Manchester voters in two elections taking place this Thursday, 2 May, are being reminded of polling arrangements. Along with electors in the other nine boroughs of Greater Manchester, voters will be selecting the Mayor of Greater Manchester in mayoral elections. They will also be casting their votes across …
Read More »Attend UK Postal Workers Rank-and File meeting Sunday: “They want Royal Mail on a par with Evri and Amazon”
Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, …
Read More »Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s call for a fight against CWU-Royal Mail agreement receives welcome response
“Keep up the fight” was the response of a postal worker at the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant sorting office in London to the campaign for the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s (PWRFC) next online Zoom meeting on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. Over the past week hundreds of copies of the …
Read More »Widower of jailed Post Office worker loses appeal fight
T he widower of a Post Office worker jailed after being convicted of theft has lost a Court of Appeal fight. Ian O’Donnell wanted to posthumously clear the name of his wife Joanne, who died seven years ago aged 64. Three appeal judges recently considered the case of Mrs O’Donnell, …
Read More »A woman who found a parcel on her bed was left confused until she discovered a note from the postman
I came home to find a mystery parcel on my BED – and then a note from the postman explained it all By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline Published: 07:05 EST, 7 March 2023 | Updated: 10:45 EST, 7 March 2023 A woman who came home to find a random parcel …
Read More »Fancy a kick about, Your Majesty? Cheerful Charles gets a toe to the ball during latest engagement
He is perhaps more at ease with a polo mallet than a football. But King Charles looked right at home on a visit to a community centre – where he even got involved with children playing football. The King and the Queen Consort were on a visit to the Norbrook Community …
Read More »Boxing Day 2022: Christmas, Boxing Day gift for flyers! Despite strikes, airlines intend to run all flights
Despite the written warnings by the worker’s Unions, the airlines have decided to operate their flights entirely during the holiday season. The travellers coming into the UK have been warned that they might face disruptions. The advice is that they quickly cross the borders during that period and also travel …
Read More »Wednesday newspaper round-up: Manchester United, Ovo, Royal Mail, HP
The Glazer family has announced it is “commencing a process to explore strategic alternatives” for Manchester United, potentially bringing an end to its 17-year ownership of the club. On the day it was also confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo had left Old Trafford by mutual consent, a statement from United on …
Read More »Almost 200 workers laid off after voting for strike action at Manchester factory
STRIKING workers at a Manchester flooring factory have been laid off as part of a “vindictive attack” by bosses, GMB said today. About 200 staff at the Polyflor factory in Whitefields are due to down tools today after the union rejected a below-inflation pay offer from the company, which is a leading …
Read More »Warning almost EVERY job sector could soon be on strike as UK faces ‘worst ever crisis’
Strike action could take place in almost every job sector in the coming months as the nation continues to be gripped by the cost of living crisis, a leading academic has warned. Mass walk-outs have already been staged by railway workers, bus drivers, postal workers and barristers in Greater Manchester …
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