A Cambuslang trade unionist has launched his campaign ahead of a potential Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. The Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) steering committee has agreed that Chris Sermanni, a leading trade unionist and a Cambuslang resident, will stand if there is a Rutherglen and Hamilton West …
Read More »Net-zero targets among world’s largest companies double in 2.5 years – research
T he number of the world’s largest companies to have set net-zero targets has almost doubled in two and a half years, according to research. An analysis of data from Net Zero Tracker, a platform that monitors the decarbonisation progress of companies, cities and countries around the world, shows 909 …
Read More »Royal Mail has no more excuses to avoid fixing its failing business
The problem is that the USO can only be scrapped with Parliament’s say-so and it is refusing to play ball, business minister Kevin Hollinrake has announced. “As you will be aware, we currently have no plans to change the minimum requirements of the universal postal service,” he said in a …
Read More »CWU/Royal Mail “agreement” on revisions fails to materialise a week after being announced
We urge Royal Mail workers to contact the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee to coordinate the fightback against the Communication Workers Union’s move to sell-out their year long struggle. The committee’s next online Zoom meeting is on Sunday June 11, 7pm. Register here to attend. On June 1, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) claimed to …
Read More »Council joins hunt for site for post office in Somerset town
Council chiefs have joined the hunt for a new premises for Portishead Post Office. The post office – the only one in the town – closed in January after McColls in the High Street, where it was based, shut its doors. Portishead is the second biggest town in North Somerset …
Read More »The safest place to live in the UK is right next to Stoke-on-Trent
Crowned the safest place to live in the UK according to CheshireLive, we took a trip to this quaint area in Congleton to see what residents say in the place where only 18 crimes were committed. Everyone we spoke to said “You must speak to Jane [Bostock] in the Post …
Read More »Stoke-on-Trent estate to finally get new post office – inside this shop
Families across a sprawling Stoke-on-Trent estate will soon have a post office – when a new facility opens up inside a shop. Abbey Hulton has been without a provision since the branch on Abbots Road shut in January. Now the facility will open up inside the Shop Locally store, also …
Read More »DWP: £3,500 State Pension top-up could be owed to older people living on their own
A new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the average weekly expenditure for households aged between 65 and 74 was £455.30 in 2021/22. In total, that’s approximately £23,000 each year. Meanwhile, households, where the head is aged over 75, had an average weekly spend of £356.30 per week. …
Read More »CWU announces “agreement” with Royal Mail on revisions: A backroom manoeuvre to ram through a sell-out deal
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) statement issued Thursday morning after two days of talks with Royal Mail claims to have reached an agreement over a review of “failed revisions”. The statement provided no details to the membership about what “actions” the CWU has agreed during its latest closed-door session with …
Read More »CWU meets with Royal Mail over ballot hiatus
Representatives from the CWU have held two meetings with Royal Mail management this week, but there’s still no further news on the impasse between the two parties. The CWU suspended its ballot on the proposed Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement at the end of last month, citing a …
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