R oyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay, the Communication Workers Union have announced. A ballot of union members showed huge support for industrial action in protest at a 2% pay offer. A total of 97.6%, of those who voted, backed strikes, on a …
Read More »Which British workers are heading for industrial action?
June 29 (Reuters) – Britain faces a summer of disruption as workers across the economy struggling with the rising cost of living resort to strike action in disputes over pay and conditions. Below are some of the industries in which trade unions have either already announced strike action or are …
Read More »UK rail strikes begin this week: the working class needs its own strategy
On Monday afternoon, Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) General Secretary Mick Lynch confirmed that national rail strikes involving 50,000 workers would go ahead this Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. He complained that the union had been given “no choice” because the Conservative government had “actively prevented a settlement” from being …
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail: Unofficial walkouts precede bigger battle to come on pay and workload
Home | The Socialist 19 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Royal Mail workers, photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) CWU member A number of Royal Mail delivery offices have taken unofficial industrial action since the New Year, all of …
Read More »Royal Mail CDC scheme closer to reality as consultation launches – Law & Regulation
The Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan, which is the first known example of these new type of pension funds coming to fruition following the provisions passed in the Pension Schemes Act 2021, will consist of the a CDC section and a cash lump sum section. A Department for Work and Pensions …
Read More »Royal Mail to focus on pandemic-driven parcel growth as union dispute ends
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) had been locked in a dispute over a 1.8 billion pound ($2.42 billion) restructuring plan, proposed by its former chief executive officer, Rico Back. The resistance led to Back resigning in May. “This agreement marks the end of our two year dispute …
Read More »UK: Tens of thousands of university and college staff vote to strike
UK: Tens of thousands of university and college staff vote to strike Ballot follows strike votes by postal workers, railway conductors, airline pilots, NHS staff By Barry Mason 4 November 2019 The announcement October 31 of the result of ballots conducted by the University and College Union (UCU) reveals …
Read More »Socialist Party :: London – ‘autumn of discontent’
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1062/29786 From The Socialist newspaper, 30 October 2019 photo Rob Williams (Click to enlarge) Rob Williams, National Shop Stewards Network, chair Independent union United Voices of the World (UVW) has launched an ‘autumn of discontent’ with strikes by outsourced, low-paid, mainly migrant workers. There are strikes …
Read More »Christmas post chaos ‘looming’ as Royal Mail staff workers vote in favour of festive…
16 October 2019, 09:11 Royal Mail could go on strike this Christmas. Picture: Getty Images Royal Mail staff have voted to strike this Christmas in a dispute over conditions and pay. You might have to send your Christmas post early this year as Royal Mail workers recently voted to take …
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