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The trade union bringing Britain’s postal and phone services to a standstill has put its multi million-pound headquarters up for sale as it digs in for a campaign of strike action this winter. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which is locked in bitter industrial disputes with Royal Mail and BT, …

Posties, BT workers and emergency call handlers in Dumfries and Galloway braved a downpour and walked out yesterday in their ongoing battle for fairer pay. Staff, represented by the Communications Workers Union (CWU), downed tools for 24 hours in protest over the deals they have been given this year. BT …

The Communication Workers Union (CWU), representing 115,000 postal workers, confirmed the strikes will also cover Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Strikes began early this summer as postal workers demanded a “proper pay rise”, after being offered 2 per cent at a time when inflation was nearing double figures. When are …

Royal Mail, BT and Openreach employees across the UK have walked out over pay and working conditions in one of the largest strikes of the year. A picket line is in action at the Royal Mail delivery office in Brighton, Sussex on Thursday, with other members of the Communication Workers Union …

R oyal Mail workers are striking on Thursday, October 20, the latest of 19 days of industrial action that began on October 13 in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Special delivery parcels should still get to their destination, and Covid-19 test kits and prescriptions would be prioritised, said …

Royal Mail has begun to roll out a stamp change – meaning people have just months to use their old stamps. The new style barcode stamps will begun to be introduced on January 31, 2023. This means the old-style stamps will become worthless in the next few months. Many households …

A large strike across multiple industries will take place on Thursday, affecting a variety of services. Royal Mail workers, BT staff and Openreach engineers will all walk out on the same day over pay and conditions – resulting in one of the biggest strikes this year so far. Members of …

Royal Mail has been accused by a judge of “destroying” a female employee’s life after she was the victim of a lengthy bullying campaign for blowing the whistle on potential fraud. In an extraordinary judgement, the postal service was told that if it had a “shred of decency” it would …

Royal Mail has been accused by a judge of ‘destroying’ a female employee’s life after she was the victim of a lengthy bullying campaign for blowing the whistle on potential fraud. In an extraordinary judgement, the postal service was told that if it had a ‘shred of decency’ it would …

Royal Mail staff are set to strike again. It is due to a dispute over pay. From tomorrow (October 20), workers will walk out on 18 days from October to December – covering the busy run-up to Christmas Day – including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Over summer more than …