to continue at the end of the month following the postponement of industrial action due to the death of the Queen. Royal Mail workers, who are represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), are demanding better pay and conditions to combat the …

Planned strikes by rail and postal workers have been called off as a result of the Queen’s death. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union were due to walk out on 15 and 17 September in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Its general secretary Mick …

R oyal Mail workers are to stage a further 48-hour strike from September 30 in their dispute over pay and conditions, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced. Tomorrow 115,000 of CWU members will walk out in on 8 September in protest against an “imposed” 2% pay rise. Picket lines will …

Royal Mail workers across the UK will strike for two days at the end of this working week. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to walk out on Thursday, September 8 and Friday, September 9 as part of ongoing disputes over pay. This comes after industrial action …

Postal workers in Dumfries and Galloway have staged two days of strike action as part of an ongoing battle for better pay. They walked out on Friday and yesterday, with further action planned next week. Workers in Castle Douglas were joined on the picket line by Abbey councillor and retired …

Royal Mail workers in Paisley joined the ranks of striking workers this summer as they held the first of three days of industrial action yesterday. A picket line, organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), was in place outside the Underwood Road Royal Mail depot from 5.30am with the first …

Twitter Poke Staff. Updated August 18th, 2022 You’ll probably already know that UK postal workers will go on strike for four days later this month and early in September. Now members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have voted for further industrial action over working conditions. We mention this because …

Disruption to postal deliveries is to be expected after Royal Mail workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) backed strikes by 98.7% on a turnout of more than 72%. It was the second ballot of Royal …

Royal Mail workers in Dumfries and Galloway are set to stage four days of strikes as they battle for better pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is demanding a “dignified, proper pay rise” for staff following mail bosses imposing a two per cent rise that the union say was without …