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R oyal Mail staff are set to go on strike later this month in a dispute over “further attacks on jobs and pay.” Unite, the managers’ trade union, says the industrial action will go ahead over Royal Mail’s plan to cut 700 jobs and cut pay by up to £7,000, …

ROYAL Mail workers in Belfast were attacked by dogs 50 times last year – the second-highest figure in the UK. Only Sheffield, with 51 reported attacks on postal workers, fared worse. Postmen and postwomen across the UK suffered 1,673 dog attacks between 2021 and 2022, new figures from the postal …

A shop owner believes it’s only a matter of time before someone is knocked down by a Royal Mail van that parks inches away from a her business every day. Shona Rattray, who is also a local councillor, owns a shop in Sibson Road. Birstall, where there are there are …

Royal Mail has accused Unite of misleading its members after more than 2,000 managers voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, and action short of a strike. Unite said that some 2,400 Royal Mail managers working across more than 1,000 delivery offices had voted by 86% for strike action …

There can be no more vivid example of how dilapidated and dysfunctional the National Health Service is becoming than the news that postmen are to be deployed as makeshift care workers. Royal Mail Health, the branch of the postal service set up to deliver prescription medicine to homes during lockdown, …

Royal Mail delivery offices across the country are deciding each day which streets do not receive letters after restructuring. The revelations were heard by MPS in Parliament this week following concerns in service and redundancies. Labour MP Barry Gardiner (Brent North) told the Commons: “Royal Mail delivery offices around the …

A former postmaster says he is preparing to sue the Post Office for ‘hundreds and thousands of pounds’ for the damage caused during the Horizon scandal. A total of 736 postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office between 2000 and 2014 over allegations of fraud and theft. …

Royal Mail plc (OTCMKTS:ROYMY – Get Rating)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday after Barclays lowered their price target on the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 320. The company traded as low as $6.44 and last traded at $6.72, with a volume of …

BT workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay – joining a growing army of employees taking industrial action in the coming months in what has been dubbed the “summer of discontent”. General secretary Dave Ward said BT was facing the first national strike since …

Royal Mail plc (OTCMKTS:ROYMY – Get Rating) reached a new 52-week low on Thursday after Barclays lowered their price target on the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 320. The stock traded as low as $6.44 and last traded at $6.72, with a volume of 1316 shares. The stock had …