Royal Mail are continuing to deliver mail as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. In guidance on their website, which is subject to change as the coronavirus outbreak develops, Royal Mail said they were ‘monitoring this rapidly developing situation’ and were taking the health and safety of their employees very seriously. They …
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Union calls off UK Royal Mail strike citing national interest during coronavirus pandemic By Thomas Scripps 19 March 2020 For the second time in four months, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has defied a massive strike vote of postal workers in Britain, this time with the promise to draft …
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March 17 (Reuters) – Royal Mail, one of the world’s oldest postal services, said on Tuesday it was “disappointed” that 94.5% of its workers with Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted in favour of a strike action. The union members’ move to strike comes a few weeks after Royal Mail’s proposed …
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Producers of a hand-gel have defended doubling their prices amid a torrent of abuse as the coronavirus death toll spike. Bosses at Jennychem, a British industrial chemicals firm, have been criticised for allegedly doubling the price of hand sanitising gel as demand surges due to COVID-19. Jenny Callen, the firm’s …
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When Lisa Burgess ordered her make-up to be delivered within 24 hours, she was stumped when it didn’t arrive. However, the hairdresser got a bolt from the blue after it turned up on her doorstep – three years later. The 44-year-old paid £16 for a bareMinerals Well-Rested For Eyes Concealer …
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London postal workers take strike action over coronavirus concerns By our reporter 14 March 2020 Postal workers in several depots across south west London and other parts of the capital have mounted a de facto wildcat strike/work to rule over concerns regarding coronavirus safety. They did so in the …
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Devon and Cornwall Police have released a family tribute to 23-year-old Hamish Culling, who died following a collision with a Royal Mail goods vehicle on an A30 slip road near Exeter airport. The family has said they ‘will never recover’ from their loss after the tragic accident at 1.55am on …
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Royal Mail has halted deliveries to homes in a new housing development – because of dangerous letterboxes. Posties have got their fingers caught and grazed in letterboxes fitted with anti-burglar hoods at new Barratt homes at Osprey Heights, in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. They are designed to stop thieves fishing for keys. …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1077/30422 From The Socialist newspaper, 11 March 2020 Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) supporting a ‘yes’ vote in a reballot for strike action, Leicester Meridian, photo Steve Score (Click to enlarge) Socialist Party members in CWU Almost 110,000 postal workers are currently …
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The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has upheld a complaint against the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme (RMSPS) over a refusal to pay complaint. ‘Mr Y’ complained that the scheme had refused to pay a full deferred pension to him upon retirement, stating that the RMSPS management team (RMSPS MT) was only …
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