[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is sitting on the largest strike mandate it has been handed for decades, refusing to name any dates for action against Royal Mail’s imposition of a 2 percent pay award this year. Around 115,000 postal workers at 1,500 workplaces returned a 97.6 percent vote for strike action in a…
[ad_1] B usinesses can now provide skilled agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strike action under changes to the law coming into force on Thursday, the Government has announced. Ministers said they have worked at speed to repeal trade union laws that restrict employment businesses from providing temporary agency workers to fill vacant…
[ad_1] More than 40,000 workers at UK telecoms giant BT Group are set to strike on July 29 and August 1 against a below inflation pay award for this year. Following the first national rail strike in 25 years last month, the BT action will be the first company-wide strike since 1987—three years after its…
[ad_1] The so-called ‘summer of discontent’ continues this week, with Post Office workers the latest to walk out over a pay dispute. Unions have warned deliveries and collections could be disrupted Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Man’s mind blown by post office realisation that took him 32 years to…
[ad_1] Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who work at 114 Crown Post Offices – those run directly by the Post Office – will walk out on July 11. See the full list of locations below Post Office workers will strike on July 11 ( Image: Getty Images) Thousands of Post Office staff at…
[ad_1] Jim Hardbattle, 74, has shown he’s the postie with the mostie after he started as a messenger in May 1963, the same month The Beatles topped the UK chart Jim Hardbattle is the UK’s longest serving postie ( Image: Yorkshire Post / SWNS) Britain’s longest serving postman is hanging up his mailbag after 59…
[ad_1] The prospect of a national postal strike at the same time as a national rail strike is likely to set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street. Boris Johnson has insisted ministers stay out of any pay negotiations for public sector workers but further strikes in the coming weeks and months would seriously damage the…
[ad_1] Just four post offices remain in and around Burton as was announced another one will be shutting down. The Post Office inside Dean & Smedley chemist, in Horninglow Road, Burton, will be closing in August. It means that the office in Asda, Wellington Street and Stretton and Winshill Post Offices are the only ones…
[ad_1] This Monday marks a bank holiday and busy shoppers looking to run errands at places like B&Q and the Post Office might face different opening hours. Monday, May 2 is the early May bank holiday, followed by the spring bank holiday which has been moved to create an extra long weekend from June 2…
[ad_1] With two Easter bank holidays taking place, the post this weekend is expected to be slower over most services. The pandemic has impeded delivery services at times over the last two years, but this delay will be down to a more normal reason – a bank holiday weekend. With the UK removing most protective…