The World Socialist Web Site has received a further outpouring of opposition from postal workers against the deal reached by Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey with Royal Mail. The agreement was set to be voted on by 115,000 postal workers starting from tomorrow and closing …
Read More »Royal Mail slumps to loss of more than £1bn after year of strikes
Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26, against earnings of £250 million the previous …
Read More »Royal Mail ‘postal deserts’ in London to be revealed as residents report missing post
N ew Royal Mail statistics are set to reveal how some neighbourhoods are receiving post as little as once a fortnight, including in London, according to reports. Insiders have dubbed these postcodes “postal deserts”, according to the Telegraph newspaper, as mail bosses battle with staff shortages and strikes. Royal Mail …
Read More »Canadian postal worker voices support for UK Royal Mail workers’ fight against concessions-filled contract
115,000 postal workers in Britain are currently being balloted on a sellout agreement reached between Royal Mail management and the Communication Workers Union (CWU). The deal includes the market-based restructuring of Royal Mail, massive attacks on pay and conditions, and plans for up to 10,000 job cuts. Postal workers delivered …
Read More »How to fight back at Royal Mail—A meeting for rank-and-file workers
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) and the World Socialist Web Site will be hosting an online meeting of rank-and-file postal workers next Monday, March 27, at 7pm to discuss taking forward the fight against attacks on living standards and working conditions, and the victimisation of their colleagues. Register for the …
Read More »Royal Mail: When is the next postal strike and why is the Communication Workers’ Union taking industrial action?
R oyal Mail’s operations will be hit once more, when thousands of staff stage a 24-hour strike this February. The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has around 115,000 members, and they have voted to take action over disputes around pay and conditions. CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: “This action is …
Read More »Royal Mail reveals £200m cost of strikes as revenue dives
T he owner of strike-ravaged Royal Mail today revealed the scale of the devastating impact of industrial action on its profits after strikes brought chaos to the peak Christmas parcel and card delivery season. International Distribution Services said 18 days of industrial action by postal workers — including seven in …
Read More »Bring back the Seventies – and a post that worked
T HIS, I’d say, is the week when we gave up on the post, on letters. That’s how history happens: in unobtrusive ways as well as with bangs and whistles. I had a party, as per usual, for the Epiphany on Friday. All the guests wrote an email to thank …
Read More »Royal Mail Christmas deadline moved – so you’ve only got days left to post letters
13 December 2022, 07:55 The 2nd class deadline has already been missed but 1st class post will still arrive in time for Christmas. Picture: Alamy The deadline for posting letters to make sure they arrive in time for Christmas has been brought forward. Owing to strike action by Royal Mail …
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 …
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