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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Royal Mail workers will hold a series of walk-outs in the coming weeks in a dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced the decision for postal workers to strike earlier this month, with some 115,000 workers expected to walk out. Workers are demanding a “dignified, proper pay rise” …
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An Edinburgh resident has been left frustrated after spotting a Royal Mail postie van parked over a well used cycle lane in Leith. The image was captured shortly after 8am on Tuesday, August 24 and appears to show a red van blocking the entirety of a cycle lane at a …
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Up to 170,000 telecom and postal workers will take six days of selective strike action across Britain from Friday. The largest contingent in the national strike action are 115,000 post workers at Royal Mail who strike across 1,500 workplaces August 26/31 and September 8/9. This is the first national strike …
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Royal Mail workers are set to go on strike on Friday, August 26 – the first day of four planned walkouts which have been planned across August and September due to disputes over pay. Friday will be the first time that postal staff will have striked since 2013, with more …
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Friday marks the first of four days of stoppages by 115,000 postal workers. For the Communication Workers Union it is a dispute about pay. The union has rejected a 5.5% offer from management and insisted that its members must be protected from the ravages of inflation. On first look that …
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