Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers are walking out on strike in coordinated action as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picket lines are being mounted outside postal delivery and sorting offices, universities and schools as unions edge closer to …
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New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over Christmas and force students and …
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Christmas is truly just around, and it means there is a lot of organising to do. And one thing that many will be planning to do is sending letters and presents to friends and family up and down the country or overseas. Things tend to take a little longer over …
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Hundreds of Royal Mail workers across Merseyside are set to go on strike on one of the busiest days of the year, Black Friday. Thousands of Royal Mail workers across the UK, who are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) went out on strike on Thursday, November 24, as …
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Postal services were disrupted today in Burton as Royal Mail workers walked out as part of one of the biggest strikes of the year. It comes as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Postal workers are joining university staff and teachers …
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A Royal Mail worker of 30 years has slammed the company over its treatment of staff. Sajid Shaikh spoke out from a picket line outside Royal Mail’s Central Delivery Office in Birmingham today, November 24. The area distribution representative is one of thousands of postal workers who have begun a …
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Union bosses reject Royal Mail’s ‘best and final offer’ to postal workers as 115,000 staff prepare for 48-hour walkout on Thursday and Friday Communication Workers Union said this is the ‘end of Royal Mail as we know it’ Royal Mail said strikes which have already taken place have cost them …
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POSTIES across Britain declared no confidence in Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson today as they prepare for more strike action over pay and working conditions later this week. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) told the Morning Star that every meeting of workers it had organised unanimously supported the informal motion and …
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Christmas is just over a month away, and with people all across the country buying and sending presents and cards, Royal Mail have shared their last posting dates to ensure everything arrives in time for the special day. If you’re planning on sending things internationally, you don’t have long left …
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Royal Mail has made an improved pay offer in a final effort to avoid 10 days of strike action by post men and women in the run-up to Christmas. The FTSE 250 company is understood to have offered a 9pc pay rise spread over 18 months, rather than two years, …
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