[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) passed a resolution in support of the 350 Birmingham bin workers at its meeting on April 27. We publish the resolution below. The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee at Royal Mail sends its solidarity to Birmingham bin workers now in the seventh week of their fight against massive pay…
[ad_1] “I think for the Post Office scandal, the immediate priority is quashing the convictions, getting the compensation to those that are entitled to it as quickly as possible.” Sir Keir Starmer, January 2024 The Labour government has been in power 10 months and still there are hundreds of outstanding compensation claims that have not…
[ad_1] Britain’s Labour government is finalising massive public spending cuts to pay for an increase in military spending. On Monday Bloomberg reported, “Some UK government departments are bracing for budget cuts of as much as 11% as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer comes under mounting pressure to plow more money into defense.” UK Prime Minister…
[ad_1] A private boarding school which charges £33,000 a year and was attended by Britain’s Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees is the latest to be forced to close following Labour’s bombshell VAT plans. Bedstone College in Bucknell, Shropshire, which was set up by the parents of the prominent astrophysicist, will close at the end of the…
[ad_1] By BRENDAN CARLIN Published: 19:10 EST, 25 January 2025 | Updated: 19:14 EST, 25 January 2025 Labour was under fire last night over claims it was selling off two Royal Navy ships at a bargain-basement ‘knock-down price’. The Government was accused of offering two amphibious assault ships to Brazil for just £20 million –…
[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK)—PWRFC—held a meeting Sunday, “For a rank-and-file fightback against Kretinsky take-over and defence of the mail service.” The meeting addressed the regressive character of the two agreements drawn up between Britain’s Labour government and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group to approve its £3.5…
[ad_1] By CALUM MUIRHEAD CHIEF CITY REPORTER Published: 18:48 EST, 15 December 2024 | Updated: 19:14 EST, 15 December 2024 Royal Mail’s takeover by a Czech billionaire has been approved by ministers, it was reported last night. It means that Britain’s postal service — which traces its lineage back to Henry VIII — will fall…
[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site has received emails from postal workers across Royal Mail Group in response to the article, “Communication Workers Union embraces Kretinsky’s takeover of Royal Mail.” CWU leaders Dave Ward and Martin Walsh have for months spun the private talks they have held with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, his private equity firm…
[ad_1] The Post Office has announced plans this week to close more than a hundred of its remaining Crown office branches threatening 1,000 jobs. The Financial Times (FT) stated bluntly, “The company said on Wednesday that it would seek to offload 115 branches to retail partners or sub-postmasters, placing 1,000 jobs at risk. The branches…
[ad_1] By Brendan Carlin and Natasha Livingstone Published: 21:29 EDT, 26 October 2024 | Updated: 06:19 EDT, 27 October 2024 It was where the late Queen first met a dashing young naval cadet called Philip Mountbatten, and where the current King and the next one underwent military training. But now the Britannia Royal Naval College…