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It is threatening a break up of the business which can trace its history back to 1516. Postal workers, among the feted heroes of the Covid crisis, voted yesterday for industrial action after refusing a 5.5% pay rise. Today the business said it had lost £92 million in the quarter …

More than 40,000 workers at UK telecoms giant BT Group are set to strike on July 29 and August 1 against a below inflation pay award for this year. Following the first national rail strike in 25 years last month, the BT action will be the first company-wide strike since …

By Kyle Morris Royal Mail PLC said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter group revenue fell 11.5% on year and that it was committed to reaching an agreement with a union after a ballot on strike action on Tuesday. The British letter-and-parcel courier said revenue for the three months ended June …

Thousands of postal workers at Royal Mail have voted in favour of taking strike action following a pay dispute. More than 115,000 workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWC) – around 96.7% of the vote – balloted in favour of industrial action from a 77pc turnout. Members have been balloting …

More than 115,000 Royal Mail workers have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action, marking the biggest strike of Britain’s “summer of discontent”.  Some 97.6pc of workers voted to walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. Turnout for the ballot was 77pc.  Union barons were accused of refusing to …

R oyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay, the Communication Workers Union have announced. A ballot of union members showed huge support for industrial action in protest at a 2% pay offer. A total of 97.6%, of those who voted, backed strikes, on a …

More than 115,000 Royal Mail staff have voted in favour of a national strike in what could be the first in a wave of public sector walk outs in the coming months as essential workers continue to struggle with the cost of living crisis.  In a ballot announced today, the Communication Workers …

Postal services in Scotland are likely to be hampered in the near future after Royal Mail workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay. A ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) showed huge support for industrial action in protest at a 2% pay …

‘Harassing and aggressive’ seagulls attacking postal workers in East Yorkshire have led to a delay in residents getting their mail, it has been revealed. A Royal Mail Bridlington delivery manager has written to residents around the north of Bempton Lane in Bridlington to advise that their post may be delayed …

P arcel firms “must get better” at handling customer complaints after around a quarter of people have had problems when raising issues with deliveries, regulator Ofcom has warned. The watchdog confirmed a raft of measures first set out last December and said fines or tighter regulation could be on the …