Tens of thousands of National Health Service (NHS) nurses will strike again Tuesday, after the first such action in British history was taken last Thursday. They will be followed by more than 10,000 ambulance workers Wednesday. Health workers are fighting a massive real-terms pay cut imposed by the Sunak government, …
Read More »Who owns Royal Mail: last posting dates for Christmas brought forward amid strikes
R oyal Mail has brought its final posting dates for Christmas forward by almost a week amid industrial action by its workers. It has brought forward the final suggested date for sending second class post to December 12 from December 19, and for first class to December 16 from December …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes: How to get Christmas parcels delivered and when are the last days to post?
R oyal Mail workers are set to strike in November and December, causing disruption to the delivery of Christmas letters and parcels. It’s always important to be aware of the final Christmas posting dates, but even more so this year amid the industrial action in the run-up to the festive …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes: How to get Christmas parcels delivered and when are the last days to post?
R oyal Mail workers are set to strike in November and December, potentially causing disruption to the delivery of Christmas letters and parcels. It’s always important to be aware of the final Christmas posting dates, but even more so this year amid the industrial action in the run-up to the …
Read More »How to get parcels delivered during the Royal Mail strikes, and when will strikes take place?
The Communication Workers Union (CWU), representing 115,000 postal workers, confirmed the strikes will also cover Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Strikes began early this summer as postal workers demanded a “proper pay rise”, after being offered 2 per cent at a time when inflation was nearing double figures. When are …
Read More »UK teachers vote overwhelmingly for strike in “preliminary” ballot
An unprecedented 98 percent of teachers in the National Education Union (NEU) voted yes to a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise. A huge majority (86 percent) indicated they would be prepared to strike. Teachers have been offered a pay deal of just 5 percent, which will not be funded nationally …
Read More »UK: Unite secures acceptance of below-inflation pay deal at Go-Ahead London buses
A below-inflation 10.5 percent pay offer from Go-Ahead bus company, recommended by Unite officials, was accepted by London bus drivers in a ballot last Thursday, with 1,275 drivers voting yes, and 282 drivers voting no. At Go-Ahead London General, covering Merton, Putney, Stockwell, Sutton, Waterloo and Waterside Way garages, 703 …
Read More »How to get parcels delivered during the Royal Mail strikes, and when will strikes take place?
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), which represents 115,000 postal workers, confirmed the strikes will also cover Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Strikes began early this summer as postal workers demanded a “proper pay rise”, after being offered two per cent at a time when inflation nears double figures. When are …
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 …
Read More »UK: Strike by 40,000 BT workers builds growing opposition to Tory-imposed austerity
The two-day strike at BT on July 29 and August 1 sees 40,000 telecoms workers join with rail workers and hundreds of thousands of others in a growing fightback against the corporations and the Conservative government’s refusal to agree a living wage. This is the first company wide strike since …
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