Cambridgeshire postal workers are among around 115,000 Royal Mail staff taking part in a four-day strike beginning today (August 26). Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) say that they are “striking for a pay rise that fully addresses the current cost of living”. 97.6 per cent of CWU members …
Read More »Striking Royal Mail workers ‘using foodbanks to feed families’
Royal Mail workers across Merseyside took to picket lines today, on their first day of strike action. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who work for Royal Mail are striking over four days in total, including today, because of a dispute over pay. Workers will also strike on August …
Read More »Royal Mail strike: The postal workers taking a stand over ‘totally inadequate’ pay
From Friday 115,000 Royal Mail workers are going on strike in what has been called the “biggest strike of summer so far”. Workers gathered at the Penarth Road sorting office in Cardiff to make their case. On the picket line, Communication Workers Union branch chair and postal executive member Katrina …
Read More »Postal workers across Cornwall take part in Royal Mail strike action
Postal workers have been pictured at picket lines in Cornwall today (August 26) as part of an action that includes thousands of other workers across the country who are in a dispute over pay and working conditions. In Truro, some members taking part in the industrial action had been at …
Read More »Royal Mail postal workers strike in Lincoln over pay dispute
Postal workers are striking at the Lincoln Royal Mail depot over pay on the morning of Friday, August 26. Images show around 50 Royal Mail workers at the picket holding signs reading ‘I’m voting yes.’ More than 100,000 postal workers have walked out across the country. The Communication Workers Union …
Read More »UK: Royal Mail and Post Office workers begin first of a series of strikes, BT to follow
Royal Mail and Post Office workers took national strike action today, covering a combined workforce of up to 120,000. There were large turn outs on picket lines at delivery offices, mail centres and Parcelforce depots across the UK. Striking Royal Mail workers in Bournemouth, August 26, 2022 [Photo: WSWS] The …
Read More »Stokie posties walk out on strike in Royal Mail pay dispute
Postal workers in Stoke-on-Trent have joined 115,000 Royal Mail colleagues across the country in what union leaders have described as ‘the biggest strike of the summer so far’. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is calling for a ‘dignified, proper pay rise’, with members voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. …
Read More »Postal strike: Royal Mail workers walk out in ‘biggest strike of the summer’
More than 100,000 Royal Mail postal workers are on strike today after unions rejected a two per cent pay rise in a dispute that could last until Christmas. Letters will not be delivered and some parcels will be delayed in what is being described as the biggest strike of the …
Read More »Royal Mail workers begin four-day strike as 115,000 walk out
R oyal Mail workers have begun a four-day strike over a pay dispute with the company. On Friday, some 115,000 are expected to stage a walkout, which will last throughout the weekened, with Royal Mail warning that letters will not be delievred, and parcels will be delayed. Amid the cost …
Read More »Royal Mail strike dates and when post will be delivered as customers warned of disruption
Royal Mail workers are holding a number of strikes following a dispute over pay. Earlier this month Royal Mail The Communication Workers Union (CWU) confirmed that around 115,000 postal workers are set to walk out. This comes after the union rejected a two per cent pay rise offer, demanding a …
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