Tag Archives: Royal Mail

In this dawn of the reign of King Charles III, while the country waits excitedly for new postage stamps with the King’s head on them, the Royal Mail appears to have other priorities. In its obsession with tracking and de-romanticising everything, it is imposing new stamps on us which manage …

On Sunday, Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials unilaterally cancelled six days of strikes due to start Wednesday, capitulating to legal threats from Royal Mail. One day later, the company unveiled sweeping attacks on employment contracts that it will start imposing from tomorrow. Royal Mail presented a revised below-inflation offer of …

A billionaire Czech investor is expected to push for the end of Saturday letter deliveries and a renewed focus on parcels after ministers gave him licence to tighten his grip on Royal Mail. Daniel Kretinsky, dubbed the “Czech sphinx” for his inscrutable approach to investing, will be free to increase his …

R oyal Mail’s parent firm has said it faces no further action months after ministers said they would launch a national security probe into the company. International Distributions Services (IDS), which was renamed from Royal Mail Group earlier this year, had faced the potential intervention after the firm’s largest shareholder, …

Planned strikes by Royal Mail workers in the next two weeks have been called off following a challenge by the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are involved in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. A series of strikes have taken place in recent weeks and …

The Royal Mail’s largest labour union, the Communications Workers Union (CWU), has withdrawn its planned strike action in Britain in the next two weeks, the company said on Sunday. The company and the union have talks planned through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) on Monday. The union last …

Unions have been forced to call off a wave of planned strike action at Royal Mail after being challenged by the company on a legal technicality.  The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents 115,000 Royal Mail employees, said that following a letter from Royal Mail’s legal team, it had decided …

A postie warned Royal Mail will “wither on the vine” if the company goes ahead with a proposed 10,000 job cuts and changes to workers’ conditions. The West Derby postal worker, who asked not to be named for fear of his employer “taking action” against him, said it was a …

Strike action by workers across sectors in Perth in Kinross are set to hit the county in the coming days. No trains will run in the region once more on Saturday (October 29) due to another round of 24-hour walkouts over an ongoing pay and working conditions dispute. It means …

Stewartry posties were back on the picket line this week. Staff based at the Royal Mail office in Castle Douglas went on strike on Tuesday. But there may be an end in sight to a dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. The two parties entered into …