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 announced today that it will axe 10,000 full time jobs—over 6 percent of its 150,000-strong workforce across the UK. The jobs massacre was unveiled by parent group International Services Distribution and will be realised in two tranches, with 5,000 redundancies by March and a total of 10,000 by …
Read More »
Numerous strikes have taken place this year, as the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) continue to be in dispute over pay, and cuts to workers’ terms and conditions. Speaking about the decision to strike, CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: “Nobody takes the decision to strike lightly, but postal workers are …
Read More »