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Royal Mail rushed forward the monthly payment into its pension scheme to help prevent a cash crunch, The Telegraph can reveal, after the mini-Budget sent crucial money markets into a tailspin. The company responded to a request from the trustees of the Royal Mail Pension Plan to provide emergency liquidity, …

Royal Mail workers are to go on strike amid a dispute with the company over pay. This means thousands of Royal Mail staff will not be working on strike days next week and disruption is also expected to continue into November unless a deal is reached. There will be a …

Fears that strike action by Royal Mail staff could hinder postal voting for a Gloucester City Council by-election have led to calls from civic chiefs to voeters to cast their ballots and post it early. Voters head to the polls next Thursday October 13 to elect a councillor to represent …

Postal workers across Lanarkshire have begun staging strikes amid long-running disputes over pay and working conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union participated in the industrial action on Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1. It saw posties form a picket line outside the Hamilton Delivery Office on Brandon Street …

Christmas is the busiest time of year and with so many parcels and letters needing to be delivered. And Royal Mail is looking for an extra pair of hands to help them sift through thousands of items of mail in time for the festive season. For those looking to earn …

As the festive seasons draw near, many will be looking to earn some extra cash. And with Christmas its busiest time of the year, Royal Mail is in need of extra hands. The postal service has recently added hundreds of job vacancies online with the hope of recruiting more team …

World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to workers involved in Saturday’s strikes in Britain. These saw the almost complete shutdown of the UK’s rail network, alongside a national strike by 115,000 postal workers, and industrial action at two of the country’s largest ports, Liverpool and Felixstowe. At the train drivers …

H undreds of people braved the rain in Edinburgh on Saturday morning to show their support for rail and postal workers taking strike action. Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) voted “resoundingly” to take industrial action against the companies they say have failed to give workers a …

R oyal Mail workers will mount picket lines outside Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices again on Saturday in a continuing dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked out on a 48-hour strike on Friday, hitting deliveries of post across the country. Talks between …

Royal Mail workers presented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will be taking industrial action for 19 days across the next two months. A 48-hour strike is currently in place until as action continues in the long-running disputes over low pay and working conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) called …