[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site has received a further outpouring of opposition from postal workers against the deal reached by Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey with Royal Mail. The agreement was set to be voted on by 115,000 postal workers starting from tomorrow and closing on June 14, but…
[ad_1] A BALLOT of Royal Mail workers on a deal aimed at ending a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions has been suspended by their union. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said that it had become clear that the environment it was attempting to deliver the agreement in remained “toxic.” In a message to members,…
[ad_1] East Kilbride Thistle and Cambuslang Rangers will come together to remember their former player and manager, Alan Paterson, with a memorial match next month. Paterson, who played for and managed both clubs, tragically passed away in September at the age of just 44. The father of two’s sudden death shocked the community and tributes…
[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) has received more write-ins over the past week from postal workers across the UK voicing opposition to the sell-out deal between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. A month-long ballot of 115,000 postal workers over the agreement signed by CWU leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey and endorsed…
[ad_1] Dear brothers and sisters, Thousands of our colleagues are preparing to vote down the CWU’s sell-out agreement with Royal Mail when balloting begins on May 25. But nothing can be taken for granted. With CWU officials threatening “mutual destruction” if their deal is rejected, postal workers are not just in a fight against a…
[ad_1] A postman has shared a little-known “trade secret” about the reality of buying stamps. Royal Mail man Andy Mason took to Times Radio to explain how users of the service can save a few quid by ditching first-class stamps. He explained how the premium sending option is “absolutely” pointless, and that posters are far…
[ad_1] The Royal Mail has failed to hit its target for delivering first class mail anywhere in the United Kingdom over the past 12 months, shocking figures have shown. There is a legal obligation on the Royal Mail to deliver 93 per cent of first class mail within one working day of its collection. But…
[ad_1] THE “gross mismanagement” of Royal Mail is to blame for the privatised firm slumping to losses of more than £1 billion, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) warned today. The owner of the 500-year-old company, International Distributions Services (IDS), revealed it suffered an operating loss of £1.04bn for the year to late March, against earnings of £250…
[ad_1] Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26, against earnings of £250 million the previous year. On an underlying…
[ad_1] Royal Mail has confirmed it will get more posties to deliver across Nuneaton amid reports of more delays. One resident contacted CoventryLive to say her dad, who lives in the St Nicolas Park area of town, had no mail delivered for three weeks – then it all turned up at once. It is the…