Royal Mail deliveries will be halted for four days later this month and at the beginning of September as 115,000 postal workers will go on strike for a “dignified, proper pay rise”. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) – which represents Royal Mail Workers – have announced strike action to take …
Read More »Royal Mail strike action to start later this month amid union pay dispute
More than 100,000 Royal Mail staff members will strike over four days in a call for a “dignified, proper pay rise.” The industrial action is set to take place on August 26 and 31 as well as September 8 and 9. It comes after a 77 percent ballot turnout from …
Read More »Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strikes after 2% pay offer
Postal services in Scotland are likely to be hampered in the near future after Royal Mail workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay. A ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) showed huge support for industrial action in protest at a 2% pay …
Read More »Unite warns on potential for summer of strife
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has warned there could be “hundreds of disputes” across UK businesses if workers are “made to pay the price for inflation”. A new report from Unite, Corporate Profiteering and the Cost of Living Crisis, argues that inflation and corporate profits are at the heart …
Read More »When could Royal mail workers go on strike? 2,400 managers to walk out
R oyal Mail staff are set to go on strike later this month in a dispute over “further attacks on jobs and pay.” Unite, the managers’ trade union, says the industrial action will go ahead over Royal Mail’s plan to cut 700 jobs and cut pay by up to £7,000, …
Read More »Royal Mail workers could be next to strike as fears grow of new ‘Winter of Discontent’
Royal Mail workers will be sent ballot papers on Tuesday Royal Mail workers could be the next to go on strike as they prepare to vote in the coming weeks on proposed industrial action. Around 115,000 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members will be voting on the proposal after the union …
Read More »Royal Mail workers: did you vote to strike? | Business
Royal Mail workers have voted to strike over job insecurity and employment terms and conditions, raising fears there could be walkouts in the run-up to Christmas. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members backed industrial action by 97% in a turnout of almost 76%. The vote could potentially lead to the first …
Read More »Christmas postal strike looms after Royal Mail workers vote for action | Business
Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of striking in a dispute over job security and employment terms and conditions, raising the threat of industrial action in the run-up to Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) backed action by 97% in a huge turnout of almost 76%. …
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