R oyal Mail workers are set to stage two 48-hour strikes around Black Friday and Cyber Monday in a dispute over pay. The “historic” walkout was announced for November 25 and November 28 by the CWU union in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. However, the union withdrew strikes …
Read More »Britain's Royal Mail workers announce strikes around Black Friday, Cyber Monday
On Monday, Royal Mail made a pay offer, but the CWU called it a “surrender document” because it included changes to terms and conditions as well as … Source link
Read More »Royal Mail workers to strike on Black Friday and Cyber Monday as CWU plans ‘serious disruption’
More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers have announced plans to strike on two of the busiest days of the year for the postal service. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to stage 48-hour walkouts around both Black Friday on 25 November and Cyber Monday on 28 November, …
Read More »Royal Mail announce four days of strikes
Royal Mail workers will stage two 48-hour strikes around Black Friday and Cyber Monday in an escalating row over pay, jobs and conditions. It announced strikes around Black Friday on November 25 and Cyber Monday on November 28. The union has withdrawn strikes planned for November 12 and 14, saying it wants …
Read More »Postal worker strike called off for two weeks following Royal Mail legal letter
Planned strike action by Royal Mail workers has been called off for two weeks. The Communication Workers Union has been striking over a pay dispute and working conditions in recent weeks, and a further series of strikes involving 115,000 postal workers was set to take place in early November. However, …
Read More »Royal Mail’s new barcode stamps are a very creepy imposition
In this dawn of the reign of King Charles III, while the country waits excitedly for new postage stamps with the King’s head on them, the Royal Mail appears to have other priorities. In its obsession with tracking and de-romanticising everything, it is imposing new stamps on us which manage …
Read More »Strike cancellation provokes workers’ fury as UK’s Royal Mail declares war
On Sunday, Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials unilaterally cancelled six days of strikes due to start Wednesday, capitulating to legal threats from Royal Mail. One day later, the company unveiled sweeping attacks on employment contracts that it will start imposing from tomorrow. Royal Mail presented a revised below-inflation offer of …
Read More »End of Saturday letters looms as Czech billionaire cleared to invest in Royal Mail
A billionaire Czech investor is expected to push for the end of Saturday letter deliveries and a renewed focus on parcels after ministers gave him licence to tighten his grip on Royal Mail. Daniel Kretinsky, dubbed the “Czech sphinx” for his inscrutable approach to investing, will be free to increase his …
Read More »Royal Mail group faces ‘no further action’ over potential security probe
R oyal Mail’s parent firm has said it faces no further action months after ministers said they would launch a national security probe into the company. International Distributions Services (IDS), which was renamed from Royal Mail Group earlier this year, had faced the potential intervention after the firm’s largest shareholder, …
Read More »Royal Mail staff call off planned strikes
Planned strikes by Royal Mail workers in the next two weeks have been called off following a challenge by the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are involved in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. A series of strikes have taken place in recent weeks and …
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