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A Labour MP has said that Royal Mail delivery offices across the country are deciding each day which streets will not receive letters. Barry Gardiner (MP for Brent North) told the House of Commons it was due to a “failure” in restructuring. Mr Gardiner told MPs: “Royal Mail delivery offices …

Royal Mail managers have vowed to take strike action in a dispute over jobs. Members of Unite have backed walkouts by 86% and by 89% in Northern Ireland. The strikes come as Unite say Royal Mail plan to cut 542 frontline delivery managers’ jobs alongside a redeployment programme to bring …

A Royal Mail postman has shared a “number eight” mistake that could stop households receiving mail. Ben Davis revealed all in a viral TikTok video seen 350k times. In the clip, he said: “As a postman, the worst thing I ever see is when number eight have nailed on their …

Royal Mail staff have voted overwhelming to strike at 1,000 delivery offices over plans to sack and redeploy delivery managers. Managers at the postal service decided to back walkouts by 86% in Great Britain and 89% in Northern Ireland which will affect 2,400 staff.  Its union Unite blamed ‘boardroom greed’ at …

It has been announced Royal Mail managers have voted to strike in a dispute over jobs. Members of Unite backed walkouts by 86% and by 89% in Northern Ireland. The union said Royal Mail plans to cut 542 frontline delivery managers’ jobs alongside a redeployment programme to bring in worsening …

Britain has entered a summer of discontent. Amid inflation levels not seen in decades, workers across the land are taking matters into their own hands with the only tool they have: the withdrawal of labour. Depending on which measure you use, inflation is at between 7.9 and 11.7 per cent …

Hundreds of locals had signed a petition calling for the return of the post box in Devonport Road Stoke Village could be set to get its post box back after an ‘act of vandalism’ removed it. Hundreds of locals had signed a petition calling for the return of the post …

Thousands of Post Office staff across more than 100 UK branches are set to strike next month over pay. Following the long-running dispute, members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who work at 114 Crown Post Offices will strike next month. Members have said that they will walk out on …

POSTAL workers began voting today on whether to walk out over “despicable” treatment, in what could become the biggest strike this summer.  About 115,000 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members have been sent ballots on whether to take industrial action in the coming weeks.  The union is calling on the Royal …

It demanded that the company negotiates to secure a “straight, no-strings pay increase” for employees. A spokesman for the CWU said: “Britain’s postal workers are being forced into accepting a massive pay cut by the same people they have generated incredible profits for. “Our members are going to food banks …