More strikes will be held across the country tomorrow as unions gear up for Christmas walkouts – including 100,000 nurses in mid-December. Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and sixth-form college staff will take action on one of the biggest walkouts on the same day. Picket lines will be mounted outside …
Read More »Royal Mail bans postmen from flying England or Wales flags during World Cup
Royal Mail bosses are being branded as “woke” after they banned postmen from flying patriotic flags on the company’s 48,000 vans and lorries during the World Cup. All flags – of England, Wales and other countries – are barred from the Royal Mail’s delivery vehicles, as well as from tens …
Read More »Unions told ‘there simply isn’t the money’ to give public sector workers inflation-busting pay rises
Union leaders were warned that the Government cannot afford inflation-busting pay rises for public sector workers today as the country braces for a wave of brutal Christmas strikes. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said he did not have ‘a bottomless pit of taxpayers money’ to hand out to rail workers, nurses …
Read More »Royal Mail workers strikes to continue over “derisory” pay offer
Postal workers in Northern Ireland are to take part in further strike action, a trade union has confirmed. The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) said an ongoing dispute about pay and conditions, which led to strikes on Thursday and Friday, would lead to further action next week. There are believed to …
Read More »Lecturers, teachers and Royal Mail staff walk out in coordinated strike
Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike in coordinated action as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picket lines are being mounted outside postal delivery and sorting offices, universities and schools as unions edge closer to …
Read More »When are the Royal Mail postal strikes in December? Will it ruin Christmas?
New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over Christmas and force students and …
Read More »Union bosses reject Royal Mail’s ‘best and final offer’ to workers as 115,000 staff will walk out
Union bosses reject Royal Mail’s ‘best and final offer’ to postal workers as 115,000 staff prepare for 48-hour walkout on Thursday and Friday Communication Workers Union said this is the ‘end of Royal Mail as we know it’ Royal Mail said strikes which have already taken place have cost them …
Read More »Workers at IDS unit Royal Mail to vote amid pay, conditions dispute
(Alliance News) – Workers at International Distributions Services PLC’s Royal Mail will hold a series of meetings on Tuesday to vote on whether they have confidence in the company’s chief executive ahead of fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Communication Workers Union is organising …
Read More »Royal Mail workers announce walkouts on Dec 23 and 24 – making SEVEN strike days through December
Royal Mail workers will strike on seven days in December, including on Christmas Eve, in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, their union has announced. The workers will now walk out on December 23 and 24, in addition to December 1, 9, 11, 14 and 15, the Communication …
Read More »Royal Mail asks to cut letter service to just FIVE days a week after tumbling £219M operating loss
Royal Mail has asked the Government for an early move to cut its letter service to five days a week after unveiling an approximately £219million loss bosses say was worsened by strike action. The postal service is looking to switch from a six-days-a-week letter delivery service to five, covering Monday to …
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