Tag Archives: Royal Mail

Expects have issued a warning about a new phishing scam that could lead to people having their personal and business bank accounts emptied. The most recent scam targeting PayPal users, is a legitimate-looking email offering the chance to win a £500 Tesco gift card through your PayPal account. But once …

Royal Mail’s crazy security check drives customers barking mad by making them spot the smiling dogs to track their parcels Postal service has enraged customers with ‘deliberately obtuse questions’ Many firms use ‘captcha’ quiz to protect their service from hackers and robots Customers also asked to identify horses made of …

A Cambridge postal worker has spoken out against what he calls the “manic” conditions imposed on workers of Royal Mail in Cambridgeshire. Alex Cook, 40, who has been working at Royal Mail’s sorting office in Cambridge for more than a year, has said that his work schedule is “manic”, and …

POSTIES have accused Royal Mail bosses of “unforgivable greed” after it emerged they were awarded over £2 million in new shares while workers struck over poor pay.  Four of the firm’s senior staff were handed the hefty conditional share awards this month, according to postal workers’ union CWU, with CEO Simon Thompson …

Postal workers in Dumfries and Galloway have staged two days of strike action as part of an ongoing battle for better pay. They walked out on Friday and yesterday, with further action planned next week. Workers in Castle Douglas were joined on the picket line by Abbey councillor and retired …

R oyal Mail workers have walked out on strike again in a bitter dispute over pay, with further industrial action planned. Members of the Communication Workers Union mounted picket lines outside Royal Mail offices across the country on Wednesday. The union said more than 100,000 workers are involved, making it …

Royal Mail workers have strike action planned across the UK for Wednesday August 31. Further industrial action is expected to take place on Thursday September 8 and Friday September 9. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called for its Royal Mail members to strike for increased pay that “addresses the …

Royal Mail staff across the country will strike today (Wednesday) in a dispute over pay. It is the latest in a series of walk-outs which were confirmed by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) earlier this month. Workers are demanding a “dignified, proper pay rise” after being offered a 2% pay …

First, we need to rip up the rules that were put in place when it was privatised that protect the unions. The Royal Mail is ridiculously over-manned, and riddled with restrictive practices.  Of course, we all sympathise with the posties who want a pay rise that matches inflation, and the …

Royal Mail workers in Paisley joined the ranks of striking workers this summer as they held the first of three days of industrial action yesterday. A picket line, organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), was in place outside the Underwood Road Royal Mail depot from 5.30am with the first …