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R oyal Mail has warned that planned strikes by more than 100,000 workers will make the company “materially loss-making” in the current financial year. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to walk out on August 26 and 31 and on September 8 and 9 in a dispute …

Postal workers are to stage a series of strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said it will be the biggest strike of the summer so far to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”. The strikes will be held on Friday August …

More than 100,000 posties across the United Kingdom will strike for four days this summer over a long-running pay dispute with Royal Mail. Postal workers that are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said they felt forced into industrial action after fighting for a ‘dignified, proper pay rise’. The …

By Jaime Llinares Taboada Royal Mail PLC warned on Wednesday that it expects to be materially lossmaking in fiscal 2023 if a proposed strike action takes place. The Communication Workers Union, or CWU, has told the company that it intends to call upon its members to take strike action for …

‘Pushed to the brink’ Dave Ward, general secretary of the CWU, said: “Nobody takes the decision to strike lightly, but postal workers are being pushed to the brink. There can be no doubt that postal workers are completely united in their determination to secure the dignified, proper pay rise they …

New plans from Royal Mail could see thousands of people waiting longer for their post with some waiting until after 6pm. The proposed plans, according to the Mirror, would see the national postal service push things back in a bid to speed up deliveries. If plans go ahead, it could …

A big Royal Mail shake-up could mean your post is delivered after 6pm. The postal service is mulling over having staff deliver packages later in the day. According to The Daily Telegraph, 17 areas across the UK might not get their post until 6pm at the earliest. A Royal Mail …

A new system being brought into post offices means thousands of Royal Mail stamps are set to be unusable People who are using stamps only have a few months left to use them – or lose them. A new barcode system is set to replace the traditional stamp system. The …

Royal Mail will be introducing a new stamp system within months, rendering thousands of traditional stamps unusable. People across the UK have until January to use up their stamps. The postal company will be replacing the Queen’s head with a barcode system that will make letter sending safer. From January …

There are only six months left to get those old stamps used up before they become worthless and millions are left taking up space in a drawer. Stamps that feature a profile image of the Queen’s head are being phased out by the Royal Mail. Known as the ‘definitive stamps’ …