Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG – Get Rating) shares passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 213.23 ($2.65) and traded as low as GBX 196.90 ($2.45). Royal Mail shares last traded at GBX 207 ($2.57), with a volume …
Read More »CWU “postpones” vote on Royal Mail deal to head-off rejection: Demand strike action and remove Ward and Furey!
Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey have again “postponed” a ballot on their rotten agreement with Royal Mail, while still claiming it is “the right agreement for this moment in time” and “will secure the future of the company, jobs, and the service.” The only problem, …
Read More »Postal workers slam Communication Workers Union agreement with Royal Mail: “It’s a surrender deal to appease the company.”
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 …
Read More »CWU suspends vote on deal with Royal Mail
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 …
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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 …
Read More »Royal Mail workers speak against revisions and sell-out deal: “Massive failure from CWU!!”
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 …
Read More »An open letter to Royal Mail workers from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail drops bombshell ‘trade secret’ about ‘pointless’ first-class stamps
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 …
Read More »Royal FAIL: Where in Britain has the worst postal service?
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 …
Read More »‘Gross mismanagement’ of Royal Mail to blame for firm’s £1bn losses, union says
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, …
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