R oyal Mail workers have begun a four-day strike over a pay dispute with the company. On Friday, some 115,000 are expected to stage a walkout, which will last throughout the weekened, with Royal Mail warning that letters will not be delievred, and parcels will be delayed. Amid the cost …
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Brits are bracing themselves for a summer of discontent amid strikes, rising bills and flight cancellations. Workers are staging walkouts across the country as they demand proper pay rises to help them cope with spiralling inflation rates. Inflation is currently at a 40-year high of 10.1 per cent, with US …
Read More »High stakes for Royal Mail as posties walk out
Friday marks the first of four days of stoppages by 115,000 postal workers. For the Communication Workers Union it is a dispute about pay. The union has rejected a 5.5% offer from management and insisted that its members must be protected from the ravages of inflation. On first look that …
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LONDON Railway and postal staff, dockers too. Britain’s workers are striking in vast numbers as decades-high inflation erodes the value of wages at a record pace. class=’cf’> Britain’s train network faces further heavy disruption today and on Aug. 20 in major walkouts that follow the sector’s biggest strike …
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‘Pushed to the brink’ Dave Ward, general secretary of the CWU, said: “Nobody takes the decision to strike lightly, but postal workers are being pushed to the brink. There can be no doubt that postal workers are completely united in their determination to secure the dignified, proper pay rise they …
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 …
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Read More »Union ballots 115,000 Royal Mail staff over ‘biggest strike’ of the summer
It demanded that the company negotiates to secure a “straight, no-strings pay increase” for employees. A spokesman for the CWU said: “Britain’s postal workers are being forced into accepting a massive pay cut by the same people they have generated incredible profits for. “Our members are going to food banks …
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 »UK: BT facing first national strike in 35 years as 40,000 telecoms workers ballot over pay
BT Group, the UK telecoms giant, is facing a national strike over pay by 40,000 frontline staff across BT and its subsidiaries, Openreach and EE. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will begin balloting from June 15. BT announced its decision to impose a pay award for this year of between …
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