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A postal worker forced to work in extreme heat dies in Turkey

Record high temperatures since early July are threatening the health and lives of workers, especially those forced to work in unsafe conditions. Berran Özen Kırmızıgül (42), a postal worker from the state-owned Turkish Post (PTT), was hospitalized on Monday after she collapsed due to sunstroke while delivering mail in the …

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Postal workers speak out against Communication Workers Union’s partnership with Royal Mail over punishing workloads: “The union has well and truly sold its members out”

UK postal workers have written in to outline their crippling workloads and Royal Mail’s trashing of its statutory obligation to deliver six days a week. Increased walks and impossible targets are being enforced by management intimidation and use of overtime to clear back logs, forcing postal workers into a longer …

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