[ad_1] Royal Mail has issued a warning to all Brits that they only have 100 days left to use stamps without barcodes. By January 31, all stamps that feature just the Queen’s image will become unusable. People are being urged to use up all of their first and second class stamps by the end of…
[ad_1] By Sarah Harris for the Daily Mail Militant lecturers yesterday threatened to bring every university in the UK ‘to a complete standstill’ with strikes in a bitter dispute over pensions and pay. More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities could walk out before Christmas, causing massive disruption to millions of students across the country….
[ad_1] Royal Mail workers will once again strike tomorrow (October 25) in the next phase of a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. It is the latest scheduled day of industrial action by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Wales Online reports that efforts to break the deadlock are still in the works,…
[ad_1] ROYAL Mail is urging people to check any stamps they have before they become invalid. It comes as the company is adding barcodes to regular stamps, leaving those without obsolete from February. After January 31, ‘non-barcoded stamps’ will no longer be able to be used for postage with people being advised to either use…
[ad_1] ‘Heartbroken’ customers have lost thousands of pounds after a kitchen company disappeared overnight. Sam Martin and Danielle Charlton were planning on having children next year, but now say those plans have been thrown into serious doubt after being left out of pocket. Eleanor and Bob Plant have a newborn baby and their plans have…
[ad_1] Dubbed the UK’s ‘loneliest dog’, Lurcher Albie has finally found a home after spending almost 5 years in an RSPCA animal shelter. Albie was rescued just before Christmas in 2017 and remained in the charity’s care while the case progressed. Unfortunately, once Albie was available for rehoming, the world was hit by the Covid-19…
[ad_1] Royal Mail blasted over plan to make old stamps useless in three months’ time – introducing new barcoded versions after Christmas Royal Mail will introduce new postage stamps with barcodes after Christmas Current Postages stamps, without barcodes, need to be used by January 31 Critics say many people are unaware of trade-in scheme to swap…
[ad_1] The trade union bringing Britain’s postal and phone services to a standstill has put its multi million-pound headquarters up for sale as it digs in for a campaign of strike action this winter. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which is locked in bitter industrial disputes with Royal Mail and BT, has solicited offers for…
[ad_1] Posties, BT workers and emergency call handlers in Dumfries and Galloway braved a downpour and walked out yesterday in their ongoing battle for fairer pay. Staff, represented by the Communications Workers Union (CWU), downed tools for 24 hours in protest over the deals they have been given this year. BT handed workers a £1,500…
[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union (CWU), representing 115,000 postal workers, confirmed the strikes will also cover Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Strikes began early this summer as postal workers demanded a “proper pay rise”, after being offered 2 per cent at a time when inflation was nearing double figures. When are the strikes and how…